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/.

Blogger questions: What if someone else wrote about the same subject?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I have a moderately popular blog. In part because I syndicate but largely (in my opinion) because I write a...

2016-02-03

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The CONNECT permission

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

The CONNECT permission exists at the instance and database levels. Note: as of SQL 2012 it is CONNECT SQL at...

2016-02-03 (first published: 2016-01-27)

2,862 reads

Reusing schedules in SQL Agent

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I’m a big fan of automation. You get it written, tested, and scheduled, then you just sit back and monitor...

2016-02-01 (first published: 2016-01-25)

1,498 reads

What is RESULT SETS?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I was reading some code the other day and it included the statement RESULT SETS. I’d never seen it before...

2016-01-26 (first published: 2016-01-14)

7,811 reads

Start SQL Server without tempdb

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

tl;dr; Re-start the instance in safe mode (-f startup parameter) and move tempdb. Then re-start without the parameter.
While at the...

2016-01-20

10,451 reads

Ad-hoc Changes

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

TSQL Tuesday #74: Be The Change
Each month, on the first Tuesday of the month, the announcement for the blog...

2016-01-18 (first published: 2016-01-12)

1,522 reads

To the page and back again

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

To the page
It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you need...

2016-01-18

536 reads

MSDTC Requirements for SSIS Transactions

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

MSDTC is frequently required when using transactions within SSIS. And not just when you are connecting to two SQL Server...

2016-01-12 (first published: 2016-01-06)

3,613 reads

Do you check for TRUSTWORTHY databases as part of your security audits?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I ran a twitter poll the other day Do you check for databases with trustworthy turned on when you do...

2016-01-06 (first published: 2015-12-30)

2,468 reads

2015 a year in review

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It’s a new year, so time to look back at the previous year, and forward to the next. I’ll tell...

2016-01-04

440 reads

Blogs

Why Databases Still Fascinate Me

I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...

Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration

Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...

Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees

TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....

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Cannot get KB959420

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Hi, we lost our sever sql2000 To restore database to a new one we...

Do You Really Need HA?

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Question of the Day

The New Database CheckDB

I run this code:

create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')

What is returned?

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