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Title: DB2 Universal Database v7.1 for UNIX, Linux, Windows and OS/2 Database Administration Certification Guide (4th Edition) by George Baklarz, Bill Wong, Jonathan Cook ISBN: 0-13-091366-9 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 30 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: IBM says you need it...to get a free voucher!!!
Comment: Although this book is recommended by IBM as required reading for 513, I recommend 'DB2 All in One - Sanders' instead of this. I used both books along with their free CBT (Fastpath) and passed 513. In truth, I just 'lightly read' this one and mainly used it for it's excellent practice questions. If you are interested in testing 513 for free (type 'free db2 voucher' into google) - you will be interested to know that the qualifying exam is directly from the questions in the back of this book. If you're not going to buy it, at least browse the questions and answers in a bookstore - you'll need it for 513.
Rating: 4
Summary: An essential text but not the only reference needed to pass
Comment: As I write, I have passed exam #512 DB2 Family Fundamentals and i'm presently studying for exam #513 administration. Although I only studied from this one reference for the first exam I felt that when I actually took the exam I was hit with more than a few questions that I was unprepared for. In particular more detailed knowledge of (IBM specific) DML statements would have been helpful. The text of the book doesn't really contain a DDL/DML refernce.
I do feel however that if it were not for my previous experience as an Oracle DBA many of the SQL questions would have gone over my head.
The toughest part of the exam in my estimation is the section on concurrency and locking. And although I feel that the explanations given in the book are satisfactory the wording of the questions on the exam was a bit more difficult to comprehend than I was really prepared for. So I would advise you to study that section of the book very thoroughly.
In preparation for the administration exam I have purchased DB2 High Performance Design and Tuning which gives very thorough attention to performance and tuning issues. The exam prep guide only gives cursory information about this oh so vital subject area. I feel that with both of these texts I will be more than adequately prepared for the admin exam.
And even though I have not checked out the accompanying CD to this point I would advise you to investigate its' contents as there may be some valuable information available.
Rating: 3
Summary: Didn't Hit the High Notes
Comment: This book does have a solid base, and easily covers all of the requirements for the DB2 Fundamentals exam. However, it begins to come up short for the DB2 Administrator test. Many areas are not particularly well explained, and the description of the DB2 product family is a complete hash job, and really leaves you none the wiser.
Perhaps the most annoying part of this book is that there is no public errata, and I quickly found two errors. Given that this is a certification book, it's crucial that it's accurate. The author e-mailed me and pointed out that the mistakes were corrected for the Version 8 book, and that the publishers didn't give them any web space for an errata.
Overall, a good book. However, a book written by IBMers on an IBM product for an IBM exam should be final word on the subject. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and I would suggest looking at the 'All in One' Gold books.
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Title: DB2 Administration All-in-One Exam Guide by Roger E. Sanders ISBN: 0072133759 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 18 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: DB2 Universal Database v7.1: Application Development Certification Guide by Steve Sanyal, David Martineau, Kevin Gashyna, Michael Kyprianou ISBN: 0130913677 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 Version 7.1 Certification Guide by Richard Yevich, Susan Lawson ISBN: 0130650765 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 13 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies by Paul C. Zikopoulos, Jennifer Gibbs, Roman B. Melnyk ISBN: 0764508415 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: DB2: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series `) by Roman B. Melnyk, Paul C. Zikopoulos ISBN: 0072133449 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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