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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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. Actions an object can perform.






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. 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






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