Author Archives: Kenneth Fisher
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A new presentation on Auditing your databases
Leave a commentAugust 19, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m giving a presentation at the PASS Data Community Summit 2021 being put on by Redgate! It’s going to be …
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Experiment: Does sp_recompile on a table update associated views.
2August 17, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
tldr: No. You have to use sp_refreshview. One of the only good things to come out of all of the …
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Work requests: It’s broke. Fix it.
4August 12, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Many years ago I was given a work request that literally just said: It’s broke. Fix it. I’m sure you …
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Thoughts on a work/life balance – Spend Wisely : T-SQL Tuesday #141
1August 10, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Wow, it’s TSQL Tuesday again! Tjay Belt (blog|twitter) is our host this month and he’d like us to talk about …
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Interview Tip: Know your resume
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Seriously. Make a point of reading your resume before submitting it, and again before an interview. I’ve been helping with …
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SQL Homework – August 2021 – Security Standards
1August 3, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
A few years back (wow time flies) I had you Work with Security. It’s been a while so if you …
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Server vs Instance. A rant.
3July 29, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s a SQL Server Instance not a SQL Server. The product is SQL Server. The installed copy is an Instance. …
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Speaking: In person vs webinars vs recordings
Leave a commentJuly 27, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
I don’t speak all that often. A few times a year for the most part. Because of that I don’t …
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How do I unlock a SQL Server Login using T-SQL (without changing the password)?
3July 22, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
We recently had an application login (SQL Server authenticated) in one of our training environments start locking out on a …
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Experiment: If I have Dynamic Data Masking enabled will BCP pull the non masked data.
2July 20, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher
Hypothesis: If I have Dynamic Data Masking enabled on a column then when I use something like BCP to pull …
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