SQL Server Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What do you mean by COLLATION?

ABC, BirlaSoft,

4 13449

What is a Join in SQL Server?

3 5494

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

2 6090

When do you use SQL Profiler?

Wipro,

3 9002

What is a Linked Server?

1 5625

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

1 4715

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

1 4842

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

3 9247

Can you explain the role of each service?

1 4028

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

HP,

2 11563

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 4810

What are the authentication modes in SQL Server?

IBM, iSmart,

4 8671

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

BirlaSoft,

4 9750

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.

2593

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

2 6401


Un-Answered Questions { SQL Server }

What is 1nf 2nf and 3nf?

710


Can you explain powershell included in sql server 2008?

719


explain the storage models of olap? : Sql server database administration

729


Explain some stored procedure creating best practices or guidelines?

729


How to insert new line characters into strings?

767


How to drop an existing table?

782


You notice that the transaction log on one of your databases is over 4gb the size of the data file is 2mb what could cause this situation, and how can you fix it?

892


How extra digits are handled with numeric data type literals?

739


Explain the Ways to improve the performance of a sql azure database?

78


What are the commands used in DCL?

765


What is the importance of concurrency control?

1010


What is use of dbcc commands?

840


How to use order by with union operators in ms sql server?

812


Explain what are the events recorded in a transaction log?

782


what are database files and filegroups? : Sql server database administration

723