 See larger picture | MCSE: SQL Server 2000 Design Study Guide (Exam 70-229)
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Marc Israel, J. Steven Jones, and Steve Jones
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Product Description Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-229, Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition: - In-depth coverage of every exam objective--all the information you need to know
- Practical information on designing and implementing a SQL Server 2000 database
- Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
- Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards
Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including: - Developing a logical data model
- Implementing the physical database
- Retrieving and modifying data
- Programming business logic
- Tuning and optimizing data access
- Designing a database security plan
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Featured Customer Reviews  Oblivion and Perdition,
November 16, 2005A very useful book despite all the errors!,
July 28, 2004 Let me just get it out of the way by mentioning first that this book contains many errors - perhaps more than an average technical book. However, most are typographical and do not degrade the value of the book that much.
Having said that, the coverage of all the exam topics in this book is nothing short of superb! The explanations are detailed, clear and with numerous examples. For the purposes of the exam, I would go as far as to say that you may not need any other supplemental material (which is very rare for a study guide)!
This book covered all but 2 questions on my 70-229 exam. One of them was regarding the full syntax of OPENXML and the other was regarding Replication.
The questions at the end of the chapters are very similar to those on the test (again, rare for a study guide). If you can answer most of those questions correctly, you will do well on the real exam.
All in all, in my opinion, this is the best book out there for the 70-229 exam.The best book to start,
May 26, 2004 This book was a good way to start studying for the exam. After finishing the book you are almost ready.
Maybe the following areas weren't completely covered:
Cursors (it is focused on T-SQL syntax. Other books will describe ADO and ODBC cursors as well).
The topic Retrieve, filter, group, summarize, and modify data by using Transact-SQL requires even more examples and more questions because this is a complex topic.
Good book with bad CD,
April 03, 2004 I used this book to prepare for exam that I successfully passed. My overall impression from the book is very positive. It is well-structured; all explanations are clear and concise. It is strongly focused at exam and doesn't spend your time on irrelevant topics. I think it covers not less than 90% of what you need for exam. I recommend reading it along with enquiring Books Online.However it has noticeable amount of typos. Most of them are quite obvious, but I can recall at least a couple of typos that really made me confused. The companion CD is much worse. I expected the tests from CD to be a real help, but their format made them very inconvenient to use. Moreover, some test questions seemed to be corrupted. Honestly I think the CD is nearly useless. SUMMARY: this book is not ideal; however it can be certainly used to prepare for the exam.  Good starter book but not a complete study guide,
January 30, 2004This isn't to say that the book is complete junk. It does touch on a good deal of material. I'll be keeping the book as a reference for those things that I use very often and the other junior developers I work with. I won't be turning to it, though, if I need detailed information on anything.
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