SQL Server Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What do you mean by COLLATION?

ABC, BirlaSoft,

4 12800

What is a Join in SQL Server?

3 5047

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

2 5692

When do you use SQL Profiler?

Wipro,

3 8487

What is a Linked Server?

1 5361

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

1 4419

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

1 4554

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

3 8639

Can you explain the role of each service?

1 3738

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

HP,

2 11096

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 4469

What are the authentication modes in SQL Server?

IBM, iSmart,

4 8103

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

BirlaSoft,

4 9145

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.

2344

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

2 5954


Un-Answered Questions { SQL Server }

What is a schema in ms sql server 2005?

595


what do you understand by change data capture?

600


what is the difference between writing data to mirrored drives versus raid5 drives. : Sql server administration

563


What is the data type of time?

548


What are various aggregate functions that are available?

539






How to write a query with a full outer join in ms sql server?

593


Which sql server table is used to hold the stored procedure script?

505


What is sql collation?

683


Do you know the isolation level that sql server support?

558


What happens if null values are involved in comparison operations?

577


after migrating the dts packg to ssis by using migrtn wizrd in 2005. iam not able to open ssis pack and getting error. what r those errors? how to resolve?

1718


What is the difference between row_number and dense_rank?

467


Explain how does the report manager work in ssrs?

528


What is cdc in sql server?

605


What is the difference between Triggers and Stored Procedure?

602