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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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

1,327 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

570 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

1,172 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

704 reads

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

639 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

956 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

549 reads

Active August #2

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Hrmmm… 198. Up four pounds. That just doesn’t seem possible. I did a tabata on Monday. I did have a...

2009-08-08

537 reads

Presenting “Understanding Execution Plans”

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The PASS Application Development SIG is hosting a web cast next week on Tuesday where I’ll be presenting Understanding Execution...

2009-08-07

820 reads

24 Hours of PASS

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m fairly certain Jack Bauer isn’t involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I’m also certain I won’t...

2009-08-03

741 reads

Blogs

AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue

I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...

Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)

By Vinay Thakur

This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...

Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container

By MarlonRibunal

In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...

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Question of the Day

Limiting Checkpoints

If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?

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