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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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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. Is well formed; that is - it must have a root node.






3. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. The security credentials under which a code module is executed






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A part of the SQL Server process that manages full-text administrative tasks - handles full-text query execution - and manages the filter daemon host process






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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