MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA Self-Paced Training Kit: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation, Exam 70-229, Second Edition

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MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET

Format: Hardcover
Author: Microsoft Corporation
ReleaseDate: 15 January, 2003
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Rating:

Good Resource for XML Editing
NET" an invaluable tool in XML editor development. I have found "Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft VB. It is quite detailed about accessing and manipulating XML data. .

More confusing


Might help if you are already well expreinced with . I was reading it as first book for most of the topics, It was total waste of time to read it.NET but not for beginner.

Very Poorly Written
Perhaps the editor was reassigned to Longhorn duties. Judging by the positive reviews, this book must have some merit but it is certainly not in the quality of its writing or its accuracy. Here are some examples of what you can expect in the first two chapters:

"A COM+ component exists in three states: exists and activated, exists and not activated, and nonexistent. "

"The pool objects are not destroyed even after their release from the client application. COM+ retains the destroyed object in the pool for recycling. . . "

" If the value of the CanStop property is set to False, the SCM does not pass the Stop command to the service application. "

It's main value to me is as a syllabus. You can use it to direct your search for better explanations on MSDN and, of course, everyone should have Troelsen's "C# and the . NET Platform" which is the best textbook I have read. Ever.
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