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Contents SQL Interview Questions (.....Continued)

21. What are UNION, MINUS and INTERSECT commands?
22. What is Cursor? How to use a Cursor?
SQL Interview Questions 23. What are Entities and Relationships?
1. What is Database? 24. List the different types of relationships in SQL.
2. What is DBMS? 25. What is an Alias in SQL?
3. What is RDBMS? How is it different from DBMS? 26. What is a View?
4. What is SQL? 27. What is Normalization?
5. What is the difference between SQL and MySQL? 28. What is Denormalization?
6. What are Tables and Fields? 29. What are the various forms of Normalization?
7. What are Constraints in SQL? 30. What are the TRUNCATE, DELETE and DROP statements?
8. What is a Primary Key? 31. What is the difference between DROP and TRUNCATE statements?
9. What is a UNIQUE constraint? 32. What is the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE statements?
10. What is a Foreign Key? 33. What are Aggregate and Scalar functions?
11. What is a Join? List its different types. 34. What is User-defined function? What are its various types?
12. What is a Self-Join? 35. What is OLTP?
13. What is a Cross-Join? 36. What are the differences between OLTP and OLAP?
14. What is an Index? Explain its different types. 37. What is Collation? What are the different types of Collation Sensitivity?
15. What is the difference between Clustered and Non-clustered index? 38. What is a Stored Procedure?
16. What is Data Integrity? 39. What is a Recursive Stored Procedure?
17. What is a Query? 40. How to create empty tables with the same structure as another table?
18. What is a Subquery? What are its types?
19. What is the SELECT statement?
20. What are some common clauses used with SELECT query in SQL?

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41. What is Pattern Matching in SQL? 59. How do you check the rows affected as part of previous transactions?
60. What can you tell about WAL (Write Ahead Logging)?
PostgreSQL Interview Questions
61. What is the main disadvantage of deleting data from an existing table using the
42. What is PostgreSQL? DROP TABLE command?
43. How do you define Indexes in PostgreSQL? 62. How do you perform case-insensitive searches using regular expressions in
PostgreSQL?
44. How will you change the datatype of a column?
63. How will you take backup of the database in PostgreSQL?
45. What is the command used for creating a database in PostgreSQL?
64. Does PostgreSQL support full text search?
46. How can we start, restart and stop the PostgreSQL server?
65. What are parallel queries in PostgreSQL?
47. What are partitioned tables called in PostgreSQL?
66. Differentiate between commit and checkpoint.
48. Define tokens in PostgreSQL?
49. What is the importance of the TRUNCATE statement?
50. What is the capacity of a table in PostgreSQL?
51. Define sequence.
52. What are string constants in PostgreSQL?
53. How can you get a list of all databases in PostgreSQL?
54. How can you delete a database in PostgreSQL?
55. What are ACID properties? Is PostgreSQL compliant with ACID?
56. Can you explain the architecture of PostgreSQL?
57. What do you understand by multi-version concurrency control?
58. What do you understand by command enable-debug?

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1. What is Database?
Are you preparing for your SQL developer interview?
A database is an organized collection of data, stored and retrieved digitally from a
Then you have come to the right place. remote or local computer system. Databases can be vast and complex, and such
This guide will help you to brush up on your SQL skills, regain your confidence and be databases are developed using fixed design and modeling approaches.
job-ready!
2. What is DBMS?
Here, you will find a collection of real-world Interview questions asked in companies
like Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microso , etc. Each question comes with a perfectly DBMS stands for Database Management System. DBMS is a system so ware
written answer inline, saving your interview preparation time. responsible for the creation, retrieval, updation, and management of the database. It
It also covers practice problems to help you understand the basic concepts of SQL. ensures that our data is consistent, organized, and is easily accessible by serving as
an interface between the database and its end-users or application so ware.
We've divided this article into the following sections:
SQL Interview Questions 3. What is RDBMS? How is it different from DBMS?
PostgreSQL Interview Questions
RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. The key difference here,
In the end, multiple-choice questions are provided to test your understanding. compared to DBMS, is that RDBMS stores data in the form of a collection of tables,
and relations can be defined between the common fields of these tables. Most
SQL Interview Questions and Answers with Examples | SQL … modern database management systems like MySQL, Microso SQL Server, Oracle,
IBM DB2, and Amazon Redshi are based on RDBMS.

4. What is SQL?
SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is the standard language for relational
database management systems. It is especially useful in handling organized data
comprised of entities (variables) and relations between different entities of the data.

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The PRIMARY KEY constraint uniquely identifies each row in a table. It must contain
5. What is the difference between SQL and MySQL? UNIQUE values and has an implicit NOT NULL constraint.
A table in SQL is strictly restricted to have one and only one primary key, which is
SQL is a standard language for retrieving and manipulating structured databases. On
comprised of single or multiple fields (columns).
the contrary, MySQL is a relational database management system, like SQL Server,
Oracle or IBM DB2, that is used to manage SQL databases.
CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with a single field as primary key */
ID INT NOT NULL
Name VARCHAR(255)
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
);

CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with multiple fields as primary key */
ID INT NOT NULL
LastName VARCHAR(255)
FirstName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_Student
PRIMARY KEY (ID, FirstName)
);

ALTER TABLE Students /* Set a column as primary key */

ADD PRIMARY KEY (ID);
6. What are Tables and Fields? ALTER TABLE Students /* Set multiple columns as primary key */
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Student /*Naming a Primary Key*/
PRIMARY KEY (ID, FirstName);
A table is an organized collection of data stored in the form of rows and columns.
Columns can be categorized as vertical and rows as horizontal. The columns in a
table are called fields while the rows can be referred to as records. write a sql statement to add primary key 't_id' to the table 'teachers'.

