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)

3,057 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)

1,501 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)

7,963 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

10,521 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)

1,530 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

539 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)

3,685 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)

2,470 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

442 reads

Blogs

“We love to debate minutiae”

By Brian Kelley

I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...

Advice I Like: Knots

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB

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Multiple Deployment Processes

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Question of the Day

Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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