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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I Can’t Go To Space

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...

2011-10-24

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Extended Events Data

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been working quite a bit over the last week or so with extended events in Denali. The sheer magnitude...

2011-10-17

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PASS Summit 2011: Wrap-Up

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Another Summit done gone by and I’m exhausted. You know you did the Summit correctly if you’re crawling onto the...

2011-10-17

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PASS Keynote Day #3: Dr. Dewitt

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

And we’re off. We opened with a video of people saying “Connect, Share, Learn” and “This, is Community”
Rob Farley & Buck...

2011-10-14

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PASS Summit Day 2–Key Notes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Bill Graziano has come out on stage, looking marvelous, in a traditional kilt and stockings. Thanks Bill.
For those who don’t...

2011-10-13

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PASS Summit So Far

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is Day 2 of the Summit proper. But for me, this is the fifth day of the Summit and...

2011-10-13

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PASS Summit 2011 Day #1 Post #1

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Hello again. The PASS Organization has once more allowed me to sit at the bloggers table for the key note....

2011-10-12

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Extended Events and Performance Tuning Knowledge

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m working on updating my book, Query Performance Tuning Distilled, so that it reflects the new things available in SQL...

2011-10-05

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Networking

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, I’m not talking about hubs and switches. I’m talking about people. Networking is a major component of an event...

2011-10-03

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SQL In The City: LA

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Just a reminder that there are a few seats left for SQL In The City: LA on the 29th of...

2011-09-30

1,520 reads

Blogs

“We love to debate minutiae”

By Brian Kelley

I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...

Advice I Like: Knots

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

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Question of the Day

Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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