Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 1Z0-032: Oracle9i Database: Fundamentals II.

• In-depth coverage of official exam objectives
• Practical information on implementing and managing Oracle9i databases
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Identifying solutions included with Oracle9i for managing complex networks
• Using Oracle Net Services and client server connections
• Establishing web client connections through Oracle networking products
• Troubleshooting database connections
• Using and configuring the Oracle Shared Server
• Backing up, restoring, and recovering databases
• Configuring the database archiving mode
• Using Recovery Manager (RMAN)
• Loading data into, and transporting data between databases

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Pros
- The book is clear and quite pleasant to read
- You certainly need to know what's in this book to pass the exam

Cons
- All subjects in the test list are covered but not in depth
- During this Oracle certification exam, you will have basic questions about backup/recovery and Oracle networks concepts. You will certainly be able to answer these questions if you have a good understanding of the content of this book. On the other hand, you will also have "mastery" questions which required an in depth knowledge of the subject (mainly of commands). The answer to these questions is simply not in this book. Approximatively 1 question out of 3 are concerned which in my opinion is too much.

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Lite on the subject matterFeb 12, 2003

Having used the previous two study guides in the set for Oracle 9i DBA OCP, I found the third book (this one) to be missing the depth the first two had. I've been using Oracle's online documentation to supplement my study. This book gave me a good overview for starting, but the authors seem to pick a few examples for mostly illustrative purposes, and the questions just didn't do the subject material justice. I expect more from a study guide than just that. Organization could be better too. (Same goes for Oracle's docs.) There are so many convoluted ways to backup/restore/recover that a study guide needs to bring it all together in a concise summary. Of course that's a good exercise left to the student, along with the some hands-on stuff, which I need to get back to. I just wish I had a study guide that made better sense of it all.

7 of 8 found the following review helpful:

Not as good as other Sybex booksJul 25, 2002

I used the book to prep for the exam and passed, but barely. My first two tests I passed with about 95% correct, but on this exam I passed with just 2 questions to spare. I believe that the questions on the actual test are significantly harder than the questions in the book and CD. There are also more inconsistencies and minor errors in this book than in other Sybex books.
There were several questions on the actual exam that I answered correctly as a direct result of preparation with this book. There were other questions on the exam that were similar to those in the book, but the exam went into more detail on syntax and options.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Does not meet the Exam objectivesAug 31, 2004
By TLAW_DBA "OCP Oracle 6i/9i/10g, SCSA Solaris 9, CSA HP-UX 11i"
I used this book as supplement and the oracle press book (R. Velpuri) as main reference. This book published by sybex does not account for all the objectives covered in the exam (1z0-032). The books covers some of the topics but not into details. I read the whole book twice and gained some knowledge out of it but I believe it is not a complete study guide for preparing for the exam. I also used the practice exam questions on the CD.

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