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/.

Women in technology

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Earlier this week a friend of mine (Lynn Swayze (Hall) (b/t)) posted this great article on women in technology. It’s...

2015-11-25

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Naught to Speaker pt 3

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Becoming a speaker is one heck of a journey. Early this year I submitted a session to speak at Pass...

2015-11-18

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SSMS Setup

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Every time I install a new version of SSMS I make a handful of changes to the default setup. For...

2015-11-16

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Hiding one or more columns

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

This isn’t something you have to do frequently, but sometimes you don’t want the users to have access to certain...

2015-11-12

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Why are you still using datetime?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It’s almost Thanksgiving time again! Let’s see, what am I thankful for? T-SQL Tuesday! Someone else get’s to pick a...

2015-11-12 (first published: 2015-11-10)

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Questions from “SQL Server Security for Everyone”

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I recently gave my SQL Server Security for Everyone session at Summit 2015. (I’m still in awe about that by...

2015-11-04

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Administrative Logins and Users

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

If you’ve ever worked through an audit you have probably gotten a request that looks a lot like this:
Please give...

2015-11-02

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Generating scripts for previous versions of SQL

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I make a habit of using the latest version of SSMS even if I’m not working with the latest version...

2015-10-29 (first published: 2015-10-21)

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Who’s on call

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Of all the posts I’ve written I think this one is my favorite, even though it’s not a technical post....

2015-10-28

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Finding and keeping your #SQLPassion

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I consider myself lucky. I fell into a job that I truly enjoy, something that I do for fun even...

2015-10-26

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward

This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...

dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts

By Koen Verbeeck

You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...

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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.

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Hyperscale Replicas IV

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek

By Dhananjay Chaudhari

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Hyperscale Replicas IV

In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?

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