{"id":4203,"date":"2011-09-22T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:57","slug":"answers-and-links-for-the-questions-asked-during-the-24hop-sql-denali-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2011\/09\/22\/answers-and-links-for-the-questions-asked-during-the-24hop-sql-denali-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Answers and Links for the Questions Asked During the #24HOP \/ #SQL Denali Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nWe would like to thank each and every one of you that participated in the #24HOP \/ #SQLDenali Challenge at the end of the recent 24 Hours of PASS Sessions. It was very exciting for us to see so many of you getting involved and trying your best to win!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">Many of you told us that you had learned a lot as a result of this challenge and asked us to provide all the questions and answers along with the links to where the answers can be found. So here they are!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">We have another blog post coming in a few weeks as a follow up to the two Fireside Chats with the SQL Server Engineers that took place each day after the last 24 Hours of Pass sessions. We\u2019ll provide the audio recordings from both chats along with answers to any outstanding questions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: medium\">Questions from Day One of 24 Hours of PASS<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">Q #1: In data mining, which DMX function will you use to predict future values for time series data?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer: <\/b>PredictTimeSeries()<br \/>\n<b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms132167(v=SQL.110)\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms132167(v=SQL.110)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Q #2: What does LUN stand for?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Logical Unit Number<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logical_Unit_Number\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logical_Unit_Number<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Q #3: What are the names of the public Targets available in Extended Events?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Either the SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server Code Name \u201cDenali\u201d answers: <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><\/div>\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;border-collapse: collapse;margin-left: 48.95pt;width: 374px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;background: #4f81bd;border-top: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><b><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #ffffff\">SQL Server 2008 \/ 2008 R2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;background: #4f81bd;border-top: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><b><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #ffffff\">Denali<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">asynchronous_file_target<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">event_file<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">ring_buffer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">ring_buffer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">synchronous_counter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">event_counter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">pair_matching<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">pair_matching<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">etw_classic_sync_target<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">etw_classic_sync_target<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">asynchronous_bucketizer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">Histogram<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: medium none;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"228\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">synchronous_bucketizer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;border-left: medium none;background: #d3dfee;border-top: medium none;border-right: #7ba0cd 1pt solid;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 13pt;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #4: What #PowerPivot #SQLDenali feature allows u to define groups of tables for breaking down a large model into targeted ones?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Perspectives. To turn this one, users have to switch the addin to Advanced Mode, and then use the \u2018Perspectives\u2019 button on the ribbon to define these. Once defined, the PowerPivot field list allows selection of the perspective.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh272057(SQL.110).aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh272057(SQL.110).aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b><br \/>\nQ<\/b><b> <\/b><b>#5:<\/b><b> <\/b><b>What is the result of issuing the following commands from SQLPS.exe? <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2577.clip_image001_thumb.jpg\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none;margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"clip_image001\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2577.clip_image001_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image001\" width=\"284\" height=\"37\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> This will list the instances of the SQL Server Database engine on the local computer<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc281947(SQL.100).aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc281947(SQL.100).aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #6: Name the 3 types of data flow components.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Source, Transformation, Destination<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><strong>Link: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms140080(v=SQL.110).aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms140080(v=SQL.110).aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #7: When you see yellow exclamation mark on the operator symbol in a graphical Showplan, what does it mean?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none;margin: 2px 0px 0px 46px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"clip_image002\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4628.clip_image002_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image002\" width=\"121\" height=\"105\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> It means the plan has a warning about this particular operator. One example of such warning is missing statistics on the object referred in the operator. You can see exact text of the warning by hovering mouse over the operator or by looking at properties window while selecting the operator in question.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms178071.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms178071.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"> #8: What is the difference between multi-site clustering support pre-Denali and in #SQLDenali?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Pre-Denali multi-site clustering was possible and supported and required both a third-party stretch VLAN as well as a cross-site SAN replication technology. In Denali you no longer need a stretch VLAN and can use an IP OR dependency between IP subnets.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ff878716(v=SQL.110).aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ff878716(v=SQL.110).aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #9: Question: what version of #SQLServer introduced Reporting Services?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> SQL Server 2000 (add on to SQL Server 2000 \u2013 was included in the install in SQL Server 2005)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/presspass\/press\/2004\/jan04\/01-27ReportingSvcsLaunchPR.mspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/presspass\/press\/2004\/jan04\/01-27ReportingSvcsLaunchPR.mspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #10: In #SQLDenali what is the only memory allocation NOT governed by \u201cmax server memory\u201d?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Direct Windows Allocations<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/sqlosteam\/archive\/2011\/01\/04\/sql-server-memory-manager-changes-in-denali.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/sqlosteam\/archive\/2011\/01\/04\/sql-server-memory-manager-changes-in-denali.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ#11: What is the difference between the affinity mask and affinity64 mask configuration options?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> affinity mask to bind the first 32 processors &amp; affinity64 mask to bind the remaining processors<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms188291.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms188291.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #12: How can you determine whether a query execution operator uses the vector-based Batch processing mode in #SQLDenali #SQLApollo?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Position the mouse pointer over the execution operator. The yellow popup box that appears has a field called Estimated Execution Mode. This tells you whether the execution mode is Batch (the new mode), or Row (the original mode).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/gg492088(v=SQL.110).aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/gg492088(v=SQL.110).aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium\">Questions from Day Two of 24 Hours of PASS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Q<\/b><b> <\/b><b>#1:<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Take advantage of the latest hardware by using ___<\/b><b> including multithreading &amp; linear scaling w\/ multiple cores.<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer: <\/b>Vertipaq engine or just Vertipaq<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee210639.aspx#IMBI\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee210639.aspx#IMBI<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #2: What feature introduced in #SQLServer 2008 allows you to easily enforce uniqueness on non-NULL values?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Filtered Indexes<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc280372.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc280372.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b><br \/>\nQ<\/b><b> <\/b><b>#3:<\/b><b> <\/b><b>In<\/b><b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">#SQLDenali,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b> <\/b><b>you can eliminate planned downtime on Hyper-V environment using ____<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Live Migration<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/future-editions\/denali-mission-critical-confidence.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/future-editions\/denali-mission-critical-confidence.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #4: What version of ReportBuilder ships with Reporting Services 2008 R2?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Report Builder 3.0<br \/>\n<b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd207008.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd207008.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #5: In the database design context, what does DRI stand for?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Declarative Referential Integrity<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Link:<\/b> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declarative_Referential_Integrity\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Declarative_Referential_Integrity<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\"><br \/>\nQ #6: Using a DMV such as sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks is important to identify bottlenecks in SQL Server. This DMV can of course be used to identify bottlenecks on TempDB, but what is the easiest way to filter the results only related to TempDB?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> The database ID of TempDB is always 2, so the following query will only show wait queue related to TempDB.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">select\u00a0 *<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">from sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">where resource_description like &#8216;2:%&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">Filtering on the wait_type will help you to identify different kinds of bottlenecks.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms188743.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms188743.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b><br \/>\nQ<\/b><b> <\/b><b>#7: <\/b><b>What does adding OPTION (RECOMPILE) to a query do?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> Forces SQL Server to create, use then discard a plan for the query.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Link:<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms181714.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms181714.aspx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\nQ #8: What is the name of the NuGet package that gives you the Code First feature?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Answer:<\/b> EntityFramework<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/span><i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/data\/aa937723\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI';font-size: small\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/data\/aa937723<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/data\/aa937723Q\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI'\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<strong>#9: Which #SQLDenali Reporting 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