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






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






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






4. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Defines where to deliver Service Broker messages. If not specified - the AutoCreatedLocal ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______ is used.






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






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






40. After a transaction is committed - the final state of the data is still available even if the server fails or is restarted






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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