Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide (Oracle Database 10g Handbook)

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Well,well, I just came back from the testing center. Fortunately, I passed, but the score is very tentative.
I am not a DBA. I have very little experience in administrating oracle database. The only purpose I learned OCA exam is because I think this is the best way to obtain the key skills.

During the past 3 months, I am sure I totally digested this book. But finally I found this book is far from enough to pass the test. I ordered the "self test" and found I can only pass 50% in the mock tests. Does the "self test" over kill?
After taking the real exam, I found the difficulty of the real test is between the self tests and the book. If you only read this book and you do not have so much practical experience, I am sure you can not pass. I have the feeling, the knowledge in the book is too out-of-date. However, I really had not any better books to read for the test.

Good luck guys. Contents......Page 3 1 Introduction......Page 15 2 Using Globalization Support......Page 23 3 Controlling Access to the Oracle Listener......Page 69 4 Configuring Recovery Manager......Page 93 5 Using Recovery Manager......Page 121 6 Diagnostic Sources......Page 159 7 Recovering from Noncritical Losses......Page 183 8 Database Recovery......Page 201 9 Flashback Database......Page 239 10 Recovering from User Errors......Page 267 11 Dealing Database Corruption......Page 303 12 Automatic Management......Page 329 13 Monitoring and Managing Storage......Page 361 14 Automatic Storage Management......Page 409 15 Monitoring and Mnaging Memory......Page 455 16 Managing Resources......Page 487 17 Automating Tasks with the Scheduler......Page 539 18 Workshop......Page 585