DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies [With CDROM]

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

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.

I studied this book for about 20 hours and passed the 512 exam. It is well written and goes quickly so I highly recommend it. The CD was unimpressive. After a few questions, I gave up - too many multiple choice RADIO button questions. Luckily, the CD is not required to pass the exam.

I read this book over the course of one week before I took the exam. I passed without any problems. I wanted to do the labs included in the book but never got around to it although they seemed helpful. I also found that the sample test engine on the included cd had a few errors. I didn't rely too heavily on it though. IBM has sample questions on the web that reflect what you'll see on the test anyway.

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.