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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. A word that is commonly used and adds no meaning to a search - such as a - an - and the; _________s in SQL Server 2008 provide similar functionality to noise words in SQL Server 2005.






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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







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