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/.

TSQL Tuesday #61: Giving Back, you gain more than you give.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Almost four months ago I posted my goals for the next year in my two year anniversary post. I pretty...

2014-12-09

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Using a date or int column as the clustered index.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

The other day I was answering a question about clustered indexes and it lead indirectly to a twitter conversation on...

2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-12-01)

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INSERT INTO SELECT vs SELECT INTO

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

INSERT INTO SELECT and SELECT INTO may be very similar commands but they have some important differences. Every now and...

2014-12-03

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You don’t really need ORDER BY do you?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

You see dozens of blog posts and articles about how the order of a result set is not guaranteed without...

2014-12-01 (first published: 2014-11-19)

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Who’s on call

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Kenneth Fisher:
I really enjoyed writing this post last year and honestly still enjoy reading it myself. And since tomorrow is...

2014-11-26

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Putting sp_ at the beginning of your stored procedure.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Every now and again you see articles and posts about putting sp_ at the beginning of a stored procedure. So...

2014-11-24

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Using T-SQL to populate a Central Management Server

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

We have been using a CMS (Central Management Server) at my office for the last few years. Even beyond the...

2014-11-24 (first published: 2014-11-17)

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Adding a column to the primary key.

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Every now and again you realize that the primary key for a table does not uniquely describe a row. Not...

2014-11-13

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TSQL Tuesday #60: Something New Learned – What permissions does have?

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

What have I learned recently? Well as it happens I learned something rather interesting recently and was actually trying to...

2014-11-11

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How to remove additional (unwanted) log files

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Using multiple data files is a common best practice for a number of reasons, but multiple log files? Typically a...

2014-11-05

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Blogs

My 2024 in Data: Health and Workouts

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...

My 2024 in Data: Reading

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...

Book Review – Agile Data Warehouse Design

By Koen Verbeeck

I recently read the book Agile Data Warehouse Design – Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from...

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Function Defaults

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Question of the Day

Function Defaults

I have created this function in SQL Server 2022:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AddInt (@one INT, @two INT = 1) RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN @one + @two
END

How can I call this and invoke the default value for @two?

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