Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 1Z0-001, Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL. Written by Oracle8i experts, this affordable and comprehensive Study Guide provides: Full coverage of every exam objective-all the information you need Practical information on using SQL and PL/SQL in a real-world Oracle8i environment Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards This title is billed as the only study guide on the market targeting the PL/SQL exam, required for both the DBA and the Application Developer tracks. The book provides a self-assessment test, key term definitions, review questions, a practice exam, plus an enhanced CD with testing software. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
OCP is Oracle's certification program for database administrators, application developers, and financial consultants. The DBA (database administrator) track is the most popular, with more than 8,000 DBAs being certified each year. Sybex's OCP DBA Study Guides provide complete coverage of exam objectives for the five exams in the DBA track: SQL and PL/SQL, Database Administration, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Network Administration. The books are fully up-to-date for Oracle8i and include all the new features of Sybex's best-selling Study Guides. The companion CDs contain exclusive self-testing software. The DBO (database operator) exam is a new offering from Oracle, which prepares students for the full DBA track. It is fully supported by Oracle's partners: Sun, Novell, Compaq, and HP. Sybex's Study Guide provides complete coverage of the exam objectives and includes a companion CD with exclusive self-testing software. Author Lance Mortensen is the author of many best-selling MCSE Study Guides. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Oracle8i, the long-awaited "Internet database" from Oracle Corporation, has hit the streets running-and you may find yourself struggling to keep up with Oracle's fast-moving technology. oracle boasts that Oracle8i offers more than 150 new features, many of them designed to make its popular database programming language, PL/SQL, faster, more powerful, and easier to use. This concise and engaging book is both a companion to Oracle PLISQL Programming (widely recognized as the "bible" for PL/SQL developers) and a guide designed to bring you up to speed as quickly as possible on the new PL/SQL features of Oracle8i. Following the style of Feuerstein's earlier books, the Guide to Oracle8i Features combines easy-to-understand descriptions of the new Oracle8i features with a wealth of interesting and informative examples. It covers: • Autonomous transactions • Invoker rights • Native dynamic SQL • Bulk binds and collects • System-level database triggers • New built-in packages • Fine-grained access control • Calling Java methods from within PL/SQL Some PL/SQL developers are uneasy about what the introduction of Java means to their applications-and their programming future. But the two languages are expected to work well together in Oracle8i. This book gives you enough Java know-how to build simple Java classes, load them into the Oracle8i database, and leverage those classes from within your PL/SQL code. Now you'll be able to take advantage of all the power of Java without giving up the performance and usability advantages of PL/SQL! Included with this book is a diskette containing an online tool developed by RevealNet, Inc., that provides point-and-click access to approximately 100 files of reusable source code and examples. The Guide to Oracle8i Features showcases A the powerful new features of Oracle8i designed especially for PL/SQL developers. You'll find it indispensable as you strive to take the fullest possible advantage of everything this exciting new version has to offer. "The Oracle8i release adds a myriad of new features and enhancements to the PL/SQL application development platform-a crucial part of the Oracle programmers arsenal. In his latest book, Steven Feuerstein superbly describes each of these features, going right to the heart of the matter. His technical expertise, lucid descriptions, examples, and humor bring life to the book, making it not just an invaluable reference, but also a wonderful teaching fount. " Usha Sangam, Senior Manager, PL/SQL Language and Compiler Frontend Languages and Object-Relational Technology, Oracle Corporation
"Learning Oracle PL/SQL" introduces PL/SQL in a way that's useful to a variety of audiences: beginning programmers, new Oracle database administrators, and developers familiar with other databases who now need to learn Oracle. A consistent and understandable example application--the development of a library's electronic catalog system--runs through the chapters.
Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Certification Bible brings you comprehensive coverage of the exam objectives, presented according to the Oracle certification guide. Because Oracle's exam scoring provides section scores according to the exact objectives, each exam objective is covered in its own chapter complete with self-assessment opportunities. Four appendices include a listing and description of the Oracle initialization parameters and other elements that will be tested on the exam. These appendices will provide information useful post-exam in real-work implementation of the Oracle systems. Covers: Exam 1Z0-001
Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 1Z0-007: Introduction to Oracle9i: * In-depth coverage of official exam objectives * Practical information on using SQL in a real-world Oracle9i environment * Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including: * Writing basic SQL SELECT statements * Restricting and sorting data * Displaying data from multiple tables * Aggregating data using group functions * Producing readable output with iSQL*Plus * Creating and managing tables * Controlling user access
Oracle 8i SQL and PL/SQL Exam Cram is the most recognized, and highly focused, exam preparation product available to professionals gearing up for the Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL exam (1Z0-001). The book's well organized, concise layout provides thorough coverage of test content and objectives like writing basic SQL statements, restricting and sorting data, aggregating data using group functions, creating and managing tables, and writing executable statements. Includes the supportive Exam Cram features of helpful hints and tips, test taking strategies, realistic case studies, and challenging practice questions.
Covers one exam so candidates can focus on only the material they need to pass the COP SQL & PL/SQL exam. The work features all official exam objectives and contains more than 250 practice questions. A CD-ROM containing an interactive exam feature is also included.
This work is an official Oracle certification exam preparation guide. It covers all five exams of the DBA certification and its accompanying CD-ROM is hyperlinked to at least 300 practice exam questions.
