SQL Server beginner interview questions and answers

There are many ways to generate a random string. This one is a simple way to do it.

SELECT RIGHT(CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(255)),10)

Generate a random number from 0 through 1, exclusive.

SELECT RAND()

Generate a random number between 0 and 100.

SELECT FLOOR(RAND()*101)
SELECT CAST(RAND()*100 AS INT)

Generate a random number between 1 and 100

SELECT CEILING(RAND()*100)

Generate a random number between 10 and 30

SELECT 10 + FLOOR(RAND()*30)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM STUDENT
SELECT COUNT(1) FROM STUDENT
SELECT SUM (1) FROM STUDENT

When the table is empty:

When the table is non-empty:

There is a table participant which has more than 10k records and you need to select all the records with id in even number (i.e. 2,4,6,8 etc)

SELECT * FROM dbo.participant WHERE id % 2 = 0

There is a table participant which has more than 10k records and you need to select all the records with id in odd number (i.e. 1,3,5,7 etc)

SELECT * FROM dbo.participant WHERE id % 2 = 1

There is a table participant which has more than 10k records and you need to select all the records from the table except id in 3,6,9, etc

SELECT * FROM dbo.participant WHERE id % 3 <> 0