Oracle Rant

I am currently an 8i and 9i OCP. I have procrastinated about upgrading my certification to 10g because I have been busy with the SOUG, work, and other things. I also setup a website at securitydb.com (that will get some attention as well) and I plan on focusing on that site as well. I am hoping that this becomes addicting. I am also hoping that it will inspire me to study and give me something to blog about.

My goal is to get 5 posts out this week about the 10g DBA OCP upgrade exam.

So what am I using to study for the exam? Well this will be the first post: Study Material!

The Oracle Education site explains what all the requirements of the exam are as well as where you can get some training and study material. Since I am self-studying, I have decided to just use the exam topics to guide me. To view those topics, click here.

Next, we can discuss where you can learn about those topics. One site that anyone working with Oracle cannot live without is the Oracle Documentation. The other website that Oracle provides is OTN (Oracle Technology Network). There are several books you can buy. I have chosen the OCP Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators Exam Guide by Sam Alapati. So far, it looks like an excellent read. I will write a review on here and also post it at Amazon.com and our user group site SOUG.org. It looks like Sybex also has a book and Cramsession has a free studyguide to help you as well. As with any exam, do not depend on any one source for your study material. Chances are, they will miss something.

What I plan on blogging about next is Installation and New Feature Support for the 10g OCP. My plan is to have about 15-20 posts on the 10g OCP and my exam experience. I look forward to blogging about it and hope that this pushes me to get this done! : )