Using Transact-SQL on a SQL Server Database (Single Marks Question)

Using Transact-SQL on a SQL Server Database

[1]. In which window in Query Analyzer can you enter and execute Transact-SQL statements?

The Editor pane of the Query window

[2]. How do you execute Transact-SQL statements and scripts in Query Analyzer?

You can execute a complete script or an individual Transact-SQL statement by creating or opening the script in the Editor pane and then pressing F5. To perform this task, no other statements can be entered into the Editor pane. If there are other statements, you must highlight the script or statements that you want to execute, then press F5.

[3]. What type of information is displayed on the Execution Plan tab, the Trace tab, and the Statistics tab?

The Execution Plan tab displays a graphical representation of the execution plan that is used to execute the current query. The Trace tab, like the Execution Plan tab, can assist you with analyzing your queries. The Trace tab displays server trace information about the event class, subclass, integer data, text data, database ID, duration, start time, reads and writes, and CPU usage. The Statistics tab provides detailed information about client-side statistics for execution of the query.

[4]. Which tool in Query Analyzer enables you to control and monitor the execution of stored procedures?

Transact-SQL debugger

[5]. What is Transact-SQL?

Transact-SQL is a language that contains the commands used to administer instances of SQL Server; to create and manage all objects in an instance of SQL Server; and to insert, retrieve, modify, and delete data in SQL Server tables. Transact-SQL is an extension of the language defined in the SQL standards published by ISO and ANSI.

[6]. What are the three types of Transact-SQL statements that SQL Server supports?

DDL, DCL, and DML

[7]. What type of Transact-SQL statement is the CREATE TABLE statement?

DDL

[8]. What Transact-SQL element is an object in batches and scripts that can hold a data value?

Variable

[9]. Which Transact-SQL statements do you use to create, modify, and delete a user-defined function?

CREATE FUNCTION, ALTER FUNCTION, and DROP FUNCTION

[10]. What are control-of-flow language elements?

Control-of-flow language elements control the flow of execution of Transact-SQL statements, statement blocks, and stored procedures. These words can be used in Transact-SQL statements, batches, and stored procedures. Without control-of-flow language, separate Transact-SQL statements are performed sequentially, as they occur. Control-of-flow language elements permit statements to be connected, related to each other, and made interdependent by using programming-like constructs.

Control-of-flow keywords are useful when you need to direct Transact-SQL to take some kind of action. For example, use a BEGIN...END pair of statements when including more than one Transact-SQL statement in a logical block. Use an IF...ELSE pair of statements when a certain statement or block of statements needs to be executed IF some condition is met, and another statement or block of statements should be executed if that condition is not met (the ELSE condition).

[11]. What are some of the methods that SQL Server 2000 supports for executing Transact-SQL statements?

You can execute single statements, or you can execute the statements as a batch (a group of one or more Transact-SQL statements). You can also execute Transact-SQL statements through stored procedures and triggers. In addition, you can use scripts to execute Transact-SQL statements.

[12]. What are the differences among batches, stored procedures, and triggers?

A batch is a group of one or more Transact-SQL statements sent at one time from an application to SQL Server for execution. SQL Server compiles the statements of a batch into a single executable unit, called an execution plan. The statements in the execution plan are then executed one at a time. A stored procedure is a group of Transact-SQL statements that is compiled one time and can then be executed many times. A trigger is a special type of stored procedure that a user does not call directly. When the trigger is created, it is defined to execute when a specific type of data modification is made against a specific table or column.