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SQL Server Vocab
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1. Defines where to deliver Service Broker messages. If not specified - the AutoCreatedLocal ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______ is used.
Remote service binding
Full-text catalog
UNION
Route
2. 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
INNER JOIN
Thesaurus
Word breaker
Function
3. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations
Conversation priority
Check constraint
Consistency
OUTER JOIN
4. 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.
Service
Primary key
Row Identifier (RID)
Page
5. 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
Filter
Unique constraint
Cost
Cursor
6. A function that returns the same value every time it is executed given the same input parameters
DetermInistic function
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
Primary key
Stopword
7. A set of DDL events within the DDL event hierarchy
Stored procedure
Execution context
Constraint
Event group
8. Actions an object can perform.
Page
Word breaker
Methods
Upper bound
9. The security credentials under which a code module is executed
Full-text Index
Unique constraint
Execution context
Word breaker
10. A query that is embedded within - but does not reference any columns from - an outer query.
Indexed view
Conversation
Stored procedure
Noncorrelated subquery
11. After a transaction is committed - the final state of the data is still available even if the server fails or is restarted
Durability
Instantiation
Conversation priority
Distributed partitioned view
12. A constraint that is used to implement referential integrity between tables (or even within a single table)
User-defined function (UDF)
Filter
Foreign key constraInt
Conversation priority
13. A ____ that utilizes a UNION ALL clause to combine multiple member tables of the same structure into a single result set.
PartItioned view
DDL trigger
Cmdlets
Cursor
14. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event
Service
DML trigger
Table-valued function
Foreign key constraInt
15. A server-side object that allows you to retrieve and process a set of data on a row-by-row basis
Cursor
OGC Extended Methods
Conversation group
PartItioned view
16. A _________ that might return a different value each time it is called given the same input parameter.
Parameter
Population (crawl)
Nondeterministic function
XML document
17. 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
Change tables
Isolation
Route
Stopword
18. 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.
OGC Extended Methods
User-defined function (UDF)
Term
Well-known binary (WKB)
19. An object that contains significant words and their locations within the columns included in the index
Consistency
Full-text Index
XML fragment
XML document
20. An object that is used to store a scalar value for use within a function - trigger - or stored procedure.
Gating role
Contract
Heap
Variable
21. 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
Consistency
Clustered Index
Row Identifier (RID)
Full-text catalog
22. When two or more pieces of information are involved in a transaction - either all the pieces are committed or none of them are
Primary key
SQL Full Text Filter Daemon launcher (Fdlauncher:exe)
Atomicity
Row Identifier (RID)
23. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.
Token
Foreign key constraInt
Nondeterministic function
Remote service binding
24. A run time inside SQL Server that allows some objects to be created using a NET language such as C# or Visual Basic NET.
XML
PartItioned view
SQLCLR
Primary key
25. Defines an ending Log Sequence Number (LSN) to define a valid range of rows within a change table.
Nonclustered Index
Thesaurus
Upper bound
User-defined function (UDF)
26. A built-in or user-defined function that provides a calculation on a set of rows or values
Full-text Index
Consistency
Aggregate function
Queue
27. The smallest storage object maintained by SQL Server; a _____ is exactly 8 KB in size.
Stored procedure
Page
Primary key
Message type
28. A function referenced in a SELECT clause that accepts an expression and returns a single value of a defined data type.
SQL Full Text Filter Daemon launcher (Fdlauncher:exe)
Object
Scalar function
Stoplist
29. A word or character string defined by a word breaker.
Durability
Token
Primary key
XML document
30. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.
Distributed partitioned view
Primary key
JOIN
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
31. 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
Fllestream
Remote service binding
OUTER JOIN
Heap
32. A function that defines the values that divide a table or index into multiple ___________.
Well-known text (WKT)
Clustered Index
Partition function
XML document
33. Tables within a database that store modified rows in a database with CDC enabled
Distributed partitioned view
Route
Change tables
Upper bound
34. Defines the name and contents of a message.
Message type
Cursor
Heap
DDL trigger
35. A deterministic view that has a unique - clustered _____ created against it
Service
JOIN
Conversation
Indexed view
36. A physical structure implemented as a balanced tree that is used to speed up query operations
Index
Foreign key constraInt
Constraint
Partition function
37. 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
Recursive CTE
Contract
Stored procedure
Upper bound
38. A query that is embedded within - and references columns from - an outer query
Row Identifier (RID)
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
Identlty
Correlated subquery
39. An international nonprofit organization that develops standards for geospatial and location-based services.
Row Identifier (RID)
Full-text Index
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Thesaurus
40. A service that starts Fdhost:exe processes when the Full-Text Engine requires them.
Nonclustered Index
SQL Full Text Filter Daemon launcher (Fdlauncher:exe)
DetermInistic function
Execution context
41. A process that manages third-party components such as filters - word breakers - and stemmers separated from the SQL Server process
Cursor
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
INNER JOIN
Upper bound
42. The binary equivalent to WKT - which is sometimes used to transfer and store spatial data.
Well-known binary (WKB)
Row Identifier (RID)
Conversation priority
DetermInistic function
43. A native SQL Sever data type that can handle both ____ fragments and documents as well as un typed and typed (schema validated) ___ data.
Nondeterministic function
Population (crawl)
XML data type
Partition function
44. A function that returns the results as a table data type.
Primary key
Term
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
Table-valued function
45. 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
Contract
Durability
DetermInistic function
XML fragment
46. A numeric value representing a physical location within a heap and page.
Instantiation
Recursive CTE
Row Identifier (RID)
Stored procedure
47. An index that imposes a physical order on the rows within a table- There can only be a single clustered index on a table
Service
Parameter
Token
Clustered Index
48. A specification by the World Wide Web Consortium for transmitting and storing semi structured data.
OGC Extended Methods
XML
Message type
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
49. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.
Indexed view
Variable
Primary key
Queue
50. Used to store planar data based on Euclidean space such as points - lines - and polygons
Dialog
Geometry data type
Indexed view
Unique constraint