SQLAuthority Author Visit – Ahmedabad User Group Meeting September 2008

Today is third Saturday of the Month and every third Saturday we have Ahmedabad User Group Meeting. Our user group is growing and getting interesting. Everybody who attended last months User Group (UG) Meeting realized that how important it is to attend UG meetings. UG President Jacob Sebastian (SQL Server…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 8

Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download What is Data Compression? In SQL SERVE 2008 Data Compression comes in two flavors: Row Compression Page Compression Row Compression Row compression changes the format of physical storage…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 7

Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download How can we rewrite sub-queries into simple select statements or with joins? Yes we can write using Common Table Expression (CTE). A Common Table Expression (CTE) is an…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 5

Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download What command do we use to rename a db, a table and a column? To rename db sp_renamedb 'oldname' , 'newname' If someone is using db it will…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 4

Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download 1) General Questions of SQL SERVER Which command using Query Analyzer will give you the version of SQL server and operating system? SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY…
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