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Summary: not sure
Review: Yes, the practice exam on CD was pathetic (did these guys TEST this thing before releasing it?). But the content in the book is fairly exhaustive and teaches a lot.The chapter on ADO was extremely confusing and muddling. Be careful with this book.
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Summary: I'll never buy another book before reading the reviews
Review: The technical material is fairly good but the errors prevalent in the sample exams will have you pretty confused by exam day.
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Summary: Does the Job
Review: Not a terrible book- I just finished using the Syngress VC++ books (see my reviews- they are excellent) and this one VB book for my studies. I was a bit surprised at the reviews on this one- I agree, it's not a 5 star. There are errors, and some are fairly subtle. However, the overall material is decent and does provide value. Most of the error fixes are posted on the Syngress site as well. I'm glad I bought the book- it didn't leave me astray. Besides, the MCSD is important to me for my career so the more help and study aides I can use, the better.
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Summary: DON'T USE THIS BOOK EVEN NOT FOR FREE
Review: An awful book, don't buy this book, don't even take it for free from anyone. The book is full of mistakes, sometimes even with critical information, I usually criticize when I have something positive to say, but this one is truly the worst book ever. It is technicaly wise absolutely the poorest book I have ever had, they want you to practice but the level of the exersice it nothing like you should do. The questions in the book is nothing like the exam, it looks to me like those who wrote it have taken the exam years a go. I failed the exam, and it is mainly because of this book. So don't let yourself do the mistake I have done. DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. I wish i could give it 0 stars, if you are the author you should be ashame, sorry. I love books, but i am not going to leave this book on my shelf, the pro'm is i wouldn't want to give it to anyone.
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Summary: Not recomended to pass exam
Review: The book is full of errors. I sent them an email saying that the practice tests on the CD are full of errors and they let me download an updated version of the tests. The new tests had the exact same errors. I haven't found this book usefull for anything. It honestly confused me more than anything.
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Summary: Filled with errors, but one or two useful tips... somewhere
Review: Don't get me wrong, I don't recommend this book for studying for the exam. I haven't taken the exam yet, but I do not recommend this book for studying. On the other hand, if you can expense it to your company, it does have a clever tip or two buried in there, and was written in a way that I could make use of common tips (i.e. things you should get out of other books, but are so buried in those other books you miss them). There are errors in the questions/answers section, but you will find that everywhere, and you should be smart enough to realize why they are errors. I would say the more errors you can legitimately find, the better prepped you are for the exam...
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I think this book, alone is more than enough to get you through the exam and serves as a comprehensive guide to exploiting VB to the fullest.
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Summary: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: This book was awful! Now that you know my feeling on it, I'll tell you why. Not only was this book filled with errors (but everyone expects some errors), they were critical errors that have you memorizing the completely wrong answers. I spent a week of my vacation studying this book, day and night, till I could recite the book inside and out. I was to the point that I was scoring an 98 on there 450 question pratice exam. I took the certification test today and didnt even come close to passing. 75% of what was in the book was never even mentioned on the cert test. Again let me state that I mastered this book and it didn't even come close to helping me with the certification. Not only do I feel they should pay me back for the book but also the money spent on taking the exam.
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Summary: Pathetic excuse for a study guide.
Review: Don't buy it - 'nuff said. I wish I had read these reviews before purchasing this book. Since you are - Don't. Errors, incomplete, and inadequate.
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Summary: This book is full errors and is missing vital exam content.
Review: This is by far one of the worst books I have ever read. There are so many errors not only in the self tests but in the chapters and on the CD that comes with the book. The practice exam questions and answers are wrong. I totally agree with Mike this book may make you do worse on the exam if you use it!
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