Rating: 
Summary: Good overview, but still needs an assist.
Review: The book gives a cursory overview of the topics needed for the exam. This comes as no surprise since the teams that write the courses/books and the teams that write the exams are completely separate and do not work with each other. The book has serious problem with errors, particularly when describing the examples, the text and examples don't match. But if you are at all familiar with Microsoft's other products such as application software or operating systems, this should come as no surprise.
Again, while the book does give you a brief look at the topics you will need to explore, I found purchasing Self Test Software's practice exams to be of more help in both preparing for the test and understanding the materials. Their explanations of the correct and incorrect answers helps flesh out the missing pieces of this book.
Rating: 
Summary: Exam Topic Overview Only
Review: This book gives an introduction to the topics required for the exam but nowhere near the detail required. Attempt a practice exam after reading the book and you will realise how inadequate this training resource truly is.
Rating: 
Summary: Great book for the 70-229 Exam
Review: This is a very well written, comprehensive book that explains many of the things you need to know for the exam. The book is nicely formatted and has very good code snippets to demonstate the use of TSQL statements, stored procedures, etc. It could use more information in the areas concerning database replication, user functions and their purpose, and sql table locking hints and their use.I usually use the Exam Cram 2 books for studying, but the one for the 70-229 is not highly rated. It is a good thing that Microsoft Press came through with this book.
Rating: 
Summary: Covers requirements
Review: This Kit covers what should be expected to be known to pass
the exam.Further reading is required.
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