OCP Oracle9i Database: Performance Tuning Exam Guide

By Charles Pack and Pack

Book Overview

Prepare to pass the Oracle9i OCP DBA Performance Tuning exam using this focused, and complete guide. Covering all official exam objectives and containing over 300 practice questions, chapter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072195274
• ISBN13: 9780072195279
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Oracle Press better than Sybex for Performance Tuning

I bought the Sybex book. One of my colleagues bought this Oracle Press book. I read both and passed the test with plenty to spare. For the Oracle9i Performance Tuning Exam, I strongly recommend Oracle Press over Sybex. If you are buying just one, get the Oracle Press book. In particular, the Oracle Press sample tests and CD-ROM tests are much closer to the actual exam than Sybex.

Well Written and Organized

A strong showing of the Oracle 9i features for performance tuning, and a well written guide for the OCP exam. In addition, this book would be a good source for tuning tips and techniques.

Best in the series and very well written

This book is not only an excellent study guide for both the OCP classes and the exam, but a wonderfully written explanation of the complexities of performance and tuning. Of all of the material I've read on this subject [for training and examination purposes], nothing has made more sense or been more enlightening than this book.All of the key elements of performance tuning are covered, the illustrations are excellent and aid in understanding, and the drills, self tests and practice questions have been a tremendous help.

Mr. Pack, good Show.

Mr. Pack has come through on his effort to prepare the Oracle9i OCP test taker for the performance tuning exam. His writing is a model of prose, and his examples are on the spot. In this book (I like the fact that it's hard cover) his examples are clear and concise. He follows the objectives of the Performance tuning exams to a tee, yet the book remains usable long after the exam has been put to rest. Indeed, I'm certain that my copy will sit on top of my bookcase here at work, dog eared and well worn, for some time to come.

best of the series

This book is an excellent guide to performance tuning. The errors that plagued the first two books in the series are just not present in this one. This book does a great job of showing the statspack reports alongside the standard queries to the v$ tables in the event you don't have access to statspack. The author just does an amazing job of explaining everything and presenting the material in an order that makes sense.Examples are abundant and useful. Many of them I am using for our production databases as I work through the book.The book also does an excellent job of not only talking about what the reports can show you, but it also goes into all the possible causes and makes resolution recommendations for all the problems that show up in the statspack reports and queries. As a beta tester for performance tuning who hasn't yet taking the exam, I feel well prepared for my upcoming exam date.