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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






10. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






13. 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.






14. Actions an object can perform.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A standard created by the OGC that is used to represent text-based descriptions of geospatial objects.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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