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Title: A useful reference, and not just for the exam
Review: This book covers the material for the basic SQL 2005 exam fairly well. If one does most of the exercises, one should be able to pass the exam. The practice tests that come with the book are unrealistically difficult - I never cracked 80% on them, yet scored 92% on the exam.I was a little disappointed that they left out a big step in mirroring - one needs to poke holes in the Windows firewall for it to work. But other than that, the instructions were quite clear, and it was trivial for me to implement log shipping and replication just from reading the book. The book also comes with a coupon for about $20 off the cost of the exam - a nice plus.
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