On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:03:51PM +0200, rich johnson wrote: > Has anyone else tried this? I got 8/10. Going to the exam next week; > I suppose that's a good sign :-) > > http://www.mysql.com/certification/selftest/core/index.php
I don't know if we all get the same questions, but I was disappointed in some of those I was asked. One was like: "Is this syntax valid in MySQL?" [some query] What's the point of such a question? Anyone with access to MySQL can find out by simply running the query. It's trivia. So was the "which mysql command-line argument allows you to specify a username" question. And the "Who is MySQL AB?" question. Neither one requires any real thinking--simple memorization. You can look 'em up in the manual very, very quickly. They did ask at least one "what does this query DO" question. I think those are much better for a certification exam. Anyway, the two I got wrong were both the result of not having a MySQL parser built in to my head. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ MySQL 4.0.13: up 7 days, processed 221,412,201 queries (349/sec. avg) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
