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SQL Interview Success: Unlocking the Top 5 Frequently Asked Queries

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 Here are the five top commonly asked SQL queries in the interviews. These you can expect in Data Analyst, or, Data Engineer interviews. Top SQL Queries for Interviews 01. Joins The commonly asked question pertains to providing two tables, determining the number of rows that will return on various join types, and the resultant. Table1 -------- id ---- 1 1 2 3 Table2 -------- id ---- 1 3 1 NULL Output ------- Inner join --------------- 5 rows will return The result will be: =============== 1  1 1   1 1   1 1    1 3    3 02. Substring and Concat Here, we need to write an SQL query to make the upper case of the first letter and the small case of the remaining letter. Table1 ------ ename ===== raJu venKat kRIshna Solution: ========== SELECT CONCAT(UPPER(SUBSTRING(name, 1, 1)), LOWER(SUBSTRING(name, 2))) AS capitalized_name FROM Table1; 03. Case statement SQL Query ========= SELECT Code1, Code2,      CASE         WHEN Code1 = 'A' AND Code2 = 'AA' THEN "A" | "A
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SAP HANA In-memory Real Usage

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Below are the list of questions on SAP HANA In-memory. That explains the real usage.

1. What is in-memory computing?

A1) In-memory computing is a technology that allows the processing of massive quantities of data in main memory to provide immediate results from analysis and transaction. 

The data that is processed is ideally real-time data (that is, data that is available for processing or analysis immediately after it is created).

2. How in-memory computing works?

A2) Keep data in main memory to speed up data access. Minimize data movement by using the columnar storage concept, compression, and performing calculations at the database level. 

Divide and conquer. Use the multi-core architecture of modern processors and multi-processor servers (or even scale out into a distributed landscape) to grow beyond what can be supplied by a single server.

3. What is the benefit of keeping data in memory?

A3) Data accessing from main memory is much faster than accessing data from Disk.

4. If data is in memory(i.e RAM), what will happen in loss of Power?
  • In database technology, atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID) is the following set of requirements that ensures that database transactions are processed reliably:
    • A transaction must be atomic. If part of a transaction fails, the entire transaction must fail and leave the database state unchanged.
    • The consistency of a database must be preserved by the transactions that it performs.
    • Isolation ensures that no transaction interferes with another transaction.
    • Durability means that after a transaction is committed, it remains committed. Although the first three requirements are not affected by the in-memory concept, durability is a requirement that cannot be met by storing data in main memory alone. Main memory is volatile storage. It loses its content when it is out of electrical power. To make data persistent, it must be on non-volatile storage, such as HDDs, solid-state drives (SSDs), or flash devices.

5. How SAP HANA will store data in non-volatile storage?

A5) The storage that is used by a database to store data (in this case, main memory) is divided into pages. When a transaction changes data, the corresponding pages are marked and written to non-volatile storage in regular intervals. 

In addition, a database log captures all changes that are made by transactions. Each committed transaction generates a log entry that is written to non-volatile storage, which ensures that all transactions are permanent.

6. How SAP HANA minimizes data movement?

A6) Although today's memory capacities allow keeping enormous amounts of data in-memory, compressing the data in-memory is still preferable. 

The goal is to compress data in a way that does not use up the performance that is gained while still minimizing data movement from RAM to the processor.

Related: SAP Hana Best Selected Interview Questions (Part 2 of 3)

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