Ayup Charlie

Submitted by BinksUK on Wed, 07/26/2006 - 06:56

As I may have mentioned before, when you live with a 3 year old (or 67 as he says he will be next Saturday) you get to watch a lot of CBeebies. There are few good things to say about this. It's repetitive, patronising, sickeningly educational and just, well, childish! However, I have discovered a reason to watch, the savour of the bedtime hour, this thing that is, Charlie and Lola. If you haven't seen it already, you must, it's lovely. It's funny, it's sweet, it doesn't patronise, it's just lovely.

Bring on Tarzan

Submitted by BinksUK on Mon, 07/24/2006 - 11:56

Amazon is moving higher and higher up in my estimation. Not only was I extremely impressed by their handling of the whole tv card fiasco but they're now excelling in replacing a dodgy dvd. Unfortunately a box set I bought was found to be faulty on Saturday, a few buttons clicked on Sunday, a "we're very sorry, have ordered you a new one" email Sunday evening, new dvd's dispatched Monday morning. Impressive. Defective disks posted back to them this morning using the pre-paid label they generated for me to print out, job done.

Nearly There

Submitted by BinksUK on Tue, 07/11/2006 - 15:21

Certificates printed... well mostly, just the HoY ones to do which is no real biggie. Shout done and sent to the printers... hopefully. Summer concert cancelled, again. Assignments both done and in, one back, ok score the other pending which I know will be really bad.

Revision: HTML Form Code

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:33

Describe how each of the FORM elements in the following page function to return a set of values to the server.
This page is used by the author to allow unknown users on the Internet to contact the owner of the page, without revealing the email address used by the owner. Explain how this helps prevent spam arriving in the ownerâ€™s mailbox.

Revision: Web Server - Web Browser

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:32

Describe the sequence of requests and replies between a web browser, a web server, and the files on the web server, that result in a web page being displayed on your computer at home.
(short answer - in outline, not including details of HTTP )
(Long answer - in detail, including details of HTTP )

Revision: Referential Integrity

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:32

Explain what â€˜referential integrityâ€™ refers to in an SQL database. Explain the difference between declarative and trigger based referential integrity.

Revision: Stored Procedure

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:31

Explain what a stored procedure is in the context of an SQL server. Give three good reasons for using stored procedures.
5 marks

Revision: Database

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:31

Explain what is meant by a relational database. Explain the terms â€˜tableâ€™ , â€˜keyâ€™ .

Explain the purpose of each word in the following statement:
SELECT EmployeeName, Salary FROM Employees WHERE Salary>35000

Explain how a SELECT statement in SQL is linked to a specific table.

Explain the use of the rollback command in SQL programming.

Describe five important, distinct, functions of a database server.

Revision: Three Tier - Long

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:30

You have been asked to develop a distributed application which administered the holiday details of staff employed by a large company. Detail how the various components of the system could be mapped to a three-tier (layer) architecture.
long answer

Revision: Three Tier

Submitted by BinksUK on Sat, 07/08/2006 - 17:30

Why are distributed applications developed as three-tier (three-layer) architectures?
short answer

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