DBA advice (from the field) & MSSQL Cert opinions...

Geekboy

NM did some reading and spoke to a DBA looks like I'm going to brush up on my SQL-2005 skills for now.

Kaminsky

And get your ass into a big company... Bigger the better for DBAs.

brad-

Geekboy wrote: »

NM did some reading and spoke to a DBA looks like I'm going to brush up on my SQL-2005 skills for now.

If you are using books, i'd stay away from MS Press and go with SQL 2005 Unleashed, or something from APRESS.

If you try to take the cert, there are lots of sims.

dynamik

Good resources here too: http://www.techexams.net/forums/sql-server-2000-2005-exams/23217-resources-70-431-sql-server-2005-a.html

Geekboy

Kaminsky wrote: »

And get your ass into a big company... Bigger the better for DBAs.

Thank you for the advice. I will keep that in mind and maybe that can be sooner than later. I'm going to go with this book (MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Administration All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 70-431, 70-443, & 70-444)) and I have some other books already on SQL in general.

Good resources here too: http://www.techexams.net/forums/sql-...er-2005-a.html

Thanks dynamik I'll check those out as well.