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Home 2018 February SQL Server Interview: Identify the main table name from SQL Queries

SQL Server Interview: Identify the main table name from SQL Queries

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This interview post is for Database Fresher Candidates.

Just check the below SQL Questions, you feel like this is very easy, and most of the DB Person already knew about it.

I asked this simple question in one of the recent interviews, and I can’t explain those shocking answers in this post.
I can tell you one thing is: In the database or SQL fundamentals, everything is a Table.

Create a table with sample data:

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CREATE TABLE tbl_abc (id INT)
GO
INSERT INTO tbl_abc VALUES (1),(2)
GO

SQL 1: Which is the table?
Ans: tbl_abc

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SELECT *FROM tbl_abc
GO

SQL 2: Which is the table?
Ans: T (derived table)

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SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT *FROM tbl_abc
)AS T

SQL 3: Which is the table?
Ans: T(a) (derived table)

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SELECT *
FROM (
VALUES(1),(2),(3)
) T(a)

SQL 4: Which is the table?
Ans: T (derived table)

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SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT * FROM tbl_abc
WHERE ID = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM tbl_abc
WHERE ID = 2
) T (derived table)

Feb 15, 2018Anvesh Patel
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