- Finished pouring the slab today for the shed. After 26 pags of concrete though! #
- I did not realize that computer power supplies crap out so often. Any way, just replaced my server with a new Corsair 750W PSU! #
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This was a very interesting exam. I was very nervous about this one as I know a lot about ADO, but I was just starting to understand the data entity framework, which the exam had a lot of questions about. What was interesting, is the exam did throw in the odd question or two about connecting to Oracle databases and of course using the Oracle provider was an easy choice.
I think what helped me is that I know a lot about establishing connections, whether it is in Office or web applications. This assisted me greatly in understanding what the question was asking of me. Be sure to be comfortable with transaction management, as I got a few on this at the connection level and query level. Also know how errors are collection by class type or general exception level.
Anyway, on to Windows Form Development exam, which is 70-505.
There is a lot of new stuff in this exam, but also a lot of the old stuff from earlier .NET versions. So, it should be okay. I will build a few sample applications to make sure I am completely comfortable, plus go through the study guide book. I have put a reference over in my suggested reading books section.
Happy exam taking!
- On fire shift and on the engine tonight. #
- Working late tonight on SQL and Excel object model. #
- @st07760 Nah, I should have gills if that was the case! in reply to st07760 #
- Boy, am I tired fro moving the fence to make enough room for the shed to be built. Tomorrow it is pouring the shed pad. #
- Getting ready to build the frame to pour the concrete for the shed base today. #
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- Working on UDFs in SQL Server 2008, pretty straight forward, now I need to add some .NET programmability. #
- Need to find interop assemblies for VSTO and Office 2010?? #
- Ah, no PIAs for Office 2010. I need to do everything in Excel 2007 PIAs. I hate the Excel Object Model! #
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- Just finished the Duvall Fire 45 boat operators classroom course and now for the practical part. #
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May 082009
Yep, I did it and passed the 70-503 exam today. It was tricky, as long as you know WS-* I think you can get through it.
Security played a major role in the exam, in that you needed to be aware of who was doing the communication in the exam, the client or the server and whether the client was a windows client with .NET 3.5 framework or just a web service client. This has a big bearing on what security setting you select. Also, if the security is done at the message level or not.
I suggest those prepping for the exam to read up on the WS-* standards and you should be fine. Have a good working knowledge of where you set the service attribute, at the service or method level. If you take your time and read the questions carefully it easy to discover what is required.
Well, it is that time of year in our department. Yep, Live Fire training. It is cool, but a little boring. But the important aspect to it is understanding fire behavior. When I was in recruit training and being so tall my helmet face shield melted (it was not down on my face though.) People wonder why firefighters stay so low to the ground, it is because hot gases rise. So closer to the floor the temperature can be only 250 F, whilst at 5″ it could be over 800 F. I will try and get some photos to show more detail.
