Technology Questions

The backup strategies that are provided by Oracle are as follows:

- Logical backup using Exports and import.

- Physical file system backup

- RMAN Recovery Manger which is also known as incremental files system backup.

DLR is a runtime environment that allows you to integrate dynamic languages with the Common Language Runtime (CLR) by adding a set of services, such as expression trees, call site caching, and dynamic object interoperability to the CLR.

The System.Dynamic and System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespaces are used to hold the classes for DLR. It also provides dynamic features to statically-typed languages, such as C# and Visual Basic to enable their interoperation with dynamic languages.

Some of the rules which should be followed while naming a variable in VB are as follows: 

1) Characters should be less than 255.

2) Space between characters should be allowed.

3) A variable should begin with a number.

4) Period may not be permitted.

Standard modules contain variables, procedures and functions that are accessible anywhere within the project. A class module contains properties and events, and is made accessible only by objects that were created as an instance of that class.

setcookie('variable','value','time');
variable - name of the cookie variable
value     - value of the cookie variable
time       - expiry time

Example:
<?php
setcookie('Test',$i,time()+3600);
?>
Test - cookie variable name
$i - value of the variable 'Test'
time()+3600 - denotes that the cookie will expire after an one hour

IUnknown as an interface of a COM object. Every COM object has to support IUnknown, besides optionally adding other interfaces.

IUnknown is made of QueryInterface, AddRef and Release.

Traceability matrix is a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process. This matrix should also take into account any changes in the scope during the life of the project. 

     At the end of the project this matrix should show each function built into a system, its source and the reason that any stated requirements may not have been delivered. 

Data warehousing is a process of repository of electronic data of an organization. For the purpose of reporting and analysis, data warehousing is used. The essence concept of data warehousing is to provide data flow of architectural model from operational system to decision support environments.