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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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