Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey is a SQL Server MVP with over 20 years’ experience in IT including time spent in support and development. Grant has worked with SQL Server since version 6.0 back in 1995. He has developed in VB, VB.Net, C# and Java. Grant has authored books for Apress and Simple-Talk, and joined Red Gate as a Product Advocate in January 2011. Find Grant on Twitter @GFritchey or on his blog as the Scary DBA.

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SQL Saturday #104: Colorado Springs

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ll be presenting at the Colorado Springs SQL Saturday on January 7th of 2012. The session is called Seven Ways...

2011-12-14

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Changes to SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Execution Plans

I’ve been working with execution plans quite a lot in SQL Server 2012. There are a number of changes, most of them associated with new or different functionality. I had not noticed anything really fundamental until recently. I’ve become a huge proponent of always checking the properties of the SELECT statement. There’s so much useful information in there about what’s happened with the plan generation in the optimizer (not low level stuff, but the big picture items) that you should always be checking it first as a fundamental part of your plan examinations.

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2011-12-14

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Changes to SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been working with execution plans quite a lot in SQL Server 2012. There are a number of changes, most...

2011-12-12

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#sqlfamily

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Microsoft is supporting an effort by PragmaticWorks targeted at supporting technical training for returning veterans. I can’t think of a...

2011-12-09

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A DBA is a Data Professional

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Career Growth

DBA (Database Administrator) is a Data Professional tasked with managing an organization’s data using some sort of database software, such as Microsoft SQL Server. They are concerned with gathering, storing and presenting data to data consumers, which includes virtually anyone in the modern world.