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MCSE Training Guide: SQL Server 6.5 Administration (Covers Exam #70-026)

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There are much better books which helps you with your day to day tasks than this book

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich habe meine nächste MCSE-Prüfung(70-026) am 16. April. Wie aus der Beurteilung zu erkennen ist, soll das Buch "MCSE Training Guide: SQL Server 6.5 Administration (Covers Exam #70-026) by David Lafferty" sehr gut sein. Leider sind meine Englisch-Kenntnisse nur durchschnittlich, deshalb meine Frage: Gibt es dieses Buch auch in deutscher Sprache? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Karl-Heinz Schneider

This is not the only book you should have! Lots of material considering reference integrity are NOT well cover (1 paragraph). Answers to question are frequently wrong and NOT as well written as the Sybex books. Take your chances here.

Never used Sql before this book. Easy to follow and the exercises were easy to understand and do. Used it with the On-line books and passed in 11 weeks. Few corrections needed (memory allocation). Found the answers in the On'line server books. This was a good resource. The test questions were good. Do not under estimate this test.

I used this book along with Technet(Backoffice resource kit) and the SQL books online to prepare for the exam, on which I scored an 881. I have a couple year's experience with the product, but not 'in-depth', so there were several topics where I needed a good tutorial. This book filled that need and is written directly to the exam 'objectives'; problem is, I don't think the MS exam was reflective of the stated 'objectives'. So there were several questions on the exam that this book didn't prep well for (like application development and SQL OLE, DMF, ODS, etc, and replication--the publishing subscriber model wasn't even mentioned). But reading the corresponding MS documentation with each topic (a LOT of reading!) covers most of the bases. The practice exams were mediocre. I recommend this book.

It was easy to read, and it kept one's attention and interest from the start to the end of each chapter. Although I had SQL Server 6.5 support experience already, I was able to read the book and pass the SQL 6.5 administration exam nine weeks after purchasing the book, while working on a contract full time. In the exam, I found that only around 5% of the questions could not be answered from the material in the book. A tip: learn the SQL server configuration parameters listed at the end of Chapter 11 "Tuning and Monitoring".

This book provides good coverage in its examples and test-questions from the CD and the book. Like most New Riders books, the editing could be improved. Overall, it does prepare you for the exam. This book also provides an excellent (and necessary !!) companion to the SQL Implementation book also published by New Riders.

The bad news is that the answers to the review questions at the end of each chapter are all too frequently wrong. The good news is that the material is presented well enough so you can catch these mistakes. A clever ploy, perhaps? Other good news: the content is explicitly tied to the exam objectives, the exercises are worthwhile, several chapters are actually fun to read (e.g., Chapter 8:Managing Data), the chapter template is good (intro, content, exercises, review questions), and the authors frequently explain why something is the way it is.

Overall, this book is an excellent guide in preparation for the SQL 6.5 Administration exam. The content is well written, thorough, and contains many great exercises and study questions. The book has 6 authors and the inconsitency amongst them does show from time to time. The overall flow is most preserved though. The chapter on replication could be more thorough, or at least more clearly written. Overall, however, this is an excellent resource and definately a good value for the discounted price offered by Amazon.