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 Server Standard Update

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We’ve received wonderful support from the community. Brad McGehee has a list with great people on it who have volunteered...

2009-08-29

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New Book

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Well, three chapters. The latest book I worked on is up at Apress. I only have three chapters in this...

2009-08-25

565 reads

PASS Board Nominations

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I think the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS) is an extremely important organization for SQL Server DBA’s. Even...

2009-08-25

669 reads

What happens when you use WITH RECOMPILE

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I saw this question and my immediate thought was “Well, duh, the execution plan is recreated by a recompile.” But,...

2009-08-21

1,331 reads

Two Book Recommendations

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I have two new books that I can heartily recommend. This isn’t a review of either book since I’ve only...

2009-08-20

571 reads

SQL Server Standard Writing Guidelines

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Well, actually, these are the guidelines for submitting anything to SQLPASS, but it includes the guidelines for SQL Server Standard....

2009-08-13

1,174 reads

Excellent Blog List

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

For the one or two you that are not reading Buck Woody’s blog (and why aren’t you), you may not...

2009-08-12

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SQL Quiz 5: SANs Mirroring

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

My turn to answer Chris Shaw’s questions “Do I feel I have a reliable SAN solution?” and “Describe Database Mirroring...

2009-08-12

641 reads

Some Statement Start Times!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I thought I had captured statement start times within the DMV sys.dm_exec_sessions. I was absolutely wrong. However, this has sparked...

2009-08-11

957 reads

Microsoft Thrive

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was introduced to the Thrive program when my user group held a Thrive event back in March. Since then...

2009-08-09

554 reads

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

By MarlonRibunal

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

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RegEx Functions III

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Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025: Fewer Locks, Less Blocking, and the Cases It Cannot Fix

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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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