Technology Questions

Oracle SQL developer is an Oracle Database IDE.

All the above listed are debugging windows in .NET

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) adds the ability to query objects using .NET languages. The LINQ to SQL object/relational mapping (O/RM) framework provides the following basic features:

- Tools to create classes (usually called entities) mapped to database tables

- Compatibility with LINQ's standard query operations

- The DataContext class, with features such as entity record monitoring, automatic SQL statement generation, record concurrency detection, and much more

Dual boot system allows you to install and maintain two operating systems on a single PC. The purpose for this is to maintain compatibility between older and newer software. For example, there maybe programs that only work under Windows 98, therefore having a dual boot system between Windows 98 and another version like Windows XP is a good choice.

SQL Server agent plays an important role in the day-to-day tasks of a database administrator (DBA). Its purpose is to ease the implementation of tasks for the DBA, with its full- function scheduling engine, which allows you to schedule your own jobs and scripts.

Permissions in PHP are very similar to UNIX. Each file has three types of permissions – Read, write and execute. Permissions can be changed using the change mode or CHMOD command. CHMOD is followed by 3 digit number specifying the permission type. CHMOD 777 is for Read, Write and execute.

Unnecessary permissions can be stripped off using UNMASK command.

Unmask (777);

$result = mysql_query($sql, $db_link);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
echo "$num_rows rows found";

- A process is an execution of a program, while a Thread is a single execution sequence within a process.

- A process can contain multiple threads. A Thread is sometimes called a lightweight process.