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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. A word or character string defined by a word breaker.






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






17. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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