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Title: OCP: Oracle9i Performance Tuning Study Guide with CDROM by Joseph C. Johnson ISBN: 0-7821-4065-3 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A good preparation tool
Comment: My purpose was to pass the exam and I have done it using this book but also the Osborne book by Ch. Pack.
Both of them are very good books and are complementary.

Pros:
-A lot of examples: extracts from statspack reports, screenshots of Oracle Enterprise Manager tools. It's very interesting to understand but it's no use for the exam.
-The exam-based questions are challenging.
-Nearly all you need to know can be found in this book

Cons:
-This book doesn't follow Oracle test content checklist. It's all mixed up but there is a good plan table.
-Some chapter are too much detailed, too many parameters for Oracle utilities (eg TKPROF). It's sometime difficult to see what's important to know for the exam. I only had basic questions about those tools nothing about all the options described in the book.
-They are small mistakes: CREATE_STORED_OUTLINES, USE_PRIVATE_OUTLINES and USE_PRIVATE_OUTLINES are stated as initialization parameters but it's not the case (check otn.oracle.com).

My advice:
-have a good understanding of Oracle views. I had between 10 and 15 questions relating to views.
-use both books to be well prepared. This exam is quite difficult.

Rating: 3
Summary: Sybex not as good as Oracle Press book
Comment: I bought the Sybex Performance Tuning book. A colleague of mine bought the Oracle Press book. I read both and passed the OCP exam with plenty to spare. While the Sybex book is good, the Oracle Press book is better.

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