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Teradata to Hadoop migration and handling data with SCD Type 2?

SQLmediumjoinpartitionspark0.7 min read
Citi
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62

Test SQL skills using advanced window functions such as LAG, LEAD, and DENSE_RANK.

SQLmediumpartitionsqlwindow0.7 min read
Carelon
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63

Two tables: Table 1 has 8 records, Table 2 has 2 records, common column id. How many records would result with Inner Join, Left Join, Right Join, Full Outer Join?

SQLmediumjoin0.8 min read
Fossil Group
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64

What are BigQuery Slots?

SQLmediumbigquerypartition0.6 min read
EY
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65

What are Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD), and how would you implement them for tracking customer data changes?

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Swiggy
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66

What are partitioning strategies in Redshift?

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Persistent Systems
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67

What are some best practices for writing efficient SQL queries?

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Freecharge
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68

What are the differences between normalization and denormalization? When would you use a denormalized structure?

SQLmediumjoin0.5 min read
McKinsey
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69

What challenges arise with duplicate records, and how do you address them?

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EPAM
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70

What factors determine the optimal number of partitions for a large file?

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TCS
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71

What is Left Anti Join and its use case?

SQLmediumjoin0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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72

What is Redshift Spectrum, and how does it differ from standard Redshift queries?

SQLmediumpartitionsql0.6 min read
Daniel Wellington
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73

What is UNNEST and provide a query example?

SQLmediumbigqueryjoinsql0.5 min read
EY
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74

What is a Kafka topic, and how do you choose the number of partitions for it?

SQLmediumpartition0.5 min read
Citi
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75

What is a cross-join?

SQLmediumjoin0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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76

What is a semi-join?

SQLmediumjoin0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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77

What is dynamic partition pruning, and how does it optimize query execution?

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TCS
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78

What is the difference between UNION and UNION ALL? Which one is faster and why?

SQLmediumjoin0.5 min read
Aarete
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79

What is the difference between static and dynamic partitioning in Hive?

SQLmediumpartition0.5 min read
Dunnhumby
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80

What strategies would you use to manage dynamic partitions efficiently?

SQLmediumpartition0.6 min read
Capco
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