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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SQL Saturday #39, New York, New York

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

A town so big they named it twice.
If you’re not excited about SQL Saturday in NYC this weekend… why not?...

2010-04-20

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Powershell Script for Verifying Space

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

First let me say, I know my Powershell skills are sub-par. I’m working on it. Slowly but surely. That said,...

2010-04-19

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Confio Ignite: Part II

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m continuing to evaluate Confio’s Ignite database monitoring tool. I’ve had it collecting data on a couple of production servers...

2010-04-16

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Powershell SMO Problem

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We’ve been running the Enterprise Policy Management tools available from Codeplex for a few months now (Thanks to Buck Woody’s...

2010-04-16

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SNESSUG 4/14/2010

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tonight’s Southern New England SQL Server Users group is sponsored by Idera. Our presenter is Scott Abrants of Iron Mountain....

2010-04-14

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The SQL Server Community

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I attended, and spoke at, the inaugural meeting of the Seacoast SQL Server User’s group last night. There were about...

2010-04-14

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Southern New England SQL Server Users Group

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tomorrow, Wednesday April 14th, is the next SNESSUG meeting. We’re going to get a great presentation from Scott Abrants on...

2010-04-13

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Seacoast SQL Users Group

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tomorrow is the Seacost SQL Server User’s Group inaugural meeting. I’ll be presenting a session called “Understanding Execution Plans.” It’s...

2010-04-12

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Thoughts on ORM

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve posted before about issues I’m having either with behaviors of nHibernate, or behaviors of teams using nHibernate, but I...

2010-04-09

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24 Hours of PASS v2.0

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The kids over at the Professional Association of SQL Server Users have done it again. They’re hosting 24 Hours of...

2010-04-06

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Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama

Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...

Don’t Fear the Technology

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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...

Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG

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The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...

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RegEx Functions III

If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.

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