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ORACLE Interview Questions and Answers

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208. What is the advantage of the library?

Libraries provide a convenient means of storing client-side program units and sharing them among multiple applications. Once you create a library, you can attach it to any other form, menu, or library modules. When you can call library program units from triggers menu items commands and user named routine, you write in the modules to which you have attach the library. When a library attaches another library, program units in the first library can reference program units in the attached library. Library support dynamic loading-that is library program units are loaded into an application only when needed. This can significantly reduce the run-time memory requirements of applications.


209. What is lexical reference? How can it be created?

Lexical reference is place_holder for text that can be embedded in a sql statements. A lexical reference can be created using & before the column or parameter name.


210. What is system.coordination_operation?

It represents the coordination causing event that occur on the master block in master-detail relation.


211. What is synchronize?

It is a terminal screen with the internal state of the form. It updates the screen display to reflect the information that oracle forms has in its internal representation of the screen.


212. What use of command line parameter cmd file?

It is a command line argument that allows you to specify a file that contain a set of arguments for r20run.


213. What is a Text_io Package?

It allows you to read and write information to a file in the file system.


214. What is forms_DDL?

Issues dynamic Sql statements at run time, including server side pl/SQl and DDL


215. How is link tool operation different bet. reports 2 & 2.5?

In Reports 2.0 the link tool has to be selected and then two fields to be linked are selected and the link is automatically created. In 2.5 the first field is selected and the link tool is then used to link the first field to the second field.


216. What are the different styles of activation of ole Objects?

In place activationExternal activation


217. How do you reference a Parameter?

In Pl/Sql, You can reference and set the values of form parameters using bind variables syntax. Ex. PARAMETER name = '' or :block.item = PARAMETER Parameter name

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ORACLE Interview Questions and Answers