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/.

Intro to Auditing in SQL Server on SQL Shack

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I had an article published yesterday on http://www.SQLShack.com.
Intro to Auditing in SQL Server.
It’s worth reading if I do say...

2014-10-01

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Changing configuration settings with sp_configure

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I was recently asked where to go in Configuration Manager to change the settings for xp_cmdshell. It was then that...

2014-09-24 (first published: 2014-09-22)

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What I know about batch files

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

For a SQL Server guy it sometimes amazes me how often I’m in and out of batch files and how...

2014-09-24

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What are trace flags?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Trace flags are one of those things that I’ve heard about more and more over the last five or six...

2014-09-18 (first published: 2014-09-11)

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Triggers are not toys!

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

For the love of all that’s SQL, triggers are not toys! I’m not even talking about logon triggers or DDL...

2014-09-17

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I SCHEMABOUND my scalar UDF and you won’t believe what happened next.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Sorry for the click bait but I just couldn’t resist, and to be fair I was pretty impressed with this...

2014-09-15

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T-SQL Tuesday #58: Passwords

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It’s that time again. The second Tuesday of each month we have a blog party called T-SQL Tuesday. The host...

2014-09-12 (first published: 2014-09-09)

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Finding a job!

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I’ve been told over the years that I’m pretty good at finding jobs. I mean in the last 25 years...

2014-09-04 (first published: 2014-08-27)

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Pausing an MSSQL Instance

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I’m sure most of you have looked at the control options of the SQL services right? Start an instance, stop...

2014-09-04

3,583 reads

Two simple commands that can be a big help in performance tuning.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

The first thing that always comes to mind when discussing performance tuning is query plans and rightly so. They are...

2014-09-02

2,584 reads

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

By Tracy McKibben

Businesses are drowning in data, but starving for insights. That's where SQL experts swoop...

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Forums

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select Custno, Addr1, City, Res_Phone, Bus_Phone, Fax_Phone, Marine_Phone, Pager_Phone, Other_Phone, email1, email2 from customer...

process records in loop

I'm only processing 50,000 records not everything from the Table where there are 250,00...

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