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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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