What is an entity-relationship diagram (erd)?
What is the difference between for auto and for nested?
Why it is recommended to avoid referencing a floating point column in the where clause?
Which data types generate inaccurate results if used with an = or <> comparison in a where clause of a sql statement?
you added a row to a view, but the row is not shown on the view. Explain how this can happen, and how you can remedy the situation
Create a dts package to produce a text file using the ‘update statistics’ command for the tables in a database with obsolete statistics.
You are designing a database for your human resources department in the employee table, there is a field for social security number, which cannot contain null values if no value is given, you want a value of unknown to be inserted in this field what is the best approach?
If a table does not have a unique index, can a cursor be opened on it?
Indexes are updated automatically is the full-text index also updated automatically?
How you can minimize the deadlock situation?
Can a database be shrunk to 0 bytes, if not, why?
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?
What keyword you will use to get schema appended to the result set of a ‘for xml’ query?
Why should one not prefix user stored procedures with ‘sp_’?
What are three ways you can use an identity value inside a trigger? Why would you prefer one way over another?