There are total 46 questions are answered under SQL Server Architecture category in the book “SQL THE ONE”. In this chapter we’ll find interview questions and answers on SQL Server Low & High level architecture, Transaction Log, Query Processing and memory architecture. Apart from we can also find the newly added features in SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014 and 2016. Below are the Top 10 SQL Server Architecture Interview Questions:
1. How SQL Server Relational Engine works in processing SQL queries?
2. When I say compile and execute a SQL Batch does it means compiler compiles each line of code?
3. What is Instant File Initialization and how it works?
4. Have you ever implemented Instant file Initialization in any environment? If yes did you observe any performance gain?
5. There is a big change happened in SQL Server Log architecture on SQL Server 2014. Do you have any idea on that?
Hello there, finally we are presenting the book “SQL The One”. This is the one place guide for SQL Server Interview preparation. The core intention is to help the maximum number of SQL DBA’s and SQL Developers to get their dream job and settle in one of the finest database platform Microsoft SQL Server.
This book can be helpful for any SQL Server professional who is looking for an interview preparation guide. The book is mainly designed for SQL Server DBA and SME but there are categories which can be helpful for all SQL Server Professionals.
Q. How we collected these questions?
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All questions answered in “SQL The One” are asked in interviews conducted at various Multi-National Companies across the world. MNC’s included the top product and service oriented organizations, majority of the interviews are from India, USA, Canada, Singapore and UAE.
Q. What is the best selling point in “SQL The One”?
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Performance Tuning, HA & DR and Scenario based questions and answers are the best selling point for this book “SQL The One”.
Q. What are the top 3 points that attracts a typical SQL Server Person?
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1. This book has been prepared from the interview prospective;
2. It covers wide range of SQL Server versions starting from 2005 to 2016
3. All interview questions have been categorized.
Q. What is the Salient Features of Book “SQL The One”?
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All interview questions are asked in various MNC
More than 1000 real time questions with answers
More than 250 questions on SQL Server Performance Tuning
Covers all SQL Server HA & DR features
Lots of scenario based questions
Covers SQL Server Versions 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014 and 2016
More than 300 questions on SQL Server HA & DR features
Questions are categorized
In-depth explanations
An Interview Experience with Microsoft
Useful as a Quick reference guide for SQL DBA & Developer
Q. How to buy this book?
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This book will be available on India and international e-Stores. But now the Pre-Sale is on at Amazon.in with the discounted price.
Q. What is the actual release date?
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From Dec 17th the title will be listed on all e-Stores. But now the Pre-Sale is enabled on Amazon.in for Indian readers.
Q. What are the available formats?
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SQL THE ONE is available in India and international edition in both Print and e-Book format.
Q. Book available at?
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Print Format India
Print Book International
e-Book
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This post can help you to quickly find SQL Server Backup and Restore Reports from a given SQL Server instance. For a typical DBA a most common task is to check the latest backup and restore history for a database. We usually required this information while we are working on a RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to resolve a specific issue, to check the backup frequency or to check the last backup status details. Here are the quick T-SQL scripts which can help us in checking SQL Server Backup and Restore Reports.
SQL Server Backup History Report:
It captures the backup history for a given database (or all databases) based on the parameter @DBName. If @DBName is NULL then it get all databases backup history, if @DBName is assigned with a database name then it get the backup history for the given database.
