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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






10. 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






11. A query that is embedded within - but does not reference any columns from - an outer query.






12. 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






13. A process that provides inflectional matches to verbs and nouns based on the linguistic rules of the data language defined.






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






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






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






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






18. Defines on which file group each ________ defined by a _______ function should be stored.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. An index that contains one or more columns in a table that are used to improve query efficiency; If the table has a ______ index - the root level of the _______ index points back to the clustering key - otherwise - the root level points to a row in






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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