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MCDBA SQL Server 2000 All-in-One Exam Guide (Book/CD Set)
by Dave Perkovich
List Price: $69.99
Our Price: $48.99
ISBN: 0072131586
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (22 August, 2001)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 221,985
Average Customer Rating: 1.33 out of 5
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Rating: 2 out of 5
Not -At-All-What-You-Need
I wish I had read the other reviews prior to reading this book, because they are right. This book had me thinking I was ready for the exam, when I was actually far from it.To be fair, this is a decent "Intro to SQL", with plenty of hands on exercises. You do need to be able to trouble shoot however, because some of the examples won't work as written. I feel I'm better off having read this book than I was before I read it, but sad to say, I failed the 70-228 exam. And that's after getting a 98% on the "Final Exam" included with the book. Oh well, I guess I'll have to find another exam prep book and keep working with SQL. It least it's good to know the exam isn't a cake-walk, and certifications can still mean something.
Rating: 1 out of 5
BEWARE - THIS BOOK SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET!!
The book itself is full of glaringly inaccurate information (i.e. it states the master database is copied as a template for new databases... when it's actually the model database). And the software on the CD is completely useless. The testing software only has 150 questions in it (75 for each test, and there is no difference between the "Practice" and "final" tests) and contrary to what is stated on the back cover, there is no adaptive testing engine (I perused the Jet database where the test data is stored). Also, the majority of the answers in the test are incorrect, and the explanations given for what they say is the correct answer does not even match the question. Don't waste your money buying this book... it is 100% useless. I even went to the publisher's web site to complain, and they don't even list the book on their own website any more. Guess they figured out how bad it is, yet they still keep selling it. I even wrote to them to see if maybe they had updated the bad software... no response from their "customer service", so I called them and they would not even talk to me about the book because "we don't provide support for discontinued titles". Yet they keep right on selling this "discontinued title".
Rating: 1 out of 5
Actually deserves zero stars
This book is full of glaring errors, and the testing software is ABSOLUTELY USELESS. Everything in the tests is incorrect. You're given questions that ask you to "select the two methods...", but are only allowed to select one answer. In addition, the test data is just plain wrong. The software gives explanations for your supposed wrong answers that have absolutely nothing to do with the questions. Complete waste of money.DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK if you want to learn anything about Sql Server 2000 or want to prepare for the test.
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