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Life Cycle Of SQL Server

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Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy provides consistent and predictable guidelines for product support availability when a product releases and throughout that product’s life. By understanding the product support available, customers are better able to maximize the management of their IT investments and strategically plan for a successful IT future.   

SQL Statements and Syntaxes

SQL Statement Syntax AND / OR SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition AND|OR condition ALTER TABLE ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype Or ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN column_name AS (alias) SELECT column_name AS column_alias FROM table_name or SELECT column_name FROM table_name  AS table_alias BETWEEN SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2 CREATE DATABASE CREATE DATABASE database_name CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE table_name ( column_name1 data_type, column_name2 data_type, column_name2 data_type, ... ) CREATE INDEX CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name) or CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name) CREATE VIEW CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition DELETE DELETE FROM table_name WHERE some_column=some_value Or DELE

Differences between SQL Server 2008/R2 and 2012

Sr. No. Sql server 2008 R2 Sql server 2012 1 Exceptions handle using TRY….CATCH Unique Exceptions handling with THROW 2 High Availability features as Log Shipping, Replication, Mirroring & Clustering New Feature ALWAYS ON introduced with addition of 2008 features. 3 Web Development and Business Intelligence Enhanced with business intelligence features. Excel PowerPivot by adding more drill and KPI through. In Addition with SQL server 2008, Web Development and Business Intelligence Enhanced with business intelligence features and Excel PowerPivot by adding more drill and KPI’s. 4 Could not supported for Windows Server Core Support. Supported for Windows Server Core Support 5 Columnstore Indexes not supported. New Columnstore Indexes feature that is completely unique to SQL Server. They are special type of read-only index designed to be use with Data Warehouse queries. Basically, data

SSRS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Q: What is SSRS? Ø   SSRS or SQL Server Reporting Service is a server-based report generation software systems from Microsoft and is part of Microsoft BI. Ø   It is used for preparing and delivering interactive and variety of reports. Ø   It is administered through an web based interface. Ø   Reporting services utilizes a web service interface for supporting and developing of customized reporting applications. Ø   SSRS lets you create very rich reports (Tabular/Graphical/Interactive) from various datasources with rich data visualization (Charts, Maps, sparklines) Ø   SSRS allows are reports to be exported in various formats (Excel, PDF, word etc) Q: Explain SSRS Architecture? Reporting services architecture comprises of integrated components. It is a multi-tiered, included with application, server and data layers. This architecture is scalable and modular. A single installation can be used across multiple computers. It includes the following components: - Report Manager, Reporting D