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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A _________ that might return a different value each time it is called given the same input parameter.






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






19. A virtual object that represents a group of full-text indexes






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






35. When two or more pieces of information are involved in a transaction - either all the pieces are committed or none of them are






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.