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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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

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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

1,621 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

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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

1,700 reads

Un-SQL Friday: Branding?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Following in Midnight DBA’s more interesting half new blog fest topic.
My branding? I don’t have a clue. There, I said...

2010-11-19

663 reads

Blogs

AWS RDS Aurora - our first approach

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When starting with AWS RDS Aurora for managing relational databases in the cloud, many...

PowerShell Strikes Back: Know Your Quotes, Young Padawan

This is Week 1 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for...

A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships

This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a...

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