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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 variable that is passed to a stored procedure or function.






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






25. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






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






49. A collection of conversations that are related






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