thanks Mark,i dont think that this is the right place to discuss about Oracle OCP but anyways i would shed a light on some facts that how i went about this certification..moderators please dont shout at me

..i started preparing for oracle ocp 8i DBA in the mid of september and i finished the last exam(total exam 5)on 19th December.I have a working experince on oracle for about an year.
These r the 3 books which i referred to
OCP : Oracle8i DBA SQL and PL/SQL Study Guide
OCP: Oracle8I Dba Architecture & Administration and Backup & Recovery Study Guide
OCP : Oracle8i Dba Performance Tuning and Network Administration Study Guide
and also online manuals(very important --basically for backup & recovery)
on them.
The link for that is
http://www.cict.fr/app/oracle/serveurDonnees8.1.7/ some of the test links r here ..but one has to prepare on its own means
do some practical and run all the type of test on that.
http://www.simplywebdesign.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=177 http://members.spree.com/rnalam/html/oracle/ocp.htm http://www.dbasupport.com/oracle/cert/train.shtml http://www.examsonline.com/Home/Default.asp http://www.examnotes.net/?action=test&testid=ORACLE&examid=1Z0-001&work=details http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/cramsession/oracle/sql8_pl/ http://www.certifyexpress.com/ I really didnt come across any site for oracle like javaranch(by the way i came across javaranch in my last week of preparation)..if u can get a hand on self test software(STS) from somewhere then it will be gr8..i think they have around 300 questions for every exam.Also if u can get a hand on ILT(Instructor Led Training) documents (*.pdf format)..they are very precise to the point of examination....
take care & enjoy
Vijay
Vijay Pandey<br />-----------------------------------<br />SCJP,OCP 8i DBA,OCP 9i DBA,<br />SCBCD,OOAD with UML (486), PMP, SCEA, SCWCD