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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. 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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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. 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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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.







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