Q
Query Analyzer
A tool provided with SQL Server that furnishes an environment in which to write and evaluate Transact-SQL statements. The Query Analyzer provides a graphical interface and tools for browsing the database objects, as well as help for functions.
Query Optimizer
The SQL Server database engine component responsible for generating efficient execution plans for SQL statements.
question
In English Query, an English form of a query (for example, “How many customers bought products last year?”). Questions can also be posed as statements to an English Query application (for example, “List the customers that bought products last year”).
Question Builder
A tool that supports users’ needs to know more about the domain objects so that they can construct questions. They can find out what the domain objects contain, what kind of basic relationships are represented in the domain, and what English phrases they can use to ask about the relationships.
question file (.EQQ)
An ASCII text file that contains questions (one to a line) that are ready for testing with the English Query engine. Question files are denoted with the .EQQ extension. Questions can be submitted to the question file automatically with the test tool, or a developer can create a list of questions.
question template
A structure that describes a set of questions that can be asked by using a particular relationship or set of relationships.
queue
A SQL Server Profiler queue that provides a temporary holding place for server events to be captured.