MCDBA 70-229- Designing and Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

MCDBA 70-229- Designing and Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

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by Thomas Moore, Ed Tittel
     
 

The MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA 70-229 Exam Cram 2: Designing & Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition covers exactly what you need to know to pass the 70-229 exam. It is the ideal refresher that ensures readers cover the essentials and the ultimate complement guide for larger training guides, instructor-led classes or CBT

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The MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA 70-229 Exam Cram 2: Designing & Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition covers exactly what you need to know to pass the 70-229 exam. It is the ideal refresher that ensures readers cover the essentials and the ultimate complement guide for larger training guides, instructor-led classes or CBT training. This comprehensive reference guide also comes with the popular "Cram Sheet" tear card for your last minute cram sessions, and the accompanying CD includes a practice test engine powered by MeasureUp. You will also benefit from the community support at www.examcram2.com, which features industry news, study tips, practice exams, and discussion boards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780789731067
Publisher:
Que
Publication date:
05/06/2005
Series:
Exam Cram 2 Series
Edition description:
Book and CD
Pages:
473
Product dimensions:
5.96(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.99(d)

Meet the Author

Designing and Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise EditionAbout the Author

Thomas Moore (MCSE, MCSA, MCSD, MCDBA, MCT, CSE, CTT+) has been in the computer industry for more than 25 years. Thomas has a wide variety of expertise in all hardware environments and with most Microsoft Server products. "My first and lasting love," he says, "besides my wife and family, however, is programming." Thomas is comfortable in any programming language environment, achieving his MCSD and MCDBA certifications from their inception and recently completing his Microsoft CSE certification as a certified software engineer with Microsoft Business Solutions products. Over the past 18 years he has been working for various Microsoft partners and currently is an Intermediate Developer/Technical Consultant with Diamond Municipal Solutions (formerly Diamond Software) in Paris, Ontario, where he has been for the past three years. Thomas enjoys staying up-to-date, although, like most of us, he finds it a challenge to keep up with the pace of the industry.

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MCDBA 70-229- Designing and Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 2.5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 2 reviews.
Guest More than 1 year ago
I contribute much of my success as an IT Professional to the ExamCram series of books and I have over a dozen copies of different topics. This book is by far not up to the standards that I expected when buying an exam review book. The topics are meshed together and hard to tell apart. This is supposted to be a review book not a composition paper. See for yourself there many times where sentences are repeated over and over almost word for word. Getting the important information out of this book is extremely difficult. There are NO samples. I read paragraph after paragraph of filler. The kind I would expect from a highschool student trying to stretch a 3 page essay in to a 5 page essay. I have read this book from cover to cover and write this to save you the time and frustration.
Guest More than 1 year ago
While the main use of this book is to study for the Microsoft 70-229 SQL Server exam, there is no reason why you cannot also use it just to quickly learn SQL Server 2000. For either case, Moore offers a concise walkthrough of the gist of this database. The book takes you into how to layout your tables in a logical data model. Independent of SQL Server. Then, the text discusses how to do a physical implementation that takes advantage of the specifics of SQL Server. You should probably also pay attention to how stored procedures and user defined functions are done. These may be crucial to improving performance. Even if you have to embed business logic in the database itself. The book shows how to do this, though it is a contentious step to some database developers, who would want to place it outside the database. The questions and answers at the end of each chapter are good for exam preparation. These problems are a little skimpy. But this is ameliorated by the CD, which has much more testing material.