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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. A process that provides inflectional matches to verbs and nouns based on the linguistic rules of the data language defined.






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. A collection of conversations that are related






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Actions an object can perform.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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