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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Minor Celebration

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

A little cheap thrill for me. I passed 50,000 views on the blog yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has stopped...

2009-09-30

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Pre-Compiled Stored Procedures: Fact or Myth

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

There’s a very common belief among DBA’s: Stored procedures are pre-compiled. I had someone tell me all about it just...

2009-09-30

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Vote for Mr. LaRock

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It is rapidly coming up on election time at the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS). Once more, a person...

2009-09-29

1,576 reads

Recap of Cape Cod .NET User’s Group

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I presented last night at the Cape Cod .NET User’s Group. What a great bunch of people. About 20 people...

2009-09-24

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PASS Virtual Chapters

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’re not a member of the Professional Association of SQL Server users, PASS, why not? No, I’m sorry. I...

2009-09-23

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Presentation Skills from Brent Ozar

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you present at any level, read this. If you’re thinking about presenting, read this. If you’d like to start...

2009-09-23

1,079 reads

Cape Cod .NET Users Group

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23, I’m going to present on “Best Practices for Working with SQL Server Execution Plans” for the...

2009-09-22

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Gila Monster on Estimated vs. Actual Row Counts

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I don’t generally do lots of blog aggregation and cross post linking & stuff. It’s just not something I’m that into....

2009-09-22

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Identifying Frequently Running Queries

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s not enough to look at the longest running query. What if you have two queries, one runs for 5...

2009-09-21

980 reads

More Free Training

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Quest Connect 2009, taking place in October 21 for 24 hours, looks like it’s going to have 64 different sessions, live...

2009-09-15

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Blogs

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

By Brian Kelley

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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