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Apr20

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 6

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Cursor, SQL Download, SQL Function, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 6 covers the six properties of relational tables and de-normalization, adding redundant data to help performance.

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Apr19

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 5

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SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database, SQL Cursor, SQL Download, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 5 covers renaming a database with sp_renamedb, sp_configure versus SET commands, and the types of replication.

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Apr18

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 4

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SQL Interview Questions and Answers
DBA, SQL Download, SQL Function, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 4 begins with SQL Profiler: what it is, how it captures events to a file or table, and how to keep traces small.

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Apr17

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 3

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SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database, Software Development, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Cursor, SQL Download, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Sub Query, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 3 opens with NOLOCK: how the hint skips read locks, why that means dirty reads, and what it does for concurrency.

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Apr16

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 2

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database, Software Development, SQL Collation, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Cursor, SQL Download, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Server Security, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 2 explains clustered vs non-clustered indexes and the index configurations a table can have. The updated set has moved.

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Apr15

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Part 1

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Software Development, SQL Cursor, SQL Download, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Part 1 starts with the basics: what an RDBMS is and what normalization means. The updated set now lives at a new location.

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Apr15

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Introduction

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SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Database, DBA, SQL Download, SQL Error Messages, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger
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Interview Questions and Answers Introduction: why I started this six part series after many reader requests. The updated questions now live at a new location.

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