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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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1. A physical structure implemented as a balanced tree that is used to speed up query operations






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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