Author Archives: Kenneth Fisher
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2021 a year in review
3December 30, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
No matter where you are in the world the last couple of years have been, shall we say, difficult. More …
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The less you hear from or about the DBAs the better they are doing their job.
6December 7, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is that DBAs are best when they are invisible. Now, this is also true …
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SQL Homework – December 2021 – Changing collation
Leave a commentDecember 2, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I can only speak for the locations I’ve worked at of course, but in all of the places I’ve worked …
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Data jokes
7November 23, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m feeling a bit uninspired this week, and I plan on only doing one post this week, so I figured …
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Quiz & answers for my “Auditing your data and data access” session.
1November 16, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I was honored to speak at Pass Summit last week (Thanks again Redgate), and if you’ve ever been to one …
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Pass Summit 2021: A quick thank you to @Redgate.
2November 11, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I’d just like to say a quick thank you to Redgate for hosting the Pass Summit, all of the amazing …
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#PowershellBasics: The WHERE clause
Leave a commentNovember 9, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Sometimes when you are trying to figure something out you run across something really interesting. In this case I discovered …
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#PowershellBasics: Select the columns in the output.
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
After my post last week on sorting the list, I now have a list of files, sorted in the right …
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SQL Homework – November 2021 – Backup, restore, and move the system databases.
2November 2, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
On any instance you have at least 5 system databases. Master, model, msdb, tempdb and one other. First 5 points …
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The DBA as a helpdesk.
9October 28, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Every one and again you will see people asking What skill do you think is the most important for your …
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SQL Studies 