Help needed in Oracle 9i Dba Certification

[nav hunjan]

Hi,
I am planning to take oracle 9i dba cerification.
I want to know the following :-
1). What all books is needed for each exams. I mean, is just book by oracle press enough(osbourne)? Pls state the Authors also if other is needed.
2). Is there any other practice test or anything that might help.
3). What are job prospects after getting certification.
Thanks is advance and early reply is really needed.
Nav

[Sumit Amar]

Instead of Osbourne's books(which have had some mistakes), go for Oracle ILTs, some of your peers may provide you with the PDF format. Oracle 9i is certainly advantagous than 8i, but it will take time to fully commercialise the new version.
As for Job prospects, I would recommend you to start working as a part time DBA, while you take on your certification. After completing the Certification, people are going to ask you "what's your hands on experience?"

[weiliu lili]

Originally posted by Sumit Amar:
Instead of Osbourne's books(which have had some mistakes), go for Oracle ILTs, some of your peers may provide you with the PDF format. Oracle 9i is certainly advantagous than 8i, but it will take time to fully commercialise the new version.
As for Job prospects, I would recommend you to start working as a part time DBA, while you take on your certification. After completing the Certification, people are going to ask you "what's your hands on experience?"

hello, Sumit
what do you mean by
Oracle ILTs
what is URL for it?

[Beksy Kurian]

Training offered by Oracle. I absolutely agree with Sumeet.
Beksy