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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Website: https://scarydba.com
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Time to Change

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I recently spent two days consulting with a company on their database development and deployment processes. They are a small, capable, team...

2015-08-19

756 reads

Generating Estimated Plan and the Plan Cache

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Does generating an Estimated Plan cause that plan to be loaded into the plan cache?
No.

What? Still here? You want more?...

2015-08-18 (first published: 2015-08-10)

1,784 reads

PASS Board Update: July 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was actually travelling for most of July and some of that was on holiday with the family, the real...

2015-08-13

588 reads

Leadership: A Name and A Principle

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m actively working to put together the leadership course that I talked about here and here. No, not full time. I...

2015-08-11

509 reads

Grant’s Fly-by-night Leadership Course – The Plan

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Get a better nameDefine my personal goals for the courseI won’t be sharing these with you. I may share them...

2015-08-07 (first published: 2015-07-28)

1,896 reads

Reading Your Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m putting the finishing touches on the all day seminar on execution plans that I’ll be putting on at DevConnections this...

2015-08-06

931 reads

PASS Needs You!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s time.
No more procrastinating. No more complaining about the process from the outside. No more excuses.
You have to run for...

2015-08-05

579 reads

But we've always done it that way…

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Inspired by his visit to the battlefield of Waterloo, Grant Fritchey explains the dangers of doing things the way you've always done them and the need to challenge constantly your beliefs and understanding of how the technology you manage works.