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SQL Server Vocab

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1. A constraint that is set on one column or a combination of columns in a table that must uniquely identify a row in the table; By definition - the __________ cannot contain NULL values.






2. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






3. A named SQL statement programming object that can be called in either a SELECT or FROM clause that returns a single {scalar} value or a value with a table data type - but is not allowed to modify the state of a database or the instance






4. Used to store planar data based on Euclidean space such as points - lines - and polygons






5. The word - phrase - or character string included as input in the full -text query.






6. A module of code that is stored within a database that provides an API that applications can use to abstract the database structure from application code.






7. Used to store ellipsoidal (round-earth) data - such as latitude and longitude coordinates






8. A function that returns the results as a table data type.






9. Another name for an indexed view; Message Contains information that is sent within a Service Broker conversation.






10. Is well formed; that is - it must have a root node.






11. Defines the name and contents of a message.






12. A process that manages third-party components such as filters - word breakers - and stemmers separated from the SQL Server process






13. An object that is used to store a scalar value for use within a function - trigger - or stored procedure.






14. An internal metric used by SOL Server to determine the amount of processing resources a given query plan will consume






15. A process that provides inflectional matches to verbs and nouns based on the linguistic rules of the data language defined.






16. A collection of properties and methods that provide a defined functionality.






17. A trigger that executes in response to a DDL event






18. A TSQL operator that combines the result sets from multiple queries.






19. A function referenced in a SELECT clause that accepts an expression and returns a single value of a defined data type.






20. The binary equivalent to WKT - which is sometimes used to transfer and store spatial data.






21. A collection of conversations that are related






22. Actions an object can perform.






23. A ____ that includes only the rows that are in common in all tables referenced in the FROM clause






24. An object that contains significant words and their locations within the columns included in the index






25. An index that contains one or more columns in a table that are used to improve query efficiency; If the table has a ______ index - the root level of the _______ index points back to the clustering key - otherwise - the root level points to a row in






26. The smallest storage object maintained by SQL Server; a _____ is exactly 8 KB in size.






27. A component that processes a document to extract the textual information from documents stored in a varbinary(max) or image column and then sends that information to the word breaker






28. A function that defines the values that divide a table or index into multiple ___________.






29. A constraint that applies a Boolean expression to rows added or updated in tables to verify whether the update should be allowed






30. Is not well-formed; that is - it does not have a root node.






31. The process of producing a particular instance of an object based on the object's properties and methods






32. A _________ that is set on one or more columns in a table that ensures the data in each row is unique within the table for that column or combination of columns; A unique _________ allows NULL values and therefore cannot be used to uniquely identify






33. A server-side object that allows you to retrieve and process a set of data on a row-by-row basis






34. A _________ that might return a different value each time it is called given the same input parameter.






35. A rule applied to a column{s} within a table that is used to validate changes and ensure that data within a table does not violate business rules






36. A set of DDL events within the DDL event hierarchy






37. An international nonprofit organization that develops standards for geospatial and location-based services.






38. A part of the SQL Server process that manages full-text administrative tasks - handles full-text query execution - and manages the filter daemon host process






39. A native SQL Sever data type that can handle both ____ fragments and documents as well as un typed and typed (schema validated) ___ data.






40. A special type of __________ that has an anchor query - which is the source of the recursion - along with a UNION ALL statement and a second query - which recurses across the anchor query - and an outer query - which references the _____ and specifie






41. A numeric value representing a physical location within a heap and page.






42. A role specified when enabling CDC that is used to limit access to the change data






43. A query that is embedded within - and references columns from - an outer query






44. A numeric value assigned to each connection to SQL Server.






45. A number assigned to entries within a transaction log to aid with recovery; lower bound Defines a starting ________ to define a valid range of rows within a change table.






46. A ____ that includes all rows from an outer table and includes any rows from the inner table that match the _____ criteria.






47. An index that imposes a physical order on the rows within a table- There can only be a single clustered index on a table






48. The process by which a user assumes the security credentials of another user






49. NET Framework applications that provide specialized functionality within SQL Server PowerShell






50. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.