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/.

Force only certain values to be unique

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I thought of something rather interesting the other day while answering a question asking for help with some table structures....

2014-11-03 (first published: 2014-10-22)

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My DTS Package won’t load with the error “here were errors loading package”

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

You are trying to open a DTS package (yes some people still use DTS packages) and receive the following error:
Error...

2014-11-03

780 reads

Playing with the log – Before the first full backup

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

The log file tends to fascinate me. In fact one of my favorite posts is where I looked into the...

2014-10-29

1,801 reads

Update to “The clustered index columns are in all of the non clustered indexes.”

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I certainly hadn’t planned on creating a part two of my post on clustered index columns but in the comments...

2014-10-29 (first published: 2014-10-20)

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A script to list the DTS connection information for every package on the instance.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

For those of you who have moved completely to SQL 2012 & 2014, Lucky you and don’t judge! For the rest...

2014-10-27

626 reads

UNION vs UNION ALL

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

You might be wondering why I’m going into such a simple subject. Well the way I see it there are...

2014-10-16

2,718 reads

TSQL Tuesday #59: My Hero, My Inspiration, My Wife

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

TSQL Tuesday is a blog party started by Adam Machanic (b/t) almost 5 years ago. This month Tracey McKibben (b/t)...

2014-10-14

1,159 reads

You can’t use aggregate/windowing functions with CROSS APPLY

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

One of my favorite features of CROSS APPLY is the ability to use it instead of a calculated variable. Well...

2014-10-13 (first published: 2014-10-06)

9,188 reads

Required reading before upgrading SQL Server.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I was watching a great presentation by Brent Ozar(b/t) on why to move to SQL 2014 and in the Q...

2014-10-08

1,287 reads

Database default locations

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

One of the options you had when installing your instance was setting some default file locations.
Defaut data file locationDefault log...

2014-10-01 (first published: 2014-09-29)

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Blogs

How Redgate Flyway Can Boost Your DevOps Journey

A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is...

Building a Docker image with Docker Build Cloud

By Andrew Pruski

In a previous blog post we went through how to build a Docker container...

Top 8 Courses to Learn SQL for Data Science in 2024 & Beyond

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Forums

SQL server native CDC

Have anyone implemented CDC, and if so, what has been your experience with it?...

Import and Export wizard stuck on Guest user

I'm getting a error when using the Import and Export wizard to copy tables...

Aligning Compatibility Version Strategy

I have joined a new project, where the business uses Azure SQL Hyperscale for...

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Question of the Day

Initial Config of tempdb

What are the initial config sizes for the tempdb primary data files, secondary data files, and log files in SQL Server 2022?

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