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/.

Dealing with multiple AD accounts

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

To help promote the seperation of duties one of the things my company has done is to divide our permissions...

2018-11-29 (first published: 2018-11-19)

2,370 reads

Parameterized dynamic SQL is parameterized.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Ok, that title sounds silly, but it’s actually a real point. The first parameterized refers to using parameters within dynamic...

2018-11-23 (first published: 2018-11-15)

2,492 reads

The Cloud and Shadow IT.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Shadow IT has been, well, maybe not the bane of the IT department, but certainly a pain in the neck....

2018-11-21

930 reads

SQL Homework – November 2018 – Constraints

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

You’ve created tables before but how about constraints? Constraints allow a finer level of control over what data is allowed...

2018-11-14 (first published: 2018-11-05)

1,935 reads

T-shaped knowledge and learning about the cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #108

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Upper management at my company has started asking for something called T-Shaped knowledge. The idea is that we have a...

2018-11-13

219 reads

Zombie SQL

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It Halloween so time for a scary SQL story. Ok, maybe not that scary. Ok, not scary at all, but...

2018-11-12 (first published: 2018-10-31)

2,872 reads

Missing those we’ve lost

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

It’s the start of Summit for many of us (not me, sorry) and it seemed like a good time to...

2018-11-07

217 reads

How do I look at my error log if SQL won’t open?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Quick and easy post today. Hopefully you’ve opened the error log on a SQL instance. However, what happens if you...

2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-22)

2,613 reads

Blogger Questions: What if I get a mean/rude comment?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

There is a fear that almost every blogger has to overcome. I’ll be honest, it pops up almost every time...

2018-10-29

308 reads

I’m in a book! Data Professionals at Work

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

A while back a friend of mine, Malathi Mahadevan (b/t), asked me if I’d like to do an interview for...

2018-10-24

214 reads

Blogs

Rebuilding a SQL Server Database Transaction Log

By davidfowler-42596

“Could you help me, we deleted the database’s transaction log file and now that...

Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another

By Meagan Longoria

I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to...

Dumping and Restoring Azure PostgreSQL Databases

By hellosqlkitty

I wanted to test a migration of Azure PostgreSQL from simple to flexible. I...

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Forums

Diving Deeper into the Import Extension in Azure Data Studio

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Diving Deeper into the Import...

List of objects that require VIEW SERVER STATE permission

Hi all, I need a list of objects (DMV's and probably other objects) that...

Memory grants pending root cause

Recently I got sql alerts from one of QA servers, every 2 or 3...

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Question of the Day

Enable a Disabled Index

I have disabled the LoggerCI index on the dbo.Logger table. How do I enable it?

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