Database Development Interview Preparation

Difference between sql server 2008 and sql server2005

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2008

DMF- Declarative Support polices and rules Unrelation data storage New data type Datetime data type support Store unsturcuteral document in sql server Dynamic development NAD framework- enables developer LInq a way for developer Resource governor New indexes More support for datwarehousing Scaling the BI component Develevering these new capabilities to the end user

Flat Files :-

flat files- any file which can be used as a source for data feeding. delimited
I also used to do some adhoc data load from XLS sheets delimited flat files and store it to staging area"

Expertise in SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS/DTS). Experience in Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) in SQL Server/Oracle databases. SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Report Builder, report server and report manager Experience in implementing Backup (Full, Differential and Transactional) and Recovery Models, Log Shipping and Transactional Replication. Hands-on experience of Oracle 10g database and PL/SQL. Used SSIS packages/jobs broadly to migrate and transform data from legacy database system.
Created log shipping on servers for backup, copy and restore transaction logs. Created packages for database protection and applied Security roles/permissions to the database users. Is it like making different schemas .

Maintained Unit test cases and project documentation for the status/timeline reporting. unit and system testing. Worked on linked servers to run distributed queries between SQL Server and other data sources like Excel using ODBC, OLE DB Drivers.

Advance knowledge in RDBMS concepts, logical/physical data models. install, upgrade and configure Microsoft SQL Server Databases. SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS/DTS). Data Model and Building reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Report Builder, report server and report manager

Experience in implementing Backup (Full, Differential and Transactional) and Recovery Models, Log Shipping and Transactional Replication.

planning the location of data, index, and Transaction log files on the disks. Differential backup How much data amount we used to load thourgh elt process in my last projects Give an example of log shipping in your working environment What should I read in pl/sql Maintained Unit test cases and project documentation for the status/timeline reporting.

software development life cycle including analysis, design, development, documentation, deployment and system support. Transact-SQL (DDL, DML and DQL).