Questions on extraction instructions in R3

Hello,
In LBWE (in R3) I need to check whether a datasource is in Active version/Modified version not, but I do not see those options. I only see Active or Inactive.
Is Inactive same as Modified?
The instruction points that if it is in M version to go to RSA5 and select the data source and on Transfer.
If for example, it is not M version, how do I set it to M version?
I saw a couple of datasources which were Inactive, when I double click on it in the attempt to change I get DataSource 2LIS_11_VAKON does not exist
How do I fix this problem?
Thanks.

Hi ,
Check the tables ,
ROOSOURCE , Give u r data source name , Check content of field OLTP Source version . D will be available already . A will be there if you have activated .
Renjith Kumar

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Stop ignoring the error messages. You seem to think that an error message means you're doing the assignment wrong. It's probably a simple fix. Post the exact error messages, as well as the code that corresponds to them. The error message will tell you exactly what line the problem occurs on, so you know right where to look.Hi,
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public static final String DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE = "none";
// Class instance variables
protected String questionText;
protected String correctAnswer;
protected String userAnswer;
protected int pointsValue;
protected String category;
protected int difficultyLevel; //TODO: set a range for difficulty levels
// Constructors
public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 questionText = text.trim();
 correctAnswer = answer.trim();
 userAnswer = null;
 if (pts >= 1)
 pointsValue = pts;
 else
 pointsValue = DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE;
 category = ctgry.trim();
 if (level >= MIN_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL && level <= MAX_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL)
 difficultyLevel = level;
 else
 difficultyLevel = DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL;
 // Overloaded (simplied) constructors
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String getQuestion ()
 return questionText;
 // Use this method to store user answers
 public void submitAnswer (String ans)
 userAnswer = ans;
 public boolean answerIsCorrect (String userAns)
 if (userAns == null)
 return false;
 else
 // Normalize and compare answers
 char key = normalize (correctAnswer); //Get the first letter of an answer
 char ans = normalize (userAns); //Get the first letter of an answer
 return (key == ans);
 public boolean answerIsCorrect ()// Why do we need two answerisCorrect() methods?
 return answerIsCorrect (userAnswer);
 public int getPointsValue ()
 return pointsValue;
 public int getPointsEarned (boolean userNoBSRule)
 System.out.println ("useNoBS: " + userNoBSRule + "\tuseAnswer: " + userAnswer + "\tcorrectAnswer: " + correctAnswer);
 if (userNoBSRule && (userAnswer == null))
 return 1;
 else if (userAnswer == null)
 return 0;
 if (answerIsCorrect() == false)
 return 0;
 else
 return pointsValue;
 public String getCorrectAnswer ()
 return correctAnswer;
 public boolean hasBeenAnswered ()
 return (userAnswer != null);
 private char normalize (String input)
 if (input != null)
 input = input.trim();
 input = input.toLowerCase();
 return input.charAt(0);
 else
 return ' ';
 TrueFalseQuestion
public class TrueFalseQuestion extends Question
public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
} MultipleChoiceQuestion
public class MultipleChoiceQuestion extends Question
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 String possibleAnswers;
 public String getPossibleAnswers ()
 return possibleAnswers;
 public void addAnswerChoice (String answerChoice)
 String ansChoice = answerChoice;
 questionText += "\nansChoice";
 possibleAnswers = answerChoice;
 public void printAnswerChoice ()
 System.out.println (questionText);
} I don't understand why the assignment wants me to build a method in the MultpleChoiceQuestion class to store the potential answer choices, I can make the program display the potential answer choices by including them in the questionText as following in the QuizDriver class
Question x;
x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the color of the car\na.Red\nb.Green", "a. Red", 3);
t.addQuestion(x); I don't know how to allow the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time(add one potential answer choice by calling the addAsnwerChoices() method once)
Here are a few original sentences of my assignment which describe what I should do with the MultipleChoiceQuestion class
Using TrueFalseQuestion as a model, develop a new MultipleChoiceQuestion class that can be used to represent a problem where the user must select one of several answer choices (e.g., "Select answer (a), (b), (c), or (d)."). This new question type should have all of the same externally-visible functionality as TrueFalseQuestion, except that it must:
maintain a list of potential answer choices
provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time (i.e., the client should be able to call an addAnswerChoice() method to pass a new answer option to the MultipleChoiceQuestion.)
display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters ("abcd" instead of "0123") I don't understand what these sentences mean.
1. "Maintain a list of potential answer choices"-- this reminds me of the getPossibleAnswerChoice() method in the TrueFalseQuestion class
public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
 }I wonder that if the potential answer choices I have to store in the MultipleChoiceQuestion class are only letters "a", "b", "c", "d", etc, or include the answer text coming after the letters(eg. a.Red, b.Green)
2. "provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time". How do I achieve the functionality "one at a time"? Do I need to pass the input of the client (a potential answer choice) to the variable of the method which stores the list of potential answers?
3. "display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters". My question here is that: When the client type in one possible answer, should I append it to the variable questionText? (So I use the questionText variable in the methods of the first and second steps)
Thank you very much for your nice help!
Edited by: Terry001 on Apr 21, 2008 8:01 AM

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