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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Actions an object can perform.






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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