7. What are Constraints in SQL? Check

Write a SQL statement to add primary key constraint 'pk_a' for table 'table_a'
Constraints are used to specify the rules concerning data in the table. It can be
and fields 'col_b, col_c'.
applied for single or multiple fields in an SQL table during the creation of the table or
a er creating using the ALTER TABLE command. The constraints are:
Check
NOT NULL - Restricts NULL value from being inserted into a column. 9. What is a UNIQUE constraint?
CHECK - Verifies that all values in a field satisfy a condition.
A UNIQUE constraint ensures that all values in a column are different. This provides
DEFAULT - Automatically assigns a default value if no value has been specified
uniqueness for the column(s) and helps identify each row uniquely. Unlike primary
for the field.
key, there can be multiple unique constraints defined per table. The code syntax for
UNIQUE - Ensures unique values to be inserted into the field.
UNIQUE is quite similar to that of PRIMARY KEY and can be used interchangeably.
INDEX - Indexes a field providing faster retrieval of records.
PRIMARY KEY - Uniquely identifies each record in a table.
FOREIGN KEY - Ensures referential integrity for a record in another table.

8. What is a Primary Key?

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CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with a single field as unique */

ID INT NOT NULL UNIQUE What type of integrity constraint does the foreign key ensure?
Name VARCHAR(255)
);
Check
CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with multiple fields as unique */
ID INT NOT NULL Write a SQL statement to add a FOREIGN KEY 'col_fk' in 'table_y' that references
LastName VARCHAR(255) 'col_pk' in 'table_x'.
FirstName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT PK_Student
UNIQUE (ID, FirstName) Check
);
11. What is a Join? List its different types.
ALTER TABLE Students /* Set a column as unique */
ADD UNIQUE (ID); The SQL Join clause is used to combine records (rows) from two or more tables in a
ALTER TABLE Students /* Set multiple columns as unique */
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Student /* Naming a unique constraint */ SQL database based on a related column between the two.
UNIQUE (ID, FirstName);

10. What is a Foreign Key?

A FOREIGN KEY comprises of single or collection of fields in a table that essentially
refers to the PRIMARY KEY in another table. Foreign key constraint ensures referential
integrity in the relation between two tables.
The table with the foreign key constraint is labeled as the child table, and the table
containing the candidate key is labeled as the referenced or parent table.

CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with foreign key - Way 1 */

ID INT NOT NULL
Name VARCHAR(255)
LibraryID INT
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
FOREIGN KEY (Library_ID) REFERENCES Library(LibraryID)
);
There are four different types of JOINs in SQL:
CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with foreign key - Way 2 */
ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY (INNER) JOIN: Retrieves records that have matching values in both tables
Name VARCHAR(255)
LibraryID INT FOREIGN KEY (Library_ID) REFERENCES Library(LibraryID)
involved in the join. This is the widely used join for queries.
);

ALTER TABLE Students /* Add a new foreign key */

ADD FOREIGN KEY (LibraryID)
REFERENCES Library (LibraryID);

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SELECT * SELECT A.emp_id AS "Emp_ID",A.emp_name AS "Employee",

FROM Table_A B.emp_id AS "Sup_ID",B.emp_name AS "Supervisor"
JOIN Table_B; FROM employee A, employee B
SELECT * WHERE A.emp_sup = B.emp_id;
FROM Table_A
INNER JOIN Table_B;

13. What is a Cross-Join?

LEFT (OUTER) JOIN: Retrieves all the records/rows from the le and the
matched records/rows from the right table. Cross join can be defined as a cartesian product of the two tables included in the join.
The table a er join contains the same number of rows as in the cross-product of the
SELECT * number of rows in the two tables. If a WHERE clause is used in cross join then the
FROM Table_A A
LEFT JOIN Table_B B query will work like an INNER JOIN.
ON A.col = B.col;

SELECT stu.name, sub.subject

RIGHT (OUTER) JOIN: Retrieves all the records/rows from the right and the FROM students AS stu
CROSS JOIN subjects AS sub;
matched records/rows from the le table.

SELECT *
FROM Table_A A
RIGHT JOIN Table_B B
ON A.col = B.col;

FULL (OUTER) JOIN: Retrieves all the records where there is a match in either
the le or right table.

SELECT *
FROM Table_A A
FULL JOIN Table_B B
ON A.col = B.col;

12. What is a Self-Join? Write a SQL statement to CROSS JOIN 'table_1' with 'table_2' and fetch 'col_1'
A self JOIN is a case of regular join where a table is joined to itself based on some from table_1 & 'col_2' from table_2 respectively. Do not use alias.
relation between its own column(s). Self-join uses the INNER JOIN or LEFT JOIN
clause and a table alias is used to assign different names to the table within the Check

query.

