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SQL Server Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. A collection of conversations that are related






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






33. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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