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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. A database object that is used to manage stopwords; There is a system-defined stoplist and you can also create your own stoplists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A server-side object that allows you to retrieve and process a set of data on a row-by-row basis






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. 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.