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The only difference between clustered and non-clustered indexes is that the
Write a SQL statement to perform SELF JOIN for 'Table_X' with alias 'Table_1' database manager attempts to keep the data in the database in the same order as
and 'Table_2', on columns 'Col_1' and 'Col_2' respectively. the corresponding keys appear in the clustered index.
Clustering indexes can improve the performance of most query operations because
Check
they provide a linear-access path to data stored in the database.
14. What is an Index? Explain its different types.
A database index is a data structure that provides a quick lookup of data in a column Write a SQL statement to create a UNIQUE INDEX "my_index" on "my_table" for
or columns of a table. It enhances the speed of operations accessing data from a fields "column_1" & "column_2".
database table at the cost of additional writes and memory to maintain the index
data structure. Check
15. What is the difference between Clustered and Non-clustered
CREATE INDEX index_name /* Create Index */
ON table_name (column_1, column_2); index?
DROP INDEX index_name; /* Drop Index */
As explained above, the differences can be broken down into three small factors -
There are different types of indexes that can be created for different purposes: Clustered index modifies the way records are stored in a database based on the
Unique and Non-Unique Index: indexed column. A non-clustered index creates a separate entity within the table
which references the original table.
Unique indexes are indexes that help maintain data integrity by ensuring that no two
Clustered index is used for easy and speedy retrieval of data from the database,
rows of data in a table have identical key values. Once a unique index has been
whereas, fetching records from the non-clustered index is relatively slower.
defined for a table, uniqueness is enforced whenever keys are added or changed
In SQL, a table can have a single clustered index whereas it can have multiple
within the index.
non-clustered indexes.
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX myIndex
ON students (enroll_no); 16. What is Data Integrity?
Data Integrity is the assurance of accuracy and consistency of data over its entire life-
Non-unique indexes, on the other hand, are not used to enforce constraints on the
cycle and is a critical aspect of the design, implementation, and usage of any system
tables with which they are associated. Instead, non-unique indexes are used solely to
which stores, processes, or retrieves data. It also defines integrity constraints to
improve query performance by maintaining a sorted order of data values that are
enforce business rules on the data when it is entered into an application or a
used frequently.
database.
Clustered and Non-Clustered Index:
Clustered indexes are indexes whose order of the rows in the database corresponds 17. What is a Query?
to the order of the rows in the index. This is why only one clustered index can exist in
A query is a request for data or information from a database table or combination of
a given table, whereas, multiple non-clustered indexes can exist in the table.
tables. A database query can be either a select query or an action query.

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SELECT fname, lname /* select query */

FROM myDb.students Write a SQL query to select the field "app_id" in table "applications" where
WHERE student_id = 1; "app_id" less than 1000.

Check
UPDATE myDB.students /* action query */
SET fname = 'Captain', lname = 'America' Write a SQL query to fetch the field "app_name" from "apps" where "apps.id" is
WHERE student_id = 1;
equal to the above collection of "app_id".

18. What is a Subquery? What are its types? Check

19. What is the SELECT statement?
A subquery is a query within another query, also known as a nested query or inner
query. It is used to restrict or enhance the data to be queried by the main query, thus SELECT operator in SQL is used to select data from a database. The data returned is
restricting or enhancing the output of the main query respectively. For example, here stored in a result table, called the result-set.
we fetch the contact information for students who have enrolled for the maths
subject: SELECT * FROM myDB.students;

SELECT name, email, mob, address

FROM myDb.contacts 20. What are some common clauses used with SELECT query in
WHERE roll_no IN (
SELECT roll_no SQL?
FROM myDb.students
WHERE subject = 'Maths'); Some common SQL clauses used in conjuction with a SELECT query are as follows:

There are two types of subquery - Correlated and Non-Correlated. WHERE clause in SQL is used to filter records that are necessary, based on
specific conditions.
A correlated subquery cannot be considered as an independent query, but it can ORDER BY clause in SQL is used to sort the records based on some field(s) in
refer to the column in a table listed in the FROM of the main query. ascending (ASC) or descending order (DESC).
A non-correlated subquery can be considered as an independent query and the
output of the subquery is substituted in the main query. SELECT *
FROM myDB.students
WHERE graduation_year = 2019
ORDER BY studentID DESC;
Write a SQL query to update the field "status" in table "applications" from 0 to
1.

Check

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GROUP BY clause in SQL is used to group records with identical data and can be
SELECT name FROM Students /* Fetch the union of queries */
used in conjunction with some aggregation functions to produce summarized UNION
results from the database. SELECT name
SELECT name
FROM Contacts;
FROM Students /* Fetch the union of queries with duplicates*/
HAVING clause in SQL is used to filter records in combination with the GROUP BY UNION ALL
clause. It is different from WHERE, since the WHERE clause cannot filter SELECT name FROM Contacts;

aggregated records.
SELECT name FROM Students /* Fetch names from students */
SELECT COUNT(studentId), country MINUS /* that aren't present in contacts */
FROM myDB.students SELECT name FROM Contacts;
WHERE country != "INDIA"
GROUP BY country
HAVING COUNT(studentID) > 5;
SELECT name FROM Students /* Fetch names from students */
INTERSECT /* that are present in contacts as well */
SELECT name FROM Contacts;
21. What are UNION, MINUS and INTERSECT commands?
The UNION operator combines and returns the result-set retrieved by two or more
SELECT statements. Write a SQL query to fetch "names" that are present in either table "accounts" or
The MINUS operator in SQL is used to remove duplicates from the result-set obtained in table "registry".
by the second SELECT query from the result-set obtained by the first SELECT query
and then return the filtered results from the first. Check

The INTERSECT clause in SQL combines the result-set fetched by the two SELECT Write a SQL query to fetch "names" that are present in "accounts" but not in
statements where records from one match the other and then returns this table "registry".
intersection of result-sets.
Check
Certain conditions need to be met before executing either of the above statements in
SQL - Write a SQL query to fetch "names" from table "contacts" that are neither
present in "accounts.name" nor in "registry.name".
Each SELECT statement within the clause must have the same number of
columns Check
The columns must also have similar data types 22. What is Cursor? How to use a Cursor?
The columns in each SELECT statement should necessarily have the same order
A database cursor is a control structure that allows for the traversal of records in a
database. Cursors, in addition, facilitates processing a er traversal, such as retrieval,
addition, and deletion of database records. They can be viewed as a pointer to one
row in a set of rows.
Working with SQL Cursor:

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1. DECLARE a cursor a er any variable declaration. The cursor declaration must

always be associated with a SELECT Statement.
2. Open cursor to initialize the result set. The OPEN statement must be called
before fetching rows from the result set.
3. FETCH statement to retrieve and move to the next row in the result set.
4. Call the CLOSE statement to deactivate the cursor.
5. Finally use the DEALLOCATE statement to delete the cursor definition and
release the associated resources.

