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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Thank You Kevin!

I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb to call Kevin Kline a friend. I’m extremely humbled and honored that I can say that. Kevin is...

2022-07-06

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Shared Work Spaces: Hell, Heaven, Both?

I've just finished working in my fourth shared work space. I am not a fan. The endless hallways with all these little glassed in rooms where I can see everyone, and everyone can see me, are not my favorite places. I can see white boards with content that maybe I shouldn't be seeing. There are […]

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2022-06-25

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Will Hosted Services Take Your Job?

This week I was honored to be able to attend, and present a session at, SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland. I fell in love with Poland the very first time I attended this event, so I look forward to any time I can go again. This year, Pavel Potasinski presented the keynote: The Evolution of the […]

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2022-05-14

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Extended Events in AWS RDS

For the longest time, we didn’t have one of the most useful tools for monitoring SQL Server behavior, but I just found out that, indeed, you can use Extended...

2022-05-11 (first published: )

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