SQL Interview Questions which can be asked in a Data Analyst Interview.

1️⃣ What is difference between Primary key and Unique key?

◼Primary key- A column or set of columns which uniquely identifies each record in a table. It can't contain null values and only one primary key
can exist in a table.

◼Unique key-Similar to primary key it also uniquely identifies each record in a table and can contain null values.Multiple Unique key can exist in a table.

2️⃣ What is a Candidate key?

◼A key or set of keys that uniquely identifies each record in a table.It is a combination of Primary and Alternate key.

3️⃣ What is a Constraint?

◼Specific rule or limit that we define in our table. E.g - NOT NULL,AUTO INCREMENT

4️⃣ Can you differentiate between TRUNCATE and DELETE?

◼TRUNCATE is a DDL command. It deletes the entire data from a table but preserves the structure of table.It doesn't deletes the data row by row hence faster than DELETE command, while DELETE is a DML command and it deletes the entire data based on specified condition else deletes the entire data,also it deletes the data row by row hence slower than TRUNCATE command.

5️⃣ What is difference between 'View' and 'Stored Procedure'?

◼A View is a virtual table that gets data from the base table .It is basically a Select statement,while Stored Procedure is a sql statement or set of sql statement stored on database server.

6️⃣ What is difference between a Common Table Expression and temporary table?

◼CTE is a temporary result set that is defined within execution scope of a single SELECT ,DELETE,UPDATE statement while temporary table is stored in TempDB and gets deleted once the session expires.

7️⃣ Differentiate between a clustered index and a non-clustered index?

◼ A clustered index determines physical ordering of data in a table and a table can have only one clustered index while a non-clustered index is analogous to index of a book where index is stored at one place and data at other place and index will have pointers to storage location of the data,a table can have more than one non-clustered index.

8️⃣ Explain triggers ?

◼They are sql codes which are automatically executed in response to certain events on a table.They are used to maintain integrity of data.