Kenneth Fisher

My name is Kenneth Fisher and I am Senior DBA for a large (multi-national) insurance company. I have been working with databases for over 20 years starting with Clarion and Foxpro. I’ve been working with SQL Server for 12 years but have only really started “studying” the subject for the last 3. I don’t have any real "specialities" but I enjoy trouble shooting and teaching. Thus far I’ve earned by MCITP Database Administrator 2008, MCTS Database Administrator 2005, and MCTS Database Developer 2008. I’m currently studying for my MCITP Database Developer 2008 and should start in on the 2012 exams next year. My blog is at https://sqlstudies.com/.

Synchronous vs Asynchronous

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

You’ll hear these terms thrown around in programming all the time, but what do they mean and why do we...

2016-10-24

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Installing SQLCMD

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

For anyone who wasn’t aware SQLCMD is a command line tool for running T-SQL statements and scripts. Before anyone says...

2016-10-19

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Using Snippets

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

A while ago I talked about Templates. This is an easy way to get a, well, template of a piece...

2016-10-17

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Too many indexes!

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Indexes are great. They speed up our queries. In fact, without them relational database systems wouldn’t work.
Different indexes work best...

2016-10-13

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If backups are taken in silence can a recovery still take place?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

My friend Andy Mallon (b/t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. In case you aren’t aware T-SQL Tuesday is a...

2016-10-11

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Pinned Tabs

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It’s funny how easy it is to find information you aren’t looking for. A few weeks back Stephen Bennett (b)...

2016-10-10 (first published: 2016-09-27)

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Floor, Round, and Ceiling

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I saw an interesting question today about rounding. Specifically they always wanted to round down. Now as it happens that...

2016-10-05

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A quick fix for a full identity column.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

A while back I wrote a post on everything I knew about identity columns. In it I mentioned the following:
Negative...

2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-21)

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Becoming a Microsoft MVP

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I was awarded the Microsoft MVP (data platform) award on Saturday.
On the four days a year (one per quarter) when...

2016-10-03

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Constant Data Types

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLServerCentral.com

Data Types

Data types are an important part of how tables and variables work. Did you know that constants have databases too?

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The Long Name

I run this code to create a table: Create table with unicode name When I check the length, I get these results: Table with length of name shown as 132 characters A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?

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