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SQL Server Vocab

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






9. A collection of conversations that are related






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Is well formed; that is - it must have a root node.






50. 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