70-461 exam: Querying and Managing XML Data

Hello everyone:

I am reading 70-461 exam training kit book by Itzik Ben-Gan.
Chapter 7 is dedicated to query and mange XML data. I am not familiar with the XML concept.
I didn't go in depth to read the chapter.

I would like to know how much weight or percentage related to XML will be tested on the 70-461 exam?
In Real life does XML play import role in SQL server administration?

Please share your experience, insight with me? I appreciate your feedback. Thanks!

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Zorodzai

I haven't sat the 70-461 yet (long story) BUT, from the exam reviews I have read, there seems to be quite a lot of XML on the exam. In real life situations we normally tend to avoid database parsing of XML but, well......I guess real life and exams are completely different. How much SQL experience do you have ?

aaronchristenson

I cannot tell you how many questions I got on the exam that had XML in them but I can tell you that I failed it twice and all three times I took the exam I saw the same set of XML questions.

N2IT

I failed 433 and it had a ton of XML on it. I would assume and have read there are quite a few XML questions on 461.

NotHackingYou

I would advise you to study the XML portion before taking 70-461