Let us break the SQL interview with the help of SQL Server interview questions.

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Description

This book gives you a complete idea about the SQL database. It starts from a very basic concept like what is a database, its usage, types, creation, and data storage, security, sorting, and searching for a stored procedure. This book is a complete set of interview breaking questions and answers with live examples and plenty of screenshots. This book takes you on a journey to mastering the SQL database, including SQL datatypes, functions, triggers, and stored procedures. This book also covers the latest and new features of SQL 2016, 2017 and 2019 CTP with examples.

In the beginner section, we start with very basic concepts like what is a database, why to use a database, different types of database types, what is SQL, its usages, advantage and disadvantages, SQL datatypes, its different operators and how to use them with samples.

In the intermediate section, we will learn about the different SQL functions, SQL Joins (used to fetch values from multiple SQL tables) and SQL DDL, DCL, and DTL commands.

(About the last chapters) This is the advanced section of the book where we have provided an explanation of the SQL stored procedure, triggers and SQL view concepts, additionally, we have covered SQL core concepts like keys, indexes, injections and constraints. We have also introduced cutting-edge concepts like SSRS, SSIS, SQL Cloud database (Azure), JSON Support and a list of the new features of SQL 2016, 2017, CTP-2019 with SQL performance improvement tips. Finally, we have ended the book with a series of random SQL questions and answers.

What you will learn

After reading this book, you will be able to understand SQL database concepts, handle core database activities like data security, searching, migration, and sorting. You will be able to handle the database transactions, use different SQL datatypes, functions, triggers, and stored procedures to save and retrieve data from the database. You will also be able to understand advanced SQL concepts like SQL reporting services, integration services, cloud database and new features from the latest SQL versions like 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Who this book is for