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/.

Filtering Object Explorer

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I absolutely love learning new tricks that can be done in SSMS. Everything from opening initial connections to both the...

2013-10-02

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Detaching a database

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

In my general quest to figure out the T-SQL to do common GUI tasks I did some browsing through BOL...

2013-10-01 (first published: 2013-09-26)

1,655 reads

The MERGE statement doesn’t have a WHERE clause.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

What the heck? Even indexes have WHERE clauses these days. I can’t remember what I was reading when I saw...

2013-09-30

1,349 reads

DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in a DELETE statement

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Recently I wrote about the myth that you can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement. You can of course,...

2013-09-24

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sp_DBPermissions V2.0

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...

2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)

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sp_SrvPermissions V2.0

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...

2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)

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Brad Shultz’s blog on reviewing your database

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

This is possibly the best blog I have every read on the subject of reviewing a database. It is witty,...

2013-09-17

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DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I’ve found a very common belief among users of T-SQL (both DBAs and Developers) is that you can’t use an...

2013-09-16

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Certifications: What are they good for?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Since Microsoft decided to drop the MCM/MCA program there has been an enormous amount of discussion about the program and...

2013-09-11

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How do the fixed Database and Server roles map to more specific permissions?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I recently asked what the difference is between granting SELECT to a user (at a database level) and adding the...

2013-09-09

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Blogs

Becoming a creator, my website experience

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Over the past few months, I have debated starting a new blog to discuss...

T-SQL Tuesday #192 Invitation: SQL Server 2025 Excitement

It’s that time of the month again, and once again, I’m late and I’m...

The Book of Redgate: What Our Customers Say

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Beginner in sql server

Hello, How to add a UNIX_TIMESTAMP at my publish_date please CREATE TABLE [dbo].[latest_info]( [id]...

fast farward curson vs while loop on @table

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hi, need to known weather fast farwand cursor is faster than a while loop...

Economics of AI: What is the Real Cost to Profit?

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Question of the Day

Getting the Indexed Columns

I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?

SELECT   
    INDEX_COL (N'AdventureWorks2017.Sales.SalesOrderDetail')

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