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® OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-051) ABOUT THE AUTHORS John Watson (Oxford, UK) works for BPLC Management Consultants, teaching and consulting throughout Europe and Africa. He was with Oracle University for several years in South Africa, and before that worked for a number of companies, government departments, and NGOs in England and Europe. He is OCP qualified in both database and Application Server administration. John is the author of several books
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