>It comes in mind i've doubted many times to take this course but did not have the cash and time to actually do so. Can you tell me what topics are covered in this MCDBA exam, Costs and examlocation ?
First, the MCDBA has 3 core exams: Win2KServer (70-215) SQL Admin (SQL7:70-028 SQL2K:70-228) SQL Implementation (SQL7:70-029 SQL2K:70-229) and 1 elective. I used the VFP Distributed exam (70-155) for that.
I prefer this track because all exams are a part of either MCSE and MCSD or both. (70-155 and 70-0x9 for MCSD and 70-215, 70-0x8 and 70-0x9 for MCSE) As for the costs, every exam cost $100 (DFL 211 excl VAT when I registered last month)
As for the examlocation, I would suggest that you take a look at the sites of prometric (http://www.prometric.com or http://www.2test.com) and VUE (http://www.vue.com) for the examlocations. I thought there is one in Zaandam so that would not be far away from you.