Part 6 of my SQL Server Interview questions and answers covers SQL Server 2008, starting with what the master, msdb, model, tempdb and resource databases do.
SQL SERVER – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 2
This is the second part of the blog post series Interview Questions and Answers.Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search
Set up Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008 in three steps: create a full-text catalog, create the full-text index, then populate it. Screenshots for each step.
The Tools a DBA Installs on Day One
The tools a DBA installs on day one include SSMS, command line utilities, a checked script library, and managed source control.
COMPRESS and DECOMPRESS: Restore Text With Its Original Type
COMPRESS and DECOMPRESS return binary data, so I restore text with its original character type explicitly. A decompressed value is not automatically a readable string. Its bytes still need the correct interpretation.
SQL SERVER – Introduction to Filtered Index – Improve performance with Filtered Index
A Filtered Index in SQL Server 2008 indexes only some rows of a table, which can speed up queries and cut index storage and upkeep. Example on the Employee table.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Introduction to Merge Statement – One Statement for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
The SQL Server 2008 Merge Statement does INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE in one statement and reads the data only once. An introduction to how it works and its syntax.