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Here our step by step SQL Server Interview Questions/ TSQL Queries asked during

interview.

Set-1: Sql Server Basic Interview Query


Tables:-

1. Write a query to get all employee detail from "EmployeeDetail" table


ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail

2. Write a query to get only "FirstName" column from "EmployeeDetail" table


ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT FirstName FROM EmployeeDetail
Oracle: SELECT FirstName FROM EmployeeDetail
MySQL: SELECT FirstName FROM EmployeeDetail
3. Write a query to get FirstName in upper case as "First Name".
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT UPPER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
Oracle: SELECT UPPER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
MySQL: SELECT UPPER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail

4. Write a query to get FirstName in lower case as "First Name".


ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT LOWER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
Oracle: SELECT LOWER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
MySQL: SELECT LOWER(FirstName) AS [First Name] FROM EmployeeDetail

5. Write a query for combine FirstName and LastName and display it as "Name" (also
include white space between first name & last name)
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT FirstName +' '+ LastName AS [Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
Oracle: SELECT FirstName ||' '|| LastName AS [Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
MySQL: SELECT CONCAT(FirstName ,' ', LastName) AS [Name] FROM EmployeeDetail
6. Select employee detail whose name is "Vikas"
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName = 'Vikas'
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName = 'Vikas'
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName = 'Vikas'

7. Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" start with
latter 'a'.
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like 'a%'
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like 'a%'
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like 'a%'

8. Get all employee details from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" contains
'k'
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%k%'
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%k%'
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%k%'

9. Get all employee details from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" end with
'h'
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%h'
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%h'
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '%h'

10. Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" start with
any single character between 'a-p'
ANS:
MS SQL Server: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '[a-p]%'
Oracle: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '[a-p]%'
MySQL: SELECT * FROM EmployeeDetail WHERE FirstName like '[a-p]%'
Set-2: Sql Server Basic Interview Query
Related Tables:-

Questions Answers

11). Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" not start
with any single character between 'a-p'
Ans: SELECT * FROM [EmployeeDetail] WHERE FirstName like '[^a-p]%'

12). Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "Gender" end with 'le'
and contain 4 letters. The Underscore(_) Wildcard Character represents any single
character.
Ans: SELECT * FROM [EmployeeDetail] WHERE Gender like ' le' --there are two "_"

13). Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName" start with
'A' and contain 5 letters.
Ans: SELECT * FROM [EmployeeDetail] WHERE FirstName like 'A ' --there are four "_"

14). Get all employee detail from EmployeeDetail table whose "FirstName"
containing '%'. ex:-"Vik%as".
Ans: SELECT * FROM [EmployeeDetail] WHERE FirstName like '%[%]%'
--According to our table it would return 0 rows, because no name containg '%'

15). Get all unique "Department" from EmployeeDetail table.


Ans: SELECT DISTINCT(Department) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

16). Get the highest "Salary" from EmployeeDetail table.


Ans: SELECT MAX(Salary) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

17). Get the lowest "Salary" from EmployeeDetail table.


Ans: SELECT MIN(Salary) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

***SQL SERVER DATE RELATED INTERVIEW QUERY***

18). Show "JoiningDate" in "dd mmm yyyy" format, ex- "15 Feb 2013"
Ans: SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),JoiningDate,106) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

19). Show "JoiningDate" in "yyyy/mm/dd" format, ex- "2013/02/15"


Ans: SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),JoiningDate,111) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

20). Show only time part of the "JoiningDate".


Ans: SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),JoiningDate,108) FROM [EmployeeDetail]

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