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All this week I have been attending the 5 day MySQL Database Administrator Course in London and though I've not blogged about it all week I thought I'd give a brief review of how it's gone...

Simple answer is very, very well - a lot has been learned, a lot has been verified and invaluable experience has been put forwards not only by the speaker but also by the diverse and interesting group of people on the course.

In all there were 9 of us on the course, 7 from the UK, one from Eire and one from the USA, not including our Tutor who was also American. Everybody on the course came from a different perspective in their use of MySQL and this varied mix of high end job roles lead to some very useful and interesting discussion on the different challenges and methods used to over come various problems.

I won't mention names of the other delegates, as I've not asked them if it would be ok to do so, but the companies represented in the room were Eurostar (Intercontinental Train Operator), The Independent (Newspaper), Claranet (ISP), AstraZenica (Pharmaceuticals), Trend Micro (PC Health Software), Zend (The makers of PHP), as well as myself!

I was looking forward to it, and I have to say it's been one of the best courses I've been on. Everything was interesting and it was delivered (in my view) by an interesting and engaging speaker, though the course book did contain a few typo's and missing slides which was a bit annoying.

I've been able develop a list of solid recommendations to improve our database designs and strategies and my confidence with MySQL has increased a 1000 fold. I now carry a wealth of knowledge which I fully intend to build on further and really get into the MySQL community.

Though the course doesn't cover 100% what you need to pass the DBA certification exam it gets you a long way there and I'll be also taking that on soon

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