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) /* Declare All Required Variables */

DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR /* Declare Cursor Name*/
SELECT name
FROM myDB.students
WHERE parent_name IN ('Sara', 'Ansh')
OPEN db_cursor /* Open cursor and Fetch data into @name */
FETCH next
FROM db_cursor
INTO @name
CLOSE db_cursor /* Close the cursor and deallocate the resources */ 24. List the different types of relationships in SQL.
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
One-to-One - This can be defined as the relationship between two tables where
each record in one table is associated with the maximum of one record in the
23. What are Entities and Relationships? other table.
Entity: An entity can be a real-world object, either tangible or intangible, that can be One-to-Many & Many-to-One - This is the most commonly used relationship
easily identifiable. For example, in a college database, students, professors, workers, where a record in a table is associated with multiple records in the other table.
departments, and projects can be referred to as entities. Each entity has some Many-to-Many - This is used in cases when multiple instances on both sides are
associated properties that provide it an identity. needed for defining a relationship.
Self-Referencing Relationships - This is used when a table needs to define a
Relationships: Relations or links between entities that have something to do with relationship with itself.
each other. For example - The employee's table in a company's database can be
associated with the salary table in the same database. 25. What is an Alias in SQL?
An alias is a feature of SQL that is supported by most, if not all, RDBMSs. It is a
temporary name assigned to the table or table column for the purpose of a particular
SQL query. In addition, aliasing can be employed as an obfuscation technique to
secure the real names of database fields. A table alias is also called a correlation
name.

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An alias is represented explicitly by the AS keyword but in some cases, the same can Normalization represents the way of organizing structured data in the database
be performed without it as well. Nevertheless, using the AS keyword is always a good efficiently. It includes the creation of tables, establishing relationships between
practice. them, and defining rules for those relationships. Inconsistency and redundancy can
be kept in check based on these rules, hence, adding flexibility to the database.
SELECT A.emp_name AS "Employee" /* Alias using AS keyword */
B.emp_name AS "Supervisor"
FROM employee A, employee B /* Alias without AS keyword */ 28. What is Denormalization?
WHERE A.emp_sup = B.emp_id;
Denormalization is the inverse process of normalization, where the normalized
schema is converted into a schema that has redundant information. The
Write an SQL statement to select all from table "Limited" with alias "Ltd". performance is improved by using redundancy and keeping the redundant data
consistent. The reason for performing denormalization is the overheads produced in
Check the query processor by an over-normalized structure.
26. What is a View?
29. What are the various forms of Normalization?
A view in SQL is a virtual table based on the result-set of an SQL statement. A view
contains rows and columns, just like a real table. The fields in a view are fields from Normal Forms are used to eliminate or reduce redundancy in database tables. The
one or more real tables in the database. different forms are as follows:
First Normal Form:
A relation is in first normal form if every attribute in that relation is a single-
valued attribute. If a relation contains a composite or multi-valued attribute, it
violates the first normal form. Let's consider the following students table. Each
student in the table, has a name, his/her address, and the books they issued
from the public library -
Students Table

27. What is Normalization?

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Student Address Books Issued Salutation Student Address Books Issued Salutation

Until the Day I Amanora Until the Day I

Die (Emily Sara Park Die (Emily Ms.
Amanora
Carpenter), Town 94 Carpenter)
Sara Park Ms.
Inception
Town 94
(Christopher Amanora Inception
Nolan) Sara Park (Christopher Ms.
Town 94 Nolan)
The
Alchemist The
62nd 62nd
(Paulo Alchemist
Ansh Sector A- Mr. Ansh Sector A- Mr.
Coelho), (Paulo
10 10
Inferno (Dan Coelho)
Brown)
62nd
Inferno (Dan
Beautiful Bad Ansh Sector A- Mr.
24th Brown)
(Annie Ward), 10
Street
Sara Woman 99 Mrs.
Park
(Greer 24th
Avenue
Macallister) Street Beautiful Bad
Sara Mrs.
Park (Annie Ward)
Windsor Avenue
Dracula
Ansh Street Mr.
(Bram Stoker)
777 24th
Woman 99
Street
Sara (Greer Mrs.
Park
As we can observe, the Books Issued field has more than one value per record, and to Macallister)
Avenue
convert it into 1NF, this has to be resolved into separate individual records for each
book issued. Check the following table in 1NF form -
Windsor Dracula
Students Table (1st Normal Form) Ansh Street (Bram Mr.
777 Stoker)

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Second Normal Form:

A relation is in second normal form if it satisfies the conditions for the first normal Student_ID Student Address Salutation
form and does not contain any partial dependency. A relation in 2NF has no partial
dependency, i.e., it has no non-prime attribute that depends on any proper subset of Amanora
any candidate key of the table. O en, specifying a single column Primary Key is the 1 Sara Park Ms.
solution to the problem. Examples - Town 94
Example 1 - Consider the above example. As we can observe, the Students Table in 62nd
the 1NF form has a candidate key in the form of [Student, Address] that can uniquely 2 Ansh Sector A- Mr.
identify all records in the table. The field Books Issued (non-prime attribute) depends 10
partially on the Student field. Hence, the table is not in 2NF. To convert it into the 2nd
Normal Form, we will partition the tables into two while specifying a new Primary 24th
Key attribute to identify the individual records in the Students table. The Foreign Street
Key constraint will be set on the other table to ensure referential integrity. 3 Sara Mrs.
Park
Students Table (2nd Normal Form) Avenue

Windsor
4 Ansh Street Mr.
777

Books Table (2nd Normal Form)

