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/.

Automation starts by doing something once, very very carefully: T-SQL Tuesday #110

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

After a while the intros for my T-SQL Tuesday posts get a little boring. So without any further ado, it’s...

2019-01-08

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Identity in a SELECT

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Always be learning right? So when I saw this I had to go HU?! That’s new. What’s going on here?
SELECT
IDENTITY(INT,...

2019-01-02 (first published: 2018-12-19)

7,394 reads

SQL Homework – January 2019 – Baselines

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Happy New Year! Every year for New Years we all make a big deal of coming up with New Years...

2019-01-02

1,076 reads

Using Microsoft Learn

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I’ve just signed up on Microsoft’s new learning opportunity Microsoft Learn. The main categories are Azure, Business Apps, and Windows...

2018-12-31

428 reads

Oh Query, Query, Query

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I thought I would post this a bit early so everyone can memorize the words before Hanukka starts next week.
I...

2018-12-18 (first published: 2018-11-28)

2,756 reads

Savings changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Microsoft does a lot of things to try to help us not shoot ourselves in the foot. This little error...

2018-12-17

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Bulk insert and an identity column

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

TL;DR; BULK INSERT doesn’t have an easy way to specify a column list so the columns in the insert file...

2018-12-12

1,025 reads

Moving SSISDB is not as easy as it sounds

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

We’ve been doing a lot of upgrading recently and at one point had to move an instance from one 2016...

2018-12-10

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My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use...

2018-12-10 (first published: 2018-11-26)

2,081 reads

UDL files and connection strings

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

A co-worker showed me a really neat trick the other day. We deal with a lot of connection problems and...

2018-12-05

7,320 reads

Blogs

Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports

Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...

Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook

By MarlonRibunal

The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...

AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue

I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...

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Forums

Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL

By abdalah.mehdoini

Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...

SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process

By James Greaves

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...

Another Model, More Data Loss

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Another Model, More Data Loss

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Finding a Database Master Key

Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?

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