Lotus Notes FAQs

Difference between @IsAvailable and @IsUnavailable
@IsAvailable - Checks a document for the existence of a field name.
@IsUnavailable- Indicates whether a field name exists in a document.

How do u get server name through function?
@Subset(@DbName; 1);@servername

@DbColumn and @dblookup
@DbColumn: Returns a column of values from a view or folder in a Domino database.
@dblookup: returns either the field contents of a document from a specified column in the view, or the contents of a specified field for document.

What is the difference between replication conflict and save conflict?
Replication conflicts
A replication conflict occurs when two or more users edit the same document and save the changes in different replicas between replications.

Save conflicts
A save conflict occurs when two or more users open and edit the same document at the same time on the same server, even if they're editing different fields. When this situation occurs, the first document saved becomes the main document. Before the second document is saved, a dialog box indicates that the user is about to save a conflict document and if the user saves the document, it becomes a Replication or Save Conflict document.

What about LS:Do?
Ans:Lotus script Data object
The ODBCConnection, ODBCQuery, and ODBCResultSet classes, collectively called the LotusScript Data Object (LS:DO), provide properties and methods for accessing and updating tables in external databases through the ODBC (Open Database Connectivity).