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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Time for a Little PD

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, PD doesn’t stand for PowerShell Development. It stands for Professional Development. Sharks either swim or die (and yes, I...

2011-06-13

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SQL Cruise Alaska 2011

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yes, I went on the SQL Cruise to Alaska. Yes, it was as grand as you’ve heard. Yes, I’m going...

2011-06-08

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Optimizer Timeouts with XQuery

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was looking at performance of a database and I noticed a few of the plans were very large and...

2011-05-30

2,120 reads

Oh ****!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Did you ever accidentally close SQL Server Management Studio? And, in closing SSMS, did you get the prompt that says...

2011-05-25

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SQL Azure Query Tuning

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

SQL Azure is still SQL Server at the end of the day. This means it is entirely possible to write...

2011-05-23

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Summit Preference Voting

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This year the PASS organization is asking us to vote on the PASS Summit 2011 sessions, not as a means...

2011-05-18

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PASS Summit 2011 Abstracts

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve put in several abstracts for the 2011 Summit. This year we’re voting for preferred sessions. If you’re interested in...

2011-05-10

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SQL Azure Migration Wizard

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary...

2011-05-09

1,310 reads

I’ve got 99 Problems, but a disk ain’t one

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tom LaRock has a new meme for Meme Monday. It’s all about the problems caused in your system other than...

2011-05-02

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SQL Azure and the DAC Pac

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When last we left our intrepid hero he had successfully deployed to SQL Azure using the Data-Tier Application Package, a...

2011-05-02

1,901 reads

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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