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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






8. A collection of conversations that are related






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






10. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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