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Title: MCDBA Administering SQL Server 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-228) by Joyjit Mukherjee, Joyit Mukherjee, Inc Syngress Media ISBN: 0-07-212703-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 05 July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Because zero stars isn't an option
Comment: This book is terrible. Period. The writing is dry, probably only 25% of the material is applicable to the exam itself, and the book is filled with inaccuracies. I sincerely doubt the author even took the 70-228 exam before writing this book, ... A complete waste of money, avoid this book like the plague.
Rating: 2
Summary: Got me Again
Comment: When using a Study/Exam Guide to prep for a certification exam, I expect the exam portion of the guide to be a key point. The CertTrainer ExamSim included with this book is a joke. I like to begin my preparation by taking the practice exam before I read the text to see where I need to concentrate. After 90 minutes or so, I reached the end of the exam, pressed Back to check my previous answer, only to find my answer had changed. Upon checking other answers, they ALL had changed to A&B! I retook the exam, and when I went into review mode, none of my anwsers showed up at all, and neither did any text to explain what the correct answer should be. It just started the exam process over.
I have to wonder if anyone at the publisher actually tries to read/use any of the books they publish. With the technical nature of these books, it is imperative that they be acurate and usable.
This is the second 70-228 book I've shelled out a substantial amount of money for (the 1st one being the "All-In-One" abomination), and I'm starting to get gun shy.
These books don't come cheap in either cost or the time it takes to read and study them, and the publishers have an obligation to make them credible. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of choices out there, and finding the good ones is getting harder and harder.
I just hope the publishers realize that as we become certified professionals, our recomendations are taken seriously.
Rating: 2
Summary: Embarrassing, DON'T BUT THIS BOOK
Comment: I have read and reviewed over 25 MS certification books, and this is among the worst I've ever seen. This book was obviously rushed into print, as the spelling and grammar errors are the worst I've ever seen in any published material. There are many cases where they give example SQL text that doesn't even run b/c of inaccuracies. Many of the exam questions specify incorrect answers and/or tell you one answer is correct, then the answer explanation will explain why another answer is the correct choice.
The book is week on substance, as many of its pages are filled with screen shots rather than enlightening content. The test questions are not similar to the type of questions found on the actual exam.
If anyone actually reviewed this book before it went into production, they should be fired immediately, as it's hard to read more than a couple pages without finding errors, many of which make it difficult to determine what the author is trying to say.
If you want to learn SQL server and desire to pass the exam, spend your time with other material.
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