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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






23. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Another name for an indexed view; Message Contains information that is sent within a Service Broker conversation.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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