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Example 1 - Consider the Students Table in the above example. As we can observe,
Student_ID Book Issued the Students Table in the 2NF form has a single candidate key Student_ID (primary
key) that can uniquely identify all records in the table. The field Salutation (non-
1 Until the Day I Die (Emily Carpenter) prime attribute), however, depends on the Student Field rather than the candidate
key. Hence, the table is not in 3NF. To convert it into the 3rd Normal Form, we will
1 Inception (Christopher Nolan) once again partition the tables into two while specifying a new Foreign Key
constraint to identify the salutations for individual records in the Students table. The
2 The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) Primary Key constraint for the same will be set on the Salutations table to identify
each record uniquely.
2 Inferno (Dan Brown) Students Table (3rd Normal Form)

3 Beautiful Bad (Annie Ward)

Student_ID Student Address Salutation_ID
3 Woman 99 (Greer Macallister)
Amanora
4 Dracula (Bram Stoker) 1 Sara Park 1
Town 94
Example 2 - Consider the following dependencies in relation to R(W,X,Y,Z)
62nd
WX -> Y [W and X together determine Y]
2 Ansh Sector A- 2
XY -> Z [X and Y together determine Z] 10

Here, WX is the only candidate key and there is no partial dependency, i.e., any proper 24th
subset of WX doesn’t determine any non-prime attribute in the relation. Street
3 Sara 3
Park
Third Normal Form
Avenue
A relation is said to be in the third normal form, if it satisfies the conditions for the
second normal form and there is no transitive dependency between the non-prime Windsor
attributes, i.e., all non-prime attributes are determined only by the candidate keys of 4 Ansh Street 1
the relation and not by any other non-prime attribute. 777

Books Table (3rd Normal Form)

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P -> QR [P together determine C]

Student_ID Book Issued RS -> T [B and C together determine D]
Q -> S
T -> P
1 Until the Day I Die (Emily Carpenter)
For the above relation to exist in 3NF, all possible candidate keys in the above
1 Inception (Christopher Nolan) relation should be {P, RS, QR, T}.

2 The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) Boyce-Codd Normal Form

A relation is in Boyce-Codd Normal Form if satisfies the conditions for third normal
2 Inferno (Dan Brown) form and for every functional dependency, Le -Hand-Side is super key. In other
words, a relation in BCNF has non-trivial functional dependencies in form X –> Y, such
3 Beautiful Bad (Annie Ward) that X is always a super key. For example - In the above example, Student_ID serves as
the sole unique identifier for the Students Table and Salutation_ID for the
3 Woman 99 (Greer Macallister) Salutations Table, thus these tables exist in BCNF. The same cannot be said for the
Books Table and there can be several books with common Book Names and the same
4 Dracula (Bram Stoker) Student_ID.

Salutations Table (3rd Normal Form) 30. What are the TRUNCATE, DELETE and DROP statements?
DELETE statement is used to delete rows from a table.
Salutation_ID Salutation
DELETE FROM Candidates
1 Ms. WHERE CandidateId > 1000;

2 Mr. TRUNCATE command is used to delete all the rows from the table and free the space
containing the table.
3 Mrs.
TRUNCATE TABLE Candidates;

Example 2 - Consider the following dependencies in relation to R(P,Q,R,S,T)

DROP command is used to remove an object from the database. If you drop a table,
all the rows in the table are deleted and the table structure is removed from the
database.

DROP TABLE Candidates;

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An aggregate function performs operations on a collection of values to return a single

Write a SQL statement to wipe a table 'Temporary' from memory. scalar value. Aggregate functions are o en used with the GROUP BY and HAVING
clauses of the SELECT statement. Following are the widely used SQL aggregate
Check functions:
Write a SQL query to remove first 1000 records from table 'Temporary' based on AVG() - Calculates the mean of a collection of values.
'id'. COUNT() - Counts the total number of records in a specific table or view.
MIN() - Calculates the minimum of a collection of values.
Check MAX() - Calculates the maximum of a collection of values.
Write a SQL statement to delete the table 'Temporary' while keeping its relations SUM() - Calculates the sum of a collection of values.
intact. FIRST() - Fetches the first element in a collection of values.
LAST() - Fetches the last element in a collection of values.
Check Note: All aggregate functions described above ignore NULL values except for the
31. What is the difference between DROP and TRUNCATE COUNT function.
statements?
A scalar function returns a single value based on the input value. Following are the
If a table is dropped, all things associated with the tables are dropped as well. This widely used SQL scalar functions:
includes - the relationships defined on the table with other tables, the integrity
LEN() - Calculates the total length of the given field (column).
checks and constraints, access privileges and other grants that the table has. To
UCASE() - Converts a collection of string values to uppercase characters.
create and use the table again in its original form, all these relations, checks,
LCASE() - Converts a collection of string values to lowercase characters.
constraints, privileges and relationships need to be redefined. However, if a table is
MID() - Extracts substrings from a collection of string values in a table.
truncated, none of the above problems exist and the table retains its original
CONCAT() - Concatenates two or more strings.
structure.
RAND() - Generates a random collection of numbers of a given length.
ROUND() - Calculates the round-off integer value for a numeric field (or decimal
32. What is the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE point values).
statements? NOW() - Returns the current date & time.
FORMAT() - Sets the format to display a collection of values.
The TRUNCATE command is used to delete all the rows from the table and free the
space containing the table. 34. What is User-defined function? What are its various types?
The DELETE command deletes only the rows from the table based on the condition
given in the where clause or deletes all the rows from the table if no condition is The user-defined functions in SQL are like functions in any other programming
specified. But it does not free the space containing the table. language that accept parameters, perform complex calculations, and return a value.
They are written to use the logic repetitively whenever required. There are two types
33. What are Aggregate and Scalar functions? of SQL user-defined functions:

