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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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