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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






40. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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