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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






3. A service that starts Fdhost:exe processes when the Full-Text Engine requires them.






4. 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






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






6. A long-term - asynchronous - and reliable communication channel across which messages are sent by using Service Broker






7. 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






8. One column per table can be defined as its identity; The __________ property automatically generates a new increased or decreased number for the column when rows are inserted into the table






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. A function created as TSQL or as Common Language Runtime (CLR) code; TSQL ____s include scalar - multi statement table valued - and inline table-valued functions.






17. A virtual object that represents a group of full-text indexes






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






19. Actions an object can perform.






20. A built-in or user-defined function that provides a calculation on a set of rows or values






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






22. A TSQL operator that combines multiple related tables to define the result set; The _______ syntax defines a column or columns which are common between the tables that are used to correlate the data.






23. A word that is commonly used and adds no meaning to a search - such as a - an - and the; _________s in SQL Server 2008 provide similar functionality to noise words in SQL Server 2005.






24. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.






25. A constraint that is used to implement referential integrity between tables (or even within a single table)






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






27. Tables within a database that store modified rows in a database with CDC enabled






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






29. A process that finds word boundaries (tokenizes words) based on the linguistic rules for the data language specified; You can specify the language of the data in the column when creating a full-text index on a table.






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






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






32. A variable that is passed to a stored procedure or function.






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






34. A database object that is used to manage stopwords; There is a system-defined stoplist and you can also create your own stoplists.






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






36. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






40. At the end of a transaction - either a new and valid form of the data exists or the data is returned to its original state- Returning data to its original state is part of the rollback functionality provided by SOL






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






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






43. A special case of a partitioned view where the member tables are stored on multiple SOL Server instances






44. A conversation between two specific Services - Broker services that provides exactly-once-in-order - (EOIO) message delivery






45. Defines an ending Log Sequence Number (LSN) to define a valid range of rows within a change table.






46. A ____ that utilizes a UNION ALL clause to combine multiple member tables of the same structure into a single result set.






47. During a transaction (before it is committed or rolled back) the data must remain in an isolated state and not be accessible to other transactions; In SQL Server - the isolation level can be controlled for each transaction






48. A word or character string defined by a word breaker.






49. A property that can be applied to the varbinary(max) data type and that makes the actual data reside in a directory structure in the file system instead of inside the database's data file or files






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







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