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

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SQL Server Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what is difference between primary key and Unique

8 9698

How many max. conditions can b written under the WHERE clause? Like select * from [tabnam] WHERE (cond1...or..cond2....or...cond3...and.....so on.....??? (upto how much extent))?????

SAP Labs,

3 9258

HOW TO RENAME A COLUMN NAME

3 7463

what is cluster and nin-cluster index?

4 7144

how to delete duplicate rows from table in sql server

HCL, UHG,

12 23834

What is difference beteen Migration and Upgrdation?

Satyam,

7 25426

What are different types of Keys? Please explain all the keys with a suitable example.

4 27631

What is cursor ? And what is difference between Trigger ?

HCL, Polaris,

3 31882

What is row by row processing ?

2 8688

can primery key be a non clustered index?

10 13657

How To Make password Protected SQL Server 2005 Database i.e when i open SQL Server database then ask for password.

1 5621

can foreign key take role of primary key?

CarrizalSoft Technologies, TCS, Villa Marie,

5 10061

What is the Query of getting last 10 transaction Reports (like insert, update, Delete Data from Tabele) ?

Wipro,

4 10485

How to find out name of all employees who has salary less than 200 Rs.?

8 10871

Can I know,how to Execute Funcion and Trigger through command(Manualy Execution) in MS SQL/SERVER 2005,give me answer with Example.

1 3874

Un-Answered Questions { SQL Server }

Explain system functions or built-in functions? What are different types of system functions?

1055

How do I find the sql server version?

1099

what is spatial nonclustered index

1051

How can we solve concurrency problems?

1116

How can I check that whether automatic statistic update is enabled or not?

1108

What is in place upgrade in sql server?

1119

Equi join and non equi join is possible with sql server?

1119

This question asked during interview, 2) At the end of each month, a new table is created for each bank that contains monthly metrics consolidated at the account level. The table naming convention is bankX_YYYYMM where X represents the numeric designation of the bank and YYYYMM indicates the 4 digit year and 2 digit month. The tables contain the following fields: name data type description account text account number registered boolean indicates whether the account is registered num_trans integer number of transactions made during the time period spend numeric(9,2) total spend during the time period a) Write a SQL query that will display the total number of transactions and total spend for "Bank1" during the 4th quarter of 2009. b) Write a SQL query that will display the total number of transactions and total spend at "Bank1" and "Bank2", broken out by registered vs. non-registered accounts, during January 2010 not sure what is correct answer and how to solve?

2553

Why use identity in sql server?

1189

If any stored procedure is encrypted, then can we see its definition in activity monitor?

1060

What is sql server query analyzer?

1117

what is the difference between openrowset and openquery?

1186

Can we shrink data file in sql server?

1117

List out the different types of locks available in sql server?

1041

How to enter binary string literals in ms sql server?

1235

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