Oracle Certified DBA Exam : Question and Answer Book - Softcover

Yazdani, Sima; Tong, Tau-Sang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130142719 ISBN 13: 9780130142719

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2000

Synopsis

Contains four practice exams, plus detailed answers and explanations, covering every concept and technique for Oracle DBA Certification. After an introduction to the Oracle database, sections cover Oracle8 architecture and instance, Oracle8 database files, database objects and their integrity constraints, managing database resources, and Oracle8 advanced topics and Oracle8i new features. Yazdani is an information technology engineer in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

• Covers all required DBA tests
• Includes Oracle8 and 8i upgrades
• Contains practice tests, detailed answers, explanations, and references

Q&A-based preparation for your Oracle DBA certification: fast, concise, and effective!

You want to acquire Oracle DBA Certification, and you don't have a minute to waste! That's why you need the Oracle Certified DBA Exam: Question and Answer Book—built around four real practice exams covering every concept and technique Oracle expects you to master.

Take the tests—then review comprehensive answers, explanations, and references supplied by three of the world's leading Oracle database professionals. It's the fastest, most effective way to assess your skills, address your weaknesses, and get your credentials!

Coverage includes:

• Oracle database system concepts and options, including Oracle architecture, instances, data dictionaries, database files, and security
• Database backup, recovery, startup, and shutdown
• SQL and PL/SQL, including data administration, modeling, physical database design, stored procedures, triggers, snapshots, and flow control
• Database administration principles and practices: software installation, resource management, and performance tuning
• Oracle8 and 8i upgrades and enhancements: object-relational features, data warehousing, Internet computing, and more

Practical and concise, there's no better resource for Oracle professionals who want to achieve—or upgrade—their DBA certification!

About the Author:

Sima Yazdani (Javanbakht) is Senior IT Engineer at San Jose, CA-based Cisco Systems, which has one of the most advanced data warehouses in the industry. Her responsibilities include analysis and architecture of data warehouse, metadata, and Internet applications. She has worked with Oracle database technologies as a developer, DBA, and application architect since 1985. Sima also contributes to the Database Systems and Concepts certificate program at the University of California at Santa Cruz, developing the academic curriculum and teaching Oracle technology-related courses.

Shirley Wong is Senior IT Project Manager at Cisco Systems, with responsibilities that include the managing and rollout of Cisco's enterprise-wide Data Warehouse decision support applications. Previously, Shirley was Vice President and Director at the Bank of America's Systems Engineering Division, where she oversaw the bank's statewide retail automation systems. She and Sima are co-authors of a DBA handbook on data warehousing.

Tao-Sang Tong worked for the Oracle Corporation for over five years. At Oracle, he held several engineering positions on porting Oracle Server and Oracle Applications to different operating systems. He holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130142719
• ISBN 13: 9780130142719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464