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SQL Server Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What do you mean by COLLATION?

ABC, BirlaSoft,

4 14285

What is a Join in SQL Server?

3 6302

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

2 6529

When do you use SQL Profiler?

Wipro,

3 9605

What is a Linked Server?

1 6048

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

1 5052

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

1 5227

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

3 9908

Can you explain the role of each service?

1 4378

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

HP,

2 12278

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 5166

What are the authentication modes in SQL Server?

IBM, iSmart,

4 9565

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

BirlaSoft,

4 10577

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.

2762

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

2 6916

Un-Answered Questions { SQL Server }

What is join query?

893

What is subquery in sql?

1067

What is store procedure? How do they work? When do you use?

942

What is the current pricing model of SQL Azure?

104

What will be the value of @@fetch_status if a row that was a part of the cursor resultset has been deleted from the database after the time the stored procedure that opened the cursor was executed?

1141

What is sql server schema compare? How we can compare two database schemas?

1031

How do I repair damaged sql server mdf file database? In previous day my mdf file has got damage due to unknown reasons then I used dbcc chekcdb command but it failed, MDF file is important for me, I don’ know that how to get back mdf file data. Please anyone suggest me?

1750

Types of Authentications in Sql Server? How user gets authenticated through windows authentication?

1052

What is the difference between a stored procedure and a user defined function?

1020

what is spatial nonclustered index

992

What happens if date-only values are provided as date and time literals?

1022

What are the different types of triggers in SQL SERVER?

1138

What is the rdl file?

138

What is SQL Azure Federations?

112

How many types of local tables are there in sql server?

930

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