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What are the different types of joins available in sql server?
There are 3 different types of joins available in sql server, and they are
1. Cross Join 
2. Inner Join or Join 
3. Outer Join

Outer Join is again divided into 3 types as shown below.
1. Left Outer Join or Left Join 
2. Right Outer Join or Right Join 
3. Full Outer Join or Full Join 

You might have heard about self join, but self join is not a different type of join. A
self join means joining a table with itself. We can have an inner self join or outer
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Temporary Tables
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Having and Where clause
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on Joins
Explain Inner Join with an example
Explain Left Outer Join with an
example
Explain Right Outer Join with an
example
Explain Full Outer Join with an
example
Explain Self Join with an example
What is the difference between Index
Scan and Index Seek
Write a SQL Query to delete from a
table that is involved in a SQL join
What are the advantages of using
stored procedures
What are the different ways to
replace NULL values in SQL Server
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What is cross join. Explain with an example?
Let us understand Cross Join with an example. Create 2 tables Company and
Candidate. Use the script below to create these tables and populate them.
CompanyId column in Candidate Table is a foreign key referencing CompanyId in
Company Table.
CREATE TABLE Company
(
    CompanyId TinyInt Identity Primary Key,
    CompanyName Nvarchar(50) NULL
)
GO
INSERT Company VALUES('DELL')
INSERT Company VALUES('HP')
INSERT Company VALUES('IBM')
INSERT Company VALUES('Microsoft')
GO
CREATE TABLE Candidate
(
    CandidateId tinyint identity primary key,
    FullName nvarchar(50) NULL,
    CompanyId tinyint REFERENCES Company(CompanyId)
)
GO
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Ron',1)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Pete',2)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Steve',3)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Steve',NULL)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Ravi',1)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Raj',3)
INSERT Candidate VALUES('Kiran',NULL)
GO
A cross join produces the Cartesian product of the tables involved in the join.
The size of a Cartesian product result set is the number of rows in the first table
multiplied by the number of rows in the second table. A query involving a
CROSS JOIN for the Candidate and Company Table is shown below.
SELECT  Cand.CandidateId,Cand.FullName,Cand.CompanyId,
Comp.CompanyId,Comp.CompanyName
FROM Candidate Cand
CROSS JOIN Company Comp
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If we run the above query, we produce the result set shown in the image
SQL Server interview questions on below.
string manipulation functions

Write a Stored Procedure that takes

column name as a parameter and
returns the result sorted by the
column that is passed

What is deferred name resolution in

SQL Server?

Key Points to remember about CROSS JOIN. 
1. A cross join produces the Cartesian product of the tables involved in the
join.This mean every row in the Left Table is joined to every row in the Right
Table. Candidate is LEFT Table and Company is RIGHT Table. In our example
we have 28 total number of rows in the result set. 7 rows in the Candidate table
multiplied by 4 rows in the Company Table. 

2. In real time scenarios we rarley use CROSS JOIN. Most often we use either
INNER JOIN or LEFT OUTER JOIN. 

3. CROSS JOIN does not have an ON clause with a Join Condition. All the other
JOINS use ON clause with a Join Condition. 

4. Using an ON clause on a CROSS JOIN would generate a syntax error. 

Note: Understanding the above key points will help you answer any follow up
interview questions on cross join in sql server.

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Anonymous May 3, 2013 at 6:24 AM

what are the global variables in sql server?what is the use of it?
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Anonymous June 25, 2013 at 11:29 PM

Hello Venket, I would like to admire and thank you for what
you are doing ! You have been a vessel of God helping those
who can not get education for free and giving your time, life for
us and it is really a tremendous virtue. May God bless you .
I have a question though :

could you explain what dynamic sql is with example as usual ?

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Anonymous January 21, 2016 at 4:38 AM

join batch

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Jayashree Krishnamurthy May 8, 2014 at 4:06 AM

Hi Venkat, thanks for sharing this wonderful question batches.
It really helped me to take up an interview yday. i am not sure
whether i am into the job or not but i felt happy tht i
understood some basics which i have never paid attention
before. Thanks to you.

I would like to add one more question of the difference between

UNION and UNION ALL. Please post this difference too.

Thanks
Jay.
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Anonymous May 25, 2016 at 7:12 AM

Union will remove the duplicates and display a Sorted
Table where as in Union All displays duplicate data in
an Unsorted output. Bcoz of the Sorting Union is
slower in terms of execution when compared to Union
All.

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Basha Sk June 10, 2014 at 3:46 AM

how to retrieve data from more then 2 tables.
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Deepak Kashyap September 11, 2014 at 4:24 AM

with the help of joins

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suma August 7, 2014 at 6:46 AM

hi venkat can u tell me how to delete duplicate rows in a table?
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Deepak Kashyap September 11, 2014 at 4:28 AM

Hey you can delete duplicate records with the help of
CTE in sql, Here the example ‐:

WITH cte AS
(
SELECT *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY
emp_name ORDER BY emp_name)'RowRank'
FROM Employee_Test
)
DELETE FROM cte WHERE RowRank > 1

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