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/.

Duplicate rows in a table

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

I recently got the following email:
“I just keyed in two rows into a table with all identical column values. How...

2013-02-11 (first published: 2013-02-04)

3,259 reads

Something to watch out for when using sp_rename on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

For those who don’t know, the stored procedure sp_rename allows you to change the name of a user-created object. Basically...

2013-02-11

2,345 reads

EXECUTE, not required, but advisable.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

The other day one of the developers I work with gave me a script similar to this:
BEGIN TRAN
sp_rename 'tablename.columnname', 'newcolumnname'
COMMITHe...

2013-02-06

772 reads

Small changes, big effects

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

We got a call last week about an application that was running slowly. The server was showing about 80% CPU...

2013-01-30

1,256 reads

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)

3,847 reads

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

935 reads

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

1,524 reads

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)

3,294 reads

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

1,699 reads

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

843 reads

Blogs

“We love to debate minutiae”

By Brian Kelley

I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...

Advice I Like: Knots

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

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Forums

Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB

Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...

Multiple Deployment Processes

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases

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Question of the Day

Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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