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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Defines the name and contents of a message.






8. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A ____ that utilizes a UNION ALL clause to combine multiple member tables of the same structure into a single result set.






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






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






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






41. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






42. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event






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






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






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






46. A collection of conversations that are related






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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