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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A property that can be applied to the varbinary(max) data type and that makes the actual data reside in a directory structure in the file system instead of inside the database's data file or files






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






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






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