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)

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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

2,344 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

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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)

3,846 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

933 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

1,521 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)

3,293 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

Git forked

By Randolph West

Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...

Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler

One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...

Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026

For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...

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Forums

SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing

Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...

Transactional Replication setup issue

Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...

The Power of Data and Privacy

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...

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Question of the Day

What's the Date?

In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?

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