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Title: McSe SQL Server 2000 Administration: Study Guide by Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell, Joseph L. Jorden, Et Al ISBN: 0782129218 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.25
Rating: 1
Summary: Run From This Book Screaming
Comment: I am using this book as a text in a college class. I rated it at one star because there was no lower rating. The T-SQL syntax is wrong more often than not, and this makes utilizing this book more difficult than it should be; the T-SQL examples are so poor as to be considered useless.
In addition to T-SQL syntax errors, there are plain English errors as well. I am nearing the end of the class where this book was used as a text, and in retrospect it appears that it has not been edited at all.
I would expect the editing quality from a company with Sybex's reputation to be more thorough than it is.
If you pass this exam and have writing skills, perhaps you should apply to Sybex as a technical editor; it appears as though they could use the help.
Rating: 3
Summary: incomplete/missing coverage
Comment: Surprisingly, the book has no coverage at all on clustering. Although not many questions are asked about it on the exam, no serious SQL 2000 DBA should not be familiar with clustering technology. Also, the syntax of T-SQL commands are not fully explained. In many cases, entire clauses and options are left out. The book is fraught with errors. Surprisingly, the book's errata section at the Sybex site lists only a few corrections. By contrast, the Sybex 70-229 book by Israel and Jones is superb, filled with content helping you both PASS the test and MASTER the actual material. The errata section at the Sybex site for the 70-229 book is very comprehensive. However, I am a Sybex devotee and will admit that the selection out there for 70-228 is weak and this book - by default - is one of the better ones available. However, definitely read SQL Books Online and additional articles to supplement your studying. This book alone is NOT enough.
Rating: 1
Summary: McSe Sql Server 2000 Administration : Study Guide
Comment: I feel I deserve my money back. Including taxes I spent $85.44 on this book. You would think for that price, you would get quality. Unfortunately that is not the case.
The syntax in this book is all wrong! Exercise 4.18 instructs me to make a stored procedure called PRINT, then it tells me to run the stored procedure called PRINT, but it doesn't understand it because PRINT is already a command. I had to find out how to do this on my own using []'s. Most of the Exercises (eg. 4.10) refer to the install directory C:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL. The install directory is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL. Creating Views. Exercise 4.22 is totally incorrect. Again, I had to search on the Internet to find the *Correct* way to do it.
Why did I pay for this book? Is it all wrong? How do they expect me to learn SQL Server, let alone pass Microsoft exam 70-228 when all the material is incorrect? I am afraid to go on in this book. Being a student, I cannot afford to 'waste' my money. I had planned on purchasing another Sybex book on SQL Design, but I am thinking differently now. Is it full of errors too?
Unsatisfied,
Murray Hachey
Ps. More errors. Exercise 6.5 refers to an MSSQL7\Backup folder. That would be fine and dandy if the book were about MSSQL7, but it is about SQL 2000, and there is no such folder.
Exercise 7.1 instructs you BULK COPY to a file called DatabcpOrdDet.txt, and in exercise 7.2 you are supposed to do a BULK INSERT from a file called bcpOrdDet.txt. There is no file called bcpOrdDet.txt so the operation fails. You must do the BULK INSERT from DatabcpOrdDet.txt(the file that you did the copy to).
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Title: MCSE: SQL Server 2000 Design Study Guide (Exam 70-229) by Marc Isreal, Steven Jones, Marc Israel, J. Steven Jones, Steve Jones ISBN: 0782129420 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: MCSE: Exchange Server 2000 Administration Study Guide by Walter J. Glenn, James Chellis ISBN: 078212898X Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 13 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: MCSE: Windows 2000 Core Requirements (2nd Edition) by Jim Chellis, Sybex, Sybex Inc, James Chellis, Lisa Donald, Anil Desai, Paul Robichaux ISBN: 0782129501 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $159.95 |
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Title: MCSA/MCSE: Windows 2000 Network Management Study Guide with CD-ROM by Michael Chacon, James Chellis, Anil Desai, Matthew Sheltz ISBN: 0782141056 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: MCSE: Exchange 2000 Design Study Guide by William Heldman ISBN: 0782128971 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 05 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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