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How to Write in Text File from T-SQL in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #236

August 4, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Advanced Option, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL String

Question: How to Write in Text File from T-SQL in SQL Server?
The question above was actually asked in an interview and also was not asked in the same word.

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quotename

How to Remove Quotes of QUOTENAME? – Interview Question of the Week #235

July 28, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

Question: How to Remove Quotes of QUOTENAME? I received based on my yesterday’s blog post SQL SERVER – QUOTENAME Function and Custom Quote Character.

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index performance

Can an Index Reduce Performance of SELECT Query? – Interview Question of the Week #234

July 21, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Question: Can an Index Reduce Performance of SELECT Query? There is a huge misconception that Indexes does not impact SELECT queries negatively.

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computed column

How to Find Definition of Computed Column in SQL Server using T-SQL? – Interview Question of the Week #233

July 14, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Computed Column, SQL Function, SQL Server, SQL System Table

Question: How to Find Definition of Computed Column in SQL Server using T-SQL?
Answer: A very fair question, I received the other day.

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Source_Database_ID

What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases?- Interview Question of the Week #232

July 7, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Snapshot, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table

Question: What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases and why it is mostly NULL? Very interesting question, I received indeed.

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What is Faster, SUM or COUNT? – Interview Question of the Week #231

June 30, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Function, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: What is Faster, SUM or COUNT? Answer: Both are the same. I was asked this question during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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Checkpoint

What are the Different Types of SQL Server CHECKPOINT? – Interview Question of the Week #230

June 23, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Question: What are the Different Types of SQL Server CHECKPOINT?

Answer: There are four different kinds of checkpoints in SQL Server.

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