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Summary: Essential to my success on Exam 512
Review: This book made passing Exam 512 fairly easy. Books & classes from IBM do not focus on passing the exams, but this book does. During 10 yrs. of UNIX sys. admin. I'd done almost no database work. I passed Exam 512 after 3 weeks of concentrated effort. Week 1 - 2 classes: DB2 UDB Family Fundamentals (2 days) & DB2 UDB SQL Workshop (2 days). Weeks 2 & 3 - Read "DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies" cover to cover. I answered every end of chap. question, did every lab and took the practice exams on the CD. I'd never sat for a certification test and this book made me very comfortable with the process. I passed Exam 513 three weeks later using a 4 day class, DB2 UDB Admin. Workshop, and "All-In-One DB2 Admininistration Exam Guide" in the same fashion. I highly recommend this book for passing Exam 512. I would not recommend it as a reference for DBAs.
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Summary: Good!
Review: This book serves the purpose (to attain DB2 fundamentals certification) very well. Some experience with DB2 and reading this book is all that is required to pass the 512 exam.
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Summary: For dummies maybe, but not for lazy people
Review: This is an excellent guide to DB2 on the windows platform. The first half of the book is geared to the beginner, and tries to introduce you to DB2 gently. The second half of the book crams you through the fundamental concepts that you need for the exam. It does not cover every thing that there is to know about DB2, but it attempts to prepare you for the exam, and does a very good job of it. Having read other DB2 books, and knowing something about Databases (being a MCDBA, and working as a DB2 DBA) I must say that this is my favorite DB2 book. The test questions have numerous errors. This book helped me easily pass my certification on the first try.
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Summary: You cannot afford not to buy this book for your 512
Review: You cannot afford not to buy this book for your 512. A must have. Make sure you read everything, the author has extracted all the goodies from the exam and put it into this brief book.Excellent for 512 and helpful for 513. Sample questions are a joke compare to the real one. EQ
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