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SQL Server Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






9. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. A collection of conversations that are related






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






21. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. A named SQL statement programming object that can be called in either a SELECT or FROM clause that returns a single {scalar} value or a value with a table data type - but is not allowed to modify the state of a database or the instance






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






41. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






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






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






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






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






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






47. Defines the name and contents of a message.






48. 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.






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






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







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