Question Bank for General Database concepts and SQL Server set 1

Database Concepts
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What is a database or database management systems (DBMS)?
What's difference between DBMS and RDBMS ?
What are CODD rules?
Is access database a RDBMS?
What's the main difference between ACCESS and SQL SERVER?
What's the difference between MSDE and SQL SERVER 2000?
What is SQL SERVER Express 2005 Edition?
What is SQL Server 2000 Workload Governor?
What's the difference between SQL SERVER 2000 and 2005?
What are E-R diagrams?
How many types of relationship exist in database designing?
Can you explain Fourth Normal Form?
Can you explain Fifth Normal Form?
What's the difference between Fourth and Fifth normal form?
Have you heard about sixth normal form?
What is Extent and Page?
What are the different sections in Page?
What are page splits?
In which files does actually SQL Server store data?
What is Collation in SQL Server?
Can we have a different collation for database and table?


SQL
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Revisiting basic syntax of SQL?
What are "GRANT" and "REVOKE' statements?
What is Cascade and Restrict in DROP table SQL?
What is a DDL, DML and DCL concept in RDBMS world?
What are different types of joins in SQL?
What is "CROSS JOIN"?
You want to select the first record in a given set of rows?
How do you sort in SQL?
How do you select unique rows using SQL?
Can you name some aggregate function is SQL Server?
What is the default "SORT" order for a SQL?
What is a self-join?
What's the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE ?
Select addresses which are between '1/1/2004' and '1/4/2004'?
What are Wildcard operators in SQL Server?
What's the difference between "UNION" and "UNION ALL" ?
What are cursors and what are the situations you will use them?
What are the steps to create a cursor?
What are the different Cursor Types?
What are "Global" and "Local" cursors?
What is "Group by" clause?
What is ROLLUP?
What is CUBE?
What is the difference between "HAVING" and "WHERE" clause?
What is "COMPUTE" clause in SQL?
What is "WITH TIES" clause in SQL?
What does "SET ROWCOUNT" syntax achieves?
What is a Sub-Query?
What is "Correlated Subqueries"?
What is "ALL" and "ANY" operator?
What is a "CASE" statement in SQL?
What does COLLATE Keyword in SQL signify?

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