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SQL Server Vocab

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1. A ____ that includes all rows from an outer table and includes any rows from the inner table that match the _____ criteria.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. A component that processes a document to extract the textual information from documents stored in a varbinary(max) or image column and then sends that information to the word breaker






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. A numeric value representing a physical location within a heap and page.






20. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Actions an object can perform.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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