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SQL Server Vocab

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






8. A run time inside SQL Server that allows some objects to be created using a NET language such as C# or Visual Basic NET.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Actions an object can perform.






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






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






29. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






40. A native SQL Sever data type that can handle both ____ fragments and documents as well as un typed and typed (schema validated) ___ data.






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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