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Databases Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What do you mean by COLLATION?

ABC, BirlaSoft,

4 14464

What is a Join in SQL Server?

3 6445

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

2 6651

When do you use SQL Profiler?

Wipro,

3 9730

What is a Linked Server?

1 6154

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

1 5133

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

1 5314

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

3 10078

Can you explain the role of each service?

1 4457

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

HP,

2 12406

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 5238

What are the authentication modes in SQL Server?

IBM, iSmart,

4 9719

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

BirlaSoft,

4 10733

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.

2813

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

2 7021

Un-Answered Questions { Databases }

What view(s) do you use to associate a user's SQLPLUS session with his o/s process?

2610

What is difference between procedure and trigger?

1022

hi, how to link a text file and a .rpt file in my tables of sql server and to retrieve those records for further use. reply me as soon as possible.

2116

Can you explain what are commit and rollback in sql?

986

How can check sql version from command line?

1141

What are the difference between clustered and a non-clustered index?

1094

What is the use of graph database?

1106

What is the template in sql?

1033

What is the default value of an integer data type in sql server 2005?

1000

What is the difference between truncate and delete commands?

1110

What is the purpose of self join?

1041

how to clone 9i Database on to 10g Database.

2388

can an automatic recovery be initiated by a user? : Sql server administration

996

Which two statements are true about a foreign key?

1033

What is the concept of optimization?

1112

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