OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043)

This is a good book in many ways, but I have to subtract a star for the unacceptable hoops you have to jump thru if you want the electronic version. And even if you do install it, there are serious limits as to how you may use the material you just paid for.

Sybex is one of these outfits that feel their customers are crooks, and they never let you forget it.

Too bad, because some of their material is good. It's really tough to justify this product as a new purchase. If you can find it used, maybe then.

I was unable to install the ebook from the cd rom to my computer due to the permission set on it. I tried all the installation guides that was provided to no avail. it's a pain because i can't read the ebook on my computer, for this reason i'm giving ZERO RATING! because this is part of the services that i paid for, it's not convenient reading text book in the office.

OCP:Oracle 10g Certification kit (IZO-042 and IZO -043) has been a very useful material for me. I appreciate Amazon for quick delivery of the material. I have been making several books purchases for the past one year. I have bought 5 differents IT related materials from Amazon. I develop absolute confident in them and wish to recommend them to any aspiring client.

Seyi Ogunlaru
Lagos, Nigeria

i consider it a good idea for studing to OCA exam test. Even if you have not experience with Oracle databae, it is recommended for beginers.

i recommend to read it more than one time, because there are so much details to know at the exam... practice a lot

the book cover all the topics presented by the Exam

i have got my oca last year and my ocp just last month, utilizing these two books and the ocp 10g all-in-one exam guide from john & damir. these two books have a quite complete coverage of the materials in oca and ocp 10g exams, which means it sometimes covers more than needed to pass the exam. in one way it is good for our knowledge, but it sometimes could be frustating because of the long chapters (need two books to pass ocp instead of one book with john/damir book). i would suggest however to still get the john/damir book in addition to this one to pass the oca/ocp exam (like i did), for the sake of completeness and chapter organizations. these two books have rather unique chapter structures (not aligned with oracle admin I and admin II training materials), for instance there are three chapters in the admin II training that combined into one chapter of the second book. overall it is still a good reference not just for 10g oca/ocp exam, but also for your oracle 10g knowledge in general.