MCSE/MCSD: SQL Server 7 Database Design Study Guide [Hardcover]

Kevin Hough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999 | Series: Mcse Mcsd Study Guide

SQL Server 7 is a database which is able to handle serious enterprise applications. This Microsoft-approved guide provides exercises, easy-to-follow examples and sample test questions. The accompanying CD includes self-testing software that can be used in conjunction with the book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; Stg edition (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782125867
• ISBN-13: 978-0782125863
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,012,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kevin Hough is a developer and a consultant located in Dallas, TX, USA.

He has been developing enterprise level software since 1983 and has specialized in Microsoft technologies since 1990. Currently, he is developing with Visual Basic, C#, SQL Server, Silverlight, and DotNetNuke.

Kevin has designed and developed large scale commercial applications and Web sites for corporations including EXXON, Pennzoil, Compaq, Shell, and Texaco, as well as for leading universities, including Harvard, Stanford, and Rice.

You can reach Kevin at [e-mail].

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many errors, Kevin H. please proofread, December 9, 1999

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Keith (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE/MCSD: SQL Server 7 Database Design Study Guide (Hardcover)

I am working on may last MCSE test so I have used several study guides. I have been using SQL Server about 3 years and need to make sure I understand everything that should be on the test. It is obvious that someone skilled in SQL Server hasn't proofread this book because there are several errors and contradictions. Coincidentally the SQL Server Admin book I used (different publisher) was also full of errors. I cannot find any corrections on Sybex's web site. My recommendation: Try another book or wait for the second (hopefully corrected) edition.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless, November 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE/MCSD: SQL Server 7 Database Design Study Guide (Hardcover)

This is the worst Sybex Study Guide I ever read. Full of errors. It covers less than half of the materials you need to know to pass the exam. Don't waste your money on this one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I just started reading and there are tons of errors..., November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE/MCSD: SQL Server 7 Database Design Study Guide (Hardcover)

I normally love Sybex books. I have the Jave 1.1 and Java 2 Cert. Guides, and MS Access Developers Handbook. But this book has too many errors. I am only up to Chapter 3 and already, it is riddled with errors. I like the writing style, but they need to be more careful.

If you really want a good book, buy 'Inside SQL Server 7.' It isn't a test guide, but it will get to the nuts and bolts of the product. When you are done, you can use this book. But make sure you have a resident SQL Server expert to tell you whether you're wrong or the book is wrong (also make sure to test everything on the pubs just in case).