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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






3. Defines the name and contents of a message.






4. A specification by the World Wide Web Consortium for transmitting and storing semi structured data.






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






6. The name given to the group of tasks within a Service Broker solution that require messages to be sent.






7. 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






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






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






10. When two or more pieces of information are involved in a transaction - either all the pieces are committed or none of them are






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






12. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






22. A way to make SQL Server return a stream making up an XML document or fragment






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






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






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






26. An option that is available for views and functions that ensures any dependent objects cannot be dropped unless the view or function is dropped first.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Actions an object can perform.






33. A run time inside SQL Server that allows some objects to be created using a NET language such as C# or Visual Basic NET.






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






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






37. A collection of conversations that are related






38. 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.






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






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






41. _______ designed to work with geometry and geography data types.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.







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