Donald A. Tevault wrote:

> I have to agree.  I can see having an exam candidate know how to create
> user accounts, grant privileges, etc.  But, I don't understand the
> emphasis on manipulating data tables.  That should definitely be the job
> of a database admin.

I think this is the wrong way round.

I'd look to a database administrator to deal with the intricacies of creating 
user accounts and setting up privileges -- after all, these even depend on the 
database system that one is using.

However, it turns out that these days many software packages allow things like 
logging to SQL databases rather than files. As a system administrator one must 
know how to query these logs. Similarly, there are SQL backends for storing 
user accounts or DNS resource records. Finally, various software packages use 
SQLite databases as their native file format (e.g., Firefox). On occasion, it 
is very useful to be able to access these files in SQL.

Anyway, the SQL required for the exam is hardly rocket science.

Anselm

(This is my personal opinion and not that of Linup Front GmbH.)
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