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/.

My view isn’t reflecting changes I’ve made to the underlying tables.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Problem: You’ve added columns to the base table of one of your views, but the view isn’t reflecting the change.
Over...

2013-01-29 (first published: 2013-01-21)

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Model database

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Most DBAs have at least some idea what the system databases are for. Master has the list of databases & logins,...

2013-01-28

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IsMSShipped

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t...

2013-01-23

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Using New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Groups

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

This isn’t really one of those features of SSMS that I’ve used a great deal. At least didn’t until recently....

2013-01-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)

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What port is my instance listening on?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is...

2013-01-08

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How I like to learn a t-sql command

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Recently I received a security request and realized I wasn’t comfortable in my ability to script out the t-sql commands...

2013-01-07

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Red errors in the results pane

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Most DBAs have seen those nice clear red errors in the results pane. And I’m sure most DBAs have noticed...

2012-12-27 (first published: 2012-12-19)

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Where is my backup?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

We recently added responsibility for ~80 more servers to our team. This means that my team-mates and I are working...

2012-12-19 (first published: 2012-12-12)

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Generating multiple SQL statements from a query

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Dynamic SQL is one of my favorite tools in the DBA toolbox. I’m big on automation and dynamic SQL can...

2012-12-17

1,126 reads

Logins vs Users

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Logins are not Users. It’s a pretty easy concept but one that seems to give a lot of people problems....

2012-12-12 (first published: 2012-12-03)

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Blogs

Dynamically Unpivot columns in SQL

By DataOnWheels

Picture this, your data ingestion team has created a table that has the sales...

Friday Basics: RPO and RTO

By Brian Kelley

I did a post last month titled RTO and RPO are myths unless you've...

A New Word: ioia

ioia – n.the wish that you could see statistics overlaid on every person you...

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Forums

SQL Server Encrypt data into a file, send it and then decrypt

First off, my apologies for what could potentially be a bad title! I am...

Table partitioning best practice

I've inherited a couple of rather large databases from my ex-colleague when I join...

Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in Power BI - Part 2

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Finding Marks

I have marked a few transactions in my code. How can I find out which marks were stored in a transaction log?

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