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Scalar Function: As explained earlier, user-defined scalar functions return a OLTP stands for Online Transaction Processing, is a class of so ware applications
single scalar value. capable of supporting transaction-oriented programs. An important attribute of an
Table-Valued Functions: User-defined table-valued functions return a table as OLTP system is its ability to maintain concurrency. OLTP systems o en follow a
output. decentralized architecture to avoid single points of failure. These systems are
Inline: returns a table data type based on a single SELECT statement. generally designed for a large audience of end-users who conduct short transactions.
Multi-statement: returns a tabular result-set but, unlike inline, multiple Queries involved in such databases are generally simple, need fast response times,
SELECT statements can be used inside the function body. and return relatively few records. A number of transactions per second acts as an
effective measure for such systems.
35. What is OLTP? OLAP stands for Online Analytical Processing, a class of so ware programs that are
characterized by the relatively low frequency of online transactions. Queries are o en
OLTP stands for Online Transaction Processing, is a class of so ware applications too complex and involve a bunch of aggregations. For OLAP systems, the
capable of supporting transaction-oriented programs. An essential attribute of an effectiveness measure relies highly on response time. Such systems are widely used
OLTP system is its ability to maintain concurrency. To avoid single points of failure, for data mining or maintaining aggregated, historical data, usually in multi-
OLTP systems are o en decentralized. These systems are usually designed for a large dimensional schemas.
number of users who conduct short transactions. Database queries are usually
simple, require sub-second response times, and return relatively few records. Here is
an insight into the working of an OLTP system [ Note - The figure is not important for
interviews ] -

37. What is Collation? What are the different types of Collation

Sensitivity?

36. What are the differences between OLTP and OLAP?

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Collation refers to a set of rules that determine how data is sorted and compared.
Rules defining the correct character sequence are used to sort the character data. It
incorporates options for specifying case sensitivity, accent marks, kana character
types, and character width. Below are the different types of collation sensitivity:
Case sensitivity: A and a are treated differently.
Accent sensitivity: a and á are treated differently.
Kana sensitivity: Japanese kana characters Hiragana and Katakana are treated
differently.
Width sensitivity: Same character represented in single-byte (half-width) and
double-byte (full-width) are treated differently.

38. What is a Stored Procedure?

39. What is a Recursive Stored Procedure?
A stored procedure is a subroutine available to applications that access a relational
database management system (RDBMS). Such procedures are stored in the database A stored procedure that calls itself until a boundary condition is reached, is called a
data dictionary. The sole disadvantage of stored procedure is that it can be executed recursive stored procedure. This recursive function helps the programmers to deploy
nowhere except in the database and occupies more memory in the database server. the same set of code several times as and when required. Some SQL programming
It also provides a sense of security and functionality as users who can't access the languages limit the recursion depth to prevent an infinite loop of procedure calls
data directly can be granted access via stored procedures. from causing a stack overflow, which slows down the system and may lead to system
crashes.
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE FetchAllStudents()
DELIMITER $$ /* Set a new delimiter => $$ */
BEGIN
CREATE PROCEDURE calctotal( /* Create the procedure */
SELECT * FROM myDB.students;
IN number INT, /* Set Input and Ouput variables */
END $$
OUT total INT
DELIMITER ;
) BEGIN
DECLARE score INT DEFAULT NULL; /* Set the default value => "score" */
SELECT awards FROM achievements /* Update "score" via SELECT query */
WHERE id = number INTO score;
IF score IS NULL THEN SET total = 0; /* Termination condition */
ELSE
CALL calctotal(number+1); /* Recursive call */
SET total = total + score; /* Action after recursion */
END IF;
END $$ /* End of procedure */
DELIMITER ; /* Reset the delimiter */

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Matching a pattern anywhere using the % wildcard twice

40. How to create empty tables with the same structure as
Search for a student in the database where he/she has a K in his/her first name.
another table?
Creating empty tables with the same structure can be done smartly by fetching the SELECT *
FROM students
records of one table into a new table using the INTO operator while fixing a WHERE WHERE first_name LIKE '%Q%'
clause to be false for all records. Hence, SQL prepares the new table with a duplicate
structure to accept the fetched records but since no records get fetched due to the Using the _ wildcard to match pattern at a specific position
WHERE clause in action, nothing is inserted into the new table. The _ wildcard matches exactly one character of any type. It can be used in
conjunction with % wildcard. This query fetches all students with letter K at the third
SELECT * INTO Students_copy
FROM Students WHERE 1 = 2; position in their first name.

SELECT *
41. What is Pattern Matching in SQL? FROM students
WHERE first_name LIKE '__K%'

SQL pattern matching provides for pattern search in data if you have no clue as to
what that word should be. This kind of SQL query uses wildcards to match a string Matching patterns for a specific length
pattern, rather than writing the exact word. The LIKE operator is used in conjunction The _ wildcard plays an important role as a limitation when it matches exactly one
with SQL Wildcards to fetch the required information. character. It limits the length and position of the matched results. For example -
Using the % wildcard to perform a simple search
SELECT * /* Matches first names with three or more letters */
The % wildcard matches zero or more characters of any type and can be used to FROM students
WHERE first_name LIKE '___%'
define wildcards both before and a er the pattern. Search a student in your database
with first name beginning with the letter K: SELECT * /* Matches first names with exactly four characters */
FROM students
WHERE first_name LIKE '____'
SELECT *
FROM students

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WHERE first_name LIKE 'K%'

Omitting the patterns using the NOT keyword

42. What is PostgreSQL?
Use the NOT keyword to select records that don't match the pattern. This query
returns all students whose first name does not begin with K.

