- Joe

I didn’t actually write the book to target that exam but it covers the material that’ll be on the exam. There’s actually more in this edition about control structures and variable types than in the prior Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming. Watch out for nuances on DBMS_OUTPUT, and database triggers. The FOLLOWS command in Oracle 11g is a nice tidbit to master, as well as compound triggers. Some last minute corrections didn’t make it into the book, so I’d snag the Oracle Database 11g New Features from the presentation I made last spring at the Utah Oracle User’s Group. You might also get caught by a question on decrementing a FOR-loop, so you should understand the REVERSE key word. You can check this blog post for a quick example.

More or less, that exam mirrors the course material presented by Oracle in their courses. For example, the certification exam should cover more or less this:

- Conditionally control code flow (loops, control structures).
- Design and use PL/SQL packages to group and contain related
  constructs.
- Create triggers to solve business challenges.
- Use some of the Oracle supplied PL/SQL packages to generate
  screen output and file output.
- Create anonymous PL/SQL blocks of code.
- Declare PL/SQL variables.

Hope this helps,
Michael

My co-workers and I are wanting to become PL/SQL certified (OCA) and are looking for exam preparation materials for the 1Z0-147 exam (Program with PL/SQL).

We found an Oracle press book for the SQL fundamentals prepatory exam (1Z0-051), but are unable to find a text that deals directly with the 1Z0-147 test.

Would your Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL Programming book cover the topics on that exam? If not, do you know of any other books that cover the required material?

Thanks in advance for your time,

Joe Hart
Sr. Software Engineer
jhartdude@gmail.com

good luck .. . shiv