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SQL Server Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. XML files that define synonyms for terms in a specific language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






46. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.






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






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






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






50. 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.