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE first_name NOT LIKE 'K%'

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PostgreSQL was first called Postgres and was developed by a team led by Computer The first step of using PostgreSQL is to create a database. This is done by using the
Science Professor Michael Stonebraker in 1986. It was developed to help developers createdb command as shown below: createdb db_name
build enterprise-level applications by upholding data integrity by making systems A er running the above command, if the database creation was successful, then the
fault-tolerant. PostgreSQL is therefore an enterprise-level, flexible, robust, open- below message is shown:
source, and object-relational DBMS that supports flexible workloads along with
handling concurrent users. It has been consistently supported by the global CREATE DATABASE
developer community. Due to its fault-tolerant nature, PostgreSQL has gained
widespread popularity among developers.
46. How can we start, restart and stop the PostgreSQL server?
43. How do you define Indexes in PostgreSQL? To start the PostgreSQL server, we run:
Indexes are the inbuilt functions in PostgreSQL which are used by the queries to
service postgresql start
perform search more efficiently on a table in the database. Consider that you have a
table with thousands of records and you have the below query that only a few records
can satisfy the condition, then it will take a lot of time to search and return those Once the server is successfully started, we get the below message:
rows that abide by this condition as the engine has to perform the search operation
Starting PostgreSQL: ok
on every single to check this condition. This is undoubtedly inefficient for a system
dealing with huge data. Now if this system had an index on the column where we are
applying search, it can use an efficient method for identifying matching rows by To restart the PostgreSQL server, we run:
walking through only a few levels. This is called indexing.
service postgresql restart

Select * from some_table where table_col=120

Once the server is successfully restarted, we get the message:

44. How will you change the datatype of a column? Restarting PostgreSQL: server stopped
ok

This can be done by using the ALTER TABLE statement as shown below:
Syntax: To stop the server, we run the command:

service postgresql stop

ALTER TABLE tname
ALTER COLUMN col_name [SET DATA] TYPE new_data_type;
Once stopped successfully, we get the message:

45. What is the command used for creating a database in Stopping PostgreSQL: server stopped

PostgreSQL? ok

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47. What are partitioned tables called in PostgreSQL? 49. What is the importance of the TRUNCATE statement?
Partitioned tables are logical structures that are used for dividing large tables into TRUNCATE TABLE name_of_table statement removes the data efficiently and quickly
smaller structures that are called partitions. This approach is used for effectively from the table.
increasing the query performance while dealing with large database tables. To create The truncate statement can also be used to reset values of the identity columns
a partition, a key called partition key which is usually a table column or an along with data cleanup as shown below:
expression, and a partitioning method needs to be defined. There are three types of
inbuilt partitioning methods provided by Postgres: TRUNCATE TABLE name_of_table
RESTART IDENTITY;
Range Partitioning: This method is done by partitioning based on a range of
values. This method is most commonly used upon date fields to get monthly, We can also use the statement for removing data from multiple tables all at once by
weekly or yearly data. In the case of corner cases like value belonging to the end mentioning the table names separated by comma as shown below:
of the range, for example: if the range of partition 1 is 10-20 and the range of
partition 2 is 20-30, and the given value is 10, then 10 belongs to the second TRUNCATE TABLE
partition and not the first. table_1,
table_2,
List Partitioning: This method is used to partition based on a list of known table_3;
values. Most commonly used when we have a key with a categorical value. For
example, getting sales data based on regions divided as countries, cities, or
states. 50. What is the capacity of a table in PostgreSQL?
Hash Partitioning: This method utilizes a hash function upon the partition key.
The maximum size of PostgreSQL is 32TB.
This is done when there are no specific requirements for data division and is
used to access data individually. For example, you want to access data based on
a specific product, then using hash partition would result in the dataset that we
51. Define sequence.
require. A sequence is a schema-bound, user-defined object which aids to generate a
The type of partition key and the type of method used for partitioning determines sequence of integers. This is most commonly used to generate values to identity
how positive the performance and the level of manageability of the partitioned table columns in a table. We can create a sequence by using the CREATE SEQUENCE
are. statement as shown below:

48. Define tokens in PostgreSQL? CREATE SEQUENCE serial_num START 100;

A token in PostgreSQL is either a keyword, identifier, literal, constant, quotes To get the next number 101 from the sequence, we use the nextval() method as
identifier, or any symbol that has a distinctive personality. They may or may not be shown below:
separated using a space, newline or a tab. If the tokens are keywords, they are usually
commands with useful meanings. Tokens are known as building blocks of any SELECT nextval('serial_num');
PostgreSQL code.

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We can also use this sequence while inserting new records using the INSERT Atomicity: This property ensures that the transaction is completed in all-or-
command: nothing way.
Consistency: This ensures that updates made to the database is valid and
INSERT INTO ib_table_name VALUES (nextval('serial_num'), 'interviewbit'); follows rules and restrictions.
Isolation: This property ensures integrity of transaction that are visible to all
other transactions.
52. What are string constants in PostgreSQL? Durability: This property ensures that the committed transactions are stored
They are character sequences bound within single quotes. These are using during permanently in the database.
data insertion or updation to characters in the database. PostgreSQL is compliant with ACID properties.
There are special string constants that are quoted in dollars. Syntax:
$tag$<string_constant>$tag$ The tag in the constant is optional and when we are 56. Can you explain the architecture of PostgreSQL?
not specifying the tag, the constant is called a double-dollar string literal.
The architecture of PostgreSQL follows the client-server model.
53. How can you get a list of all databases in PostgreSQL? The server side comprises of background process manager, query processer,
utilities and shared memory space which work together to build PostgreSQL’s
This can be done by using the command \l -> backslash followed by the lower- instance that has access to the data. The client application does the task of
case letter L. connecting to this instance and requests data processing to the services. The
client can either be GUI (Graphical User Interface) or a web application. The
54. How can you delete a database in PostgreSQL? most commonly used client for PostgreSQL is pgAdmin.

This can be done by using the DROP DATABASE command as shown in the syntax
below:

DROP DATABASE database_name;

If the database has been deleted successfully, then the following message would be
shown:

DROP DATABASE

55. What are ACID properties? Is PostgreSQL compliant with

ACID?
ACID stands for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. They are database
transaction properties which are used for guaranteeing data validity in case of errors
and failures.

