Comments on: MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/ Enhance your site with CGi, PHP and ASP scripts Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nirdesh Mohan http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Nirdesh Mohan Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:49:18 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/#comment-474 I have been a J2EE Architect/developer using DB2/ORACLE for many years. I always feel that I am lacking in DB so I thought lets do DB certification and I chose mySQL. I have been using mySQL at home for my learning and in this book I found many interesting things that I was unaware. The book has every detail of topic that I need to prepare for the exam. Rating: 5 / 5 I have been a J2EE Architect/developer using DB2/ORACLE for many years. I always feel that I am lacking in DB so I thought lets do DB certification and I chose mySQL. I have been using mySQL at home for my learning and in this book I found many interesting things that I was unaware. The book has every detail of topic that I need to prepare for the exam.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Ervin Andrino http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Ervin Andrino Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:43:24 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/#comment-473 If you need to learn MySql, this book is a very good choise, easy to understand, good and clear examples step by step, no just the query they show the query and the response from the server, not like another books that only show the query but don't show you the server response, you must guest or try and try. Rating: 4 / 5 If you need to learn MySql, this book is a very good choise, easy to understand, good and clear examples step by step, no just the query they show the query and the response from the server, not like another books that only show the query but don't show you the server response, you must guest or try and try.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: John Brady http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-472 John Brady Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:11:41 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/#comment-472 This book is a necessary but not entirely sufficient resource if you plan to complete the 5.x developer and/or DBA exams with self-study. Most of the subject areas present on the exams are covered in enough detail to easily pass if you are experienced with another database product and can apply that experience. (FYI, I have 15+ years working with Oracle/SQL Server and have dabbled with MySQL since 3.x, passed all 4 exams using this guide). <br /> <br />That said, you will likely need to supplement the book by reading the MySQL documentation if you wish to get as much knowledge as possible from the study process. Certainly try out each command on a test MySQL instance multiple times using version 5.x (NOT 5.1 where some behaviors have changed). <br /> <br />The practice questions provided are not all in multiple-choice format as you will encounter on the exam, which can be a good mental exercise for review, but the answer formats can be frustrating in some cases, as in the case of a multiple-choice question with five possible letter choices, wherein the answer is a paragraph that doesn't indicate the correct letter choices. Trivial but annoying. <br /> <br />Be sure you complete all practice questions from the accompanying CD and understand why your answers were right or wrong. There are no labs or practical exercises included, although a sample schema is included from which many of the practice questions are drawn. <br /> <br />If you are not taking the exams, this is still a good primer on MySQL. Rating: 4 / 5 This book is a necessary but not entirely sufficient resource if you plan to complete the 5.x developer and/or DBA exams with self-study. Most of the subject areas present on the exams are covered in enough detail to easily pass if you are experienced with another database product and can apply that experience. (FYI, I have 15+ years working with Oracle/SQL Server and have dabbled with MySQL since 3.x, passed all 4 exams using this guide).

That said, you will likely need to supplement the book by reading the MySQL documentation if you wish to get as much knowledge as possible from the study process. Certainly try out each command on a test MySQL instance multiple times using version 5.x (NOT 5.1 where some behaviors have changed).

The practice questions provided are not all in multiple-choice format as you will encounter on the exam, which can be a good mental exercise for review, but the answer formats can be frustrating in some cases, as in the case of a multiple-choice question with five possible letter choices, wherein the answer is a paragraph that doesn't indicate the correct letter choices. Trivial but annoying.

Be sure you complete all practice questions from the accompanying CD and understand why your answers were right or wrong. There are no labs or practical exercises included, although a sample schema is included from which many of the practice questions are drawn.

If you are not taking the exams, this is still a good primer on MySQL.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Eric J. Wu http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Eric J. Wu Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:10:42 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/#comment-471 I took the MYSQL 5.0 dev I and Dev II exams from this book. <br /> <br />More than any other book I've ever read, this book prepares you for the exam. There's no material on the test that is not in the book, another first. In fact, some of the examples on joins and subqueries are taken straight out of the book's questions on CD's; some of the tables used in the exam are taken straight out of the book's examples. I can't stress this enough: more than any other Cisco, MS, Red Hat, Sun, or CISSP book, what is on the exam is in the book if you are willing to read carefully. <br /> <br />The questions are challenging, even more so than the exam itself. The writing is clear, as good as any book I've read. The examples are all excellent. <br /> <br />4 stars instead of 5 because the authors can't resist putting their political views in the text. They prominently list "Palestine" as a country (unnecessarily IMO) and refuse to say "fire triggers" because of the association with guns. <br /> <br /> <br />Besides that, it's a great book. <br /> <br /> Rating: 4 / 5 I took the MYSQL 5.0 dev I and Dev II exams from this book.

More than any other book I've ever read, this book prepares you for the exam. There's no material on the test that is not in the book, another first. In fact, some of the examples on joins and subqueries are taken straight out of the book's questions on CD's; some of the tables used in the exam are taken straight out of the book's examples. I can't stress this enough: more than any other Cisco, MS, Red Hat, Sun, or CISSP book, what is on the exam is in the book if you are willing to read carefully.

The questions are challenging, even more so than the exam itself. The writing is clear, as good as any book I've read. The examples are all excellent.

4 stars instead of 5 because the authors can't resist putting their political views in the text. They prominently list "Palestine" as a country (unnecessarily IMO) and refuse to say "fire triggers" because of the association with guns.

Besides that, it's a great book.

Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: David M. Stokes http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-470 David M. Stokes Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:06:33 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/mysql-5-0-certification-study-guide/#comment-470 This is the book for MySQL CMDBA, CMDEV, and CMA certifications! <br /> <br />But please note we do not include vouchers for the exams in the latest printing. <br /> <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 This is the book for MySQL CMDBA, CMDEV, and CMA certifications!

But please note we do not include vouchers for the exams in the latest printing.

Rating: 5 / 5

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