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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Website: https://scarydba.com
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Expert? Ha!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

How do you define an expert? My personal definition: An expert is the person that is a chapter ahead of...

2011-08-22

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Google + Hangouts

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I just finished hosting my third hangout on Google Plus. I’ve also attended one hosted by Andy Leonard (blog|twitter) and...

2011-08-11

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Denali & CTP 3

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I have Denali installed on a virtual machine on my laptop and I’m working through evaluating it. Actually, I’m working...

2011-08-10

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Droid Apps

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

A friend of mine recently got his first smart phone, an Android. My wife has also recently moved into the...

2011-08-08

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All About Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’re attending the PASS Summit this October, I’d like to make a suggestion. The Summit itself is only three...

2011-08-03

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Strengths Finder 2.0

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve made the commitment to read and review 12 books over 12 months as a part of continuous personal development....

2011-07-27

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PASS SQL Rally 2011 Evaluations

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In keeping with the all my other major speaking engagements, I’m posting the results of my pre-con and session evals...

2011-07-05

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Presentations in Action

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The first book I read for my 12 goal oriented books was Jerry Weissman’s Presentations in Action: 80 Memorable Presentation...

2011-06-27

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Make the Optimizer Work Harder

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of my favorite indicators for whether or not you have a good execution plan is when you see the...

2011-06-20

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Rebind and Rewind in Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ever looked at an execution plan? If you answered no, you can’t possibly have ever tried to tune a query,...

2011-06-15

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Blogs

A Spread of Vacation

I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...

How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures

Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...

Tip: Expanding a SQL statement

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In all recent versions of the database you can call DBMS_UTILITY.EXPAND_SQL_TEXT to get the...

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