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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The iPad, So Far

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In the front yard, using the iPad & SQL Monitor
After a great deal of unseemly begging, I managed to acquire an...

2010-12-15

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Life/Work Balance

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Technology, especially information technology, is the greatest thing to ever happen to mankind, freeing us from toil and drudgery. Technology,...

2010-12-13

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12 Days of SQL, On the 2nd Day of SQL…

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Microsoft gave to me, an excellent new management language. Yeah, so it doesn’t rhyme or match the song in any...

2010-12-10

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SQL Saturday New England, #71

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve finally got everything together to get the web site going for SQL Saturday #71. The call for speakers is...

2010-12-09

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So you want to write a book

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I had posted a while back on the process of book writing. It was an attempt to educate while scaring...

2010-12-08

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Review: Idera SQL Doctor

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Recently, a co-worker practically slammed me up against the wall, exclaiming “You have to check out this new tool, right...

2010-12-06

2,606 reads

SQL Spackle

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I previously mentioned how SQL Server Central was listing ideas for articles, primarily for short, quick, pointed articles that they...

2010-12-02

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Regressions

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Hannah Dustin, Upset about Regression
One of the most important take-aways from David Dewitt’s presentation at the PASS Summit was the...

2010-11-30

1,631 reads

FreeCon

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I got my FreeCon. What’s more, I did it in public and didn’t get in trouble.
FreeCon is the brain child...

2010-11-24

1,618 reads

Do Foreign Key Constraints Help Performance?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Most people are very aware of the fact that having a foreign key constraint in place on your tables adds...

2010-11-22

1,701 reads

Blogs

Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports

Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...

Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook

By MarlonRibunal

The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...

AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue

I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...

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Forums

Can You Really Downgrade from Enterprise to Standard and Save Thousands? Here's What Happened

By Pablo Echeverria

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Can You Really Downgrade from...

What is CPU Usage?

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Limiting Checkpoints

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Limiting Checkpoints

If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?

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