T-SQL Developer Interview Questions with Answers

What SQL command do you use to pull and filter data from a table ?  

SELECT [Column List] FROM [Table Name]...

Azure SQL Database and Columnstore Indexes

I have come to understand the importance of using columnstore indexes when my queries are aggregating and scanning across many...

Change SQL Server Collation – Back to Basics

One of my most favorite things in the world is the opportunity to deal with extremely varying database and environment...

Generate SQL script to extract user permissions from a SQL database

When you restore a database, it will also restore all permissions along with it. But what if you are restoring...

How to check whether and when sql index statistics were updated last time?

I was working for a client on their very critical and heavily used database.  The application was an E-commerce website...

How to start SQL Server job using TSQL and wait for it to complete?

If you ever had a need to start a SQL job using sp_start_job stored procedure in msdb then you know...

Overview of SQL Server Backup Types

SQL Server backups, in itself, is a vast subject; so vast, there are multiple books written about them. In this...

SQL server database size, location and volume info

For one of my clients, I needed to know and document not only database names, size and locations but also...

The Prompt Actions Menu

A quick post on SQL Prompt here. Someone is asking about the Prompt Actions menu. This is the menu that...

24 Hours of PASS – April 25th–26th

Well, it is that time of the year, again. PASS puts on a 24 Hours of PASS where 1 hours session go on once an hour for 24 hours....