SQL Server Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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SQL Server Interview Questions

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i have table students with fields classname,studname select * from students classname studname 1 xxxxx 1 yyyy 1 zzzz 2 qqqq 2 tttt 3 dsds 3 www i want the output should be No of students in class 1 : 3 No of students in class 2 : 2 No of students in class 3 : 2

HCL, ZX,

5 10112

what is the difference between group and having give an example with query and sample output

7 10169

What is Data model and how to prepare a data model.?

TCS,

1 5716

what is a stored procedure and trigger?

3 6206

How to retrieve data from log files in SQL SERVER ?????

1 6485

How To Change Column Ordinal Position in SQL Server 2005 using Query i.e I Want To Add Column at Particular Ordinal Position in SQL Server 2005

2 9517

Whether the updations made to the views reflect the original records in the table

NIIT,

5 9660

How can i give the restrictions for the data entry, if i wish to enter only I ,II, III, IV in the grade actegory of student table?

3 6136

how to select 5 to 7 rows from a table, which contains 10 rows?

IBM,

21 27782

How to select nth record from a table?

DELL, Microsoft, Ramco,

13 41358

role of sql sever 2005 in database rather than any other database

1993

1. Tell me your daily activities 2. If sql server installation fails at time installation what will do 3. Where does the sql server installation log details are stored 4. After the installation what will you do for memory configuration 5. What is the difference between SQL max maximum memory and AWE memory 6. How will you configure AWE memory 7. How will setup an email alert for the backup job 8. After the SQL installation what are the jobs will you configure 9. What does –g mean in the sql startup parameter 10. What is the difference between Bulked log and Full recovery model 11. What is the difference between mirroring and log shipping 12. What are the steps to be followed before in-place up gradation 13. After installing the patch the sql server does not start and application team tells to rollback the changes .In this scenario what will you do

CSC, IBM,

2540

Which is the best place or learning center for MS SQL?????In Bangladesh?????

TCL, Wipro,

2116

what is the difference between Delete and Truncate

CarrizalSoft Technologies, Geo Research Centre,

4 8887

from the table display the 2nd highest salary? and also the least 2nd salay?

8 10644

Un-Answered Questions { SQL Server }

Do you know the cursor types?

1207

What do you mean by a Composite primary key?

1193

Does table partitioning improve performance?

1015

Explain where clause?

1038

Do you know what is difference between index seek vs. Index scan?

1008

What is an identity?

1079

What is the Difference Between Primary and Foreign Key?

1068

You want to use bids to deploy a report to a different server than the one you chose in the report wizard. How can you change the server url?

158

What is Federation and Federation Member?

How many clustered indexes there can be on table ?

1075

Can I delete event logs?

980

What is spid in sql server profiler?

1171

How many joins in sql server?

1006

Define indexes?

1096

Can you explain various data region available in ssrs with their use?

1026

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