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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. A table without a clustered index; (A ____ can still have nonclustered indexes defined on it)






7. A collection of conversations that are related






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. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. The security credentials under which a code module is executed






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






16. A set of code that is stored within a database; The ____ types supported by SQL Server are triggers - functions - views - and stored procedures.






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






18. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






19. 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.






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






21. The process of adding data to a full -text index either during creation or when the full-text index is built.






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. A deterministic view that has a unique - clustered _____ created against it






29. XML files that define synonyms for terms in a specific language.






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






34. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A function that returns the same value every time it is executed given the same input parameters






43. An agreement between two services that defines the message types the services send to accomplish certain tasks- It also defines what participants can send which message types






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. A physical structure implemented as a balanced tree that is used to speed up query operations






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






50. Used to configure SQL Server to send and receive messages over TCP/IP connections.






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