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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.






2. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Actions an object can perform.






12. 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.






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






14. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






19. A numeric value assigned to each connection to SQL Server.






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A long-term - asynchronous - and reliable communication channel across which messages are sent by using Service Broker






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.






39. 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






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






41. A collection of conversations that are related






42. A process that finds word boundaries (tokenizes words) based on the linguistic rules for the data language specified; You can specify the language of the data in the column when creating a full-text index on a table.






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






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






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






46. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






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