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.

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
Website: https://scarydba.com
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Delivering the Bad News

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s a Friday, the day governments & companies traditionally deliver bad news. I recived the bad news earlier in the week,...

2010-07-09

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Small PowerShell Script

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m still trying to learn PowerShell better. The opportunity to answer simple questions and problems with the tool is hard...

2010-07-06

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One of these things is not like the other

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m working with PowerShell, and digging it. I decided that I wanted to create a new script (blog post later,...

2010-06-30

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Powershell Fundamentals

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve had the opportunity this week to take class with Don Jones (blog | twitter), PowerShell guru and author of PowerShell...

2010-06-25

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Learning Powershell

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been attending a Powershell fundamentals class with Don Jones (blog|twitter). If you read my blog you might be aware...

2010-06-23

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Sarasota SQL Server Users Group

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tonight I’m presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you’re interested in attending, you can join in using...

2010-06-15

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Virtualizing Servers in Production

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The company where I work has been using virtualization in development, QA, testing, etc., for many years now. We have...

2010-06-15

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Maps in Reports!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been playing with SQL Server 2008 R2 for quite a while in the CTP’s and what not. But, I hadn’t made...

2010-06-14

1,228 reads

I’m a Pain

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Or maybe I’m misreading that I’m supposed to be helping to alleviate pain. Either way, next Thursday, June 17, I’ll be...

2010-06-10

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PASS 2010 Submissions

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Since all the cool kids seem to be posting the sessions that they submitted to the PASS Summit, nerd that...

2010-06-09

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Blogs

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...

AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness

I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...

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