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Databases Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What do you mean by COLLATION?

ABC, BirlaSoft,

4 14301

What is a Join in SQL Server?

3 6315

Can you explain the types of Joins that we can have with Sql Server?

2 6540

When do you use SQL Profiler?

Wipro,

3 9628

What is a Linked Server?

1 6059

Can you link only other SQL Servers or any database servers such as Oracle?

1 5061

Which stored procedure will you be running to add a linked server?

1 5231

What are the OS services that the SQL Server installation adds?

3 9924

Can you explain the role of each service?

1 4383

How do you troubleshoot SQL Server if its running very slow?

HP,

2 12286

Lets say due to N/W or Security issues client is not able to connect to server or vice versa. How do you troubleshoot?

1 5172

What are the authentication modes in SQL Server?

IBM, iSmart,

4 9581

Where do you think the users names and passwords will be stored in sql server?

BirlaSoft,

4 10591

What is log shipping? Can we do logshipping with SQL Server 7.0 - Logshipping is a new feature of SQL Server 2000. We should have two SQL Server - Enterprise Editions. From Enterprise Manager we can configure the logshipping. In logshipping the transactional log file from one server is automatically updated into the backup database on the other server. If one server fails, the other server will have the same db and we can use this as the DR (disaster recovery) plan.

2763

Let us say the SQL Server crashed and you are rebuilding the databases including the master database what procedure to you follow?

2 6929

Un-Answered Questions { Databases }

do you know how to configure db2 side of the application? : Sql server database administration

1046

I have A,B,C servers.i want to 3 servers jobs move to D server(target server)..how? note: i said that take the backup of msdb and restore to the target server..he said while restoring jobs replaced. what is the solution

2116

What are the events on which a database trigger can be based?

1195

What do you know about system database? : SQL Server Architecture

990

. I have my backup RMAN script called "backup_rman.sh". I am on the target database. My catalog username/password is rman/rman. My catalog db is called rman. How would you run this shell script from the o/s such that it would run as a background process?

2447

How do you define a composite key?

790

How do I clear the command in mysql?

948

What is tns entry?

1162

What is raid controller technology?

1010

Is oracle dba in demand?

598

Explain the Normalized Relations?

2704

What is optimization and its types?

988

Write a query to include a constraint, to check whether the employee salary is greater than 5000?

1609

What are the differences between primary key and unique key?

1013

What are the different types of sql commands?

1129

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