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Dirty reads: If a transaction reads data that is written due to concurrent

57. What do you understand by multi-version concurrency uncommitted transaction, these reads are called dirty reads.
control? Phantom reads: This occurs when two same queries when executed separately
return different rows. For example, if transaction A retrieves some set of rows
MVCC or Multi-version concurrency control is used for avoiding unnecessary database
matching search criteria. Assume another transaction B retrieves new rows in
locks when 2 or more requests tries to access or modify the data at the same time.
addition to the rows obtained earlier for the same search criteria. The results are
This ensures that the time lag for a user to log in to the database is avoided. The
different.
transactions are recorded when anyone tries to access the content.
Non-repeatable reads: This occurs when a transaction tries to read the same
For more information regarding this, you can refer here. row multiple times and gets different values each time due to concurrency. This
happens when another transaction updates that data and our current
58. What do you understand by command enable-debug? transaction fetches that updated data, resulting in different values.
To tackle these, there are 4 standard isolation levels defined by SQL standards. They
The command enable-debug is used for enabling the compilation of all libraries and
are as follows:
applications. When this is enabled, the system processes get hindered and generally
also increases the size of the binary file. Hence, it is not recommended to switch this Read Uncommitted – The lowest level of the isolations. Here, the transactions
on in the production environment. This is most commonly used by developers to are not isolated and can read data that are not committed by other transactions
debug the bugs in their scripts and help them spot the issues. For more information resulting in dirty reads.
regarding how to debug, you can refer here. Read Committed – This level ensures that the data read is committed at any
instant of read time. Hence, dirty reads are avoided here. This level makes use of
59. How do you check the rows affected as part of previous read/write lock on the current rows which prevents read/write/update/delete of
transactions? that row when the current transaction is being operated on.
Repeatable Read – The most restrictive level of isolation. This holds read and
SQL standards state that the following three phenomena should be prevented whilst write locks for all rows it operates on. Due to this, non-repeatable reads are
concurrent transactions. SQL standards define 4 levels of transaction isolations to avoided as other transactions cannot read, write, update or delete the rows.
deal with these phenomena. Serializable – The highest of all isolation levels. This guarantees that the
execution is serializable where execution of any concurrent operations are
guaranteed to be appeared as executing serially.
The following table clearly explains which type of unwanted reads the levels avoid:

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To perform case insensitive matches using a regular expression, we can use POSIX
(~*) expression from pattern matching operators. For example:
Isolation levels Dirty Reads Phantom Reads Non-repe

Read 'interviewbit' ~* '.*INTervIewBit.*'

Might occur Might occur Might occ
Uncommitted

Read
63. How will you take backup of the database in PostgreSQL?
Won’t occur Might occur Might occ
Committed We can achieve this by using the pg_dump tool for dumping all object contents in the
database into a single file. The steps are as follows:
Repeatable
Won’t occur Might occur Won’t occ Step 1: Navigate to the bin folder of the PostgreSQL installation path.
Read

Serializable Won’t occur Won’t occur Won’t occ C:\>cd C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10.0\bin

Step 2: Execute pg_dump program to take the dump of data to a .tar folder as shown
below:
60. What can you tell about WAL (Write Ahead Logging)?
Write Ahead Logging is a feature that increases the database reliability by logging pg_dump -U postgres -W -F t sample_data > C:\Users\admin\pgbackup\sample_data.tar
changes before any changes are done to the database. This ensures that we have
enough information when a database crash occurs by helping to pinpoint to what The database dump will be stored in the sample_data.tar file on the location
point the work has been complete and gives a starting point from the point where it specified.
was discontinued.
For more information, you can refer here. 64. Does PostgreSQL support full text search?
Full-Text Search is the method of searching single or collection of documents stored
61. What is the main disadvantage of deleting data from an on a computer in a full-text based database. This is mostly supported in advanced
existing table using the DROP TABLE command? database systems like SOLR or ElasticSearch. However, the feature is present but is
pretty basic in PostgreSQL.
DROP TABLE command deletes complete data from the table along with removing
the complete table structure too. In case our requirement entails just remove the 65. What are parallel queries in PostgreSQL?
data, then we would need to recreate the table to store data in it. In such cases, it is
advised to use the TRUNCATE command. Parallel Queries support is a feature provided in PostgreSQL for devising query plans
capable of exploiting multiple CPU processors to execute the queries faster.
62. How do you perform case-insensitive searches using regular
expressions in PostgreSQL?

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SQL is a language for the database. It has a vast scope and robust capability of
creating and manipulating a variety of database objects using commands like
CREATE, ALTER, DROP, etc, and also in loading the database objects using commands
like INSERT. It also provides options for Data Manipulation using commands like
DELETE, TRUNCATE and also does effective retrieval of data using cursor commands
like FETCH, SELECT, etc. There are many such commands which provide a large
amount of control to the programmer to interact with the database in an efficient
way without wasting many resources. The popularity of SQL has grown so much that
almost every programmer relies on this to implement their application's storage
functionalities thereby making it an exciting language to learn. Learning this provides
the developer a benefit of understanding the data structures used for storing the
organization's data and giving an additional level of control and in-depth
understanding of the application.
PostgreSQL being an open-source database system having extremely robust and
66. Differentiate between commit and checkpoint. sophisticated ACID, Indexing, and Transaction supports has found widespread
popularity among the developer community.
The commit action ensures that the data consistency of the transaction is
References and Resources:
maintained and it ends the current transaction in the section. Commit adds a new
record in the log that describes the COMMIT to the memory. Whereas, a checkpoint is
used for writing all changes that were committed to disk up to SCN which would be
kept in datafile headers and control files.

Conclusion:

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