Gather Always On Configuration using a DMV query

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How to find out whether your database is transactional, analytical or hybrid?

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Get SQL server database size, location and volume info using DMVs

SELECT * FROM sys.master_files AS f 
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_os_volume_stats(f.database_id, f.file_id) v; 

GUID or Integer Primary Key?

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Easy to use WMI commands to query windows system

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SQL query to shrink all log files on sql instance

USE master

exec sp_MSforeachdb '

use [?]
 print ''?''
 print cast(databasepropertyex(''?'', ''Updateability'') as varchar(200))

 if databasepropertyex(''?'', ''Updateability'') = ''READ_WRITE ''

   dbcc shrinkfile(2,1)

'

T-SQL Developer Interview Questions with Answers

What SQL command do you use to pull and filter data from a table ?  

SELECT [Column List] FROM [Table Name]...

Generate SQL script to extract user permissions from a SQL database

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How to check whether and when sql index statistics were updated last time?

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How to start SQL Server job using TSQL and wait for it to complete?

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