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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I Am Grateful For…

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...

2015-05-15

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Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...

2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)

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Speaker of the Month: May 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I finally got out to some community events last month and got to see a bunch of great speakers. Not...

2015-05-01

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Benefits for Some, All or Only a Few

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

As a member of the PASS Board of Directors I attended the PASS Business Analytics Conference (BAC) recently. You can...

2015-04-27

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Azure SQL Database Firewall Settings

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The new portal for managing Azure is pretty. I’m not sure I’m in love with it, but it’s pretty.
However, one...

2015-04-24 (first published: 2015-04-13)

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PASS Board Update: April 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s been a pretty interesting month on the board.
First, we did have a little problem. I’m sure one or two...

2015-04-23

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Query Hash Formula Changes Between Versions

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The question came up on SQL Server Central that someone wanted to track queries on their 2008R2 instance and on...

2015-04-21

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Azure SQL Database v12 and SQL Magazine

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I spend many of my evenings researching and writing. Sometimes it’s writing new books. Sometimes it’s fixing and rewriting old...

2015-04-16

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Constraints and SELECT Statements

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve posted previously about how a foreign key constraint can change how a SELECT query behaves. Logically that just makes...

2015-04-16 (first published: 2015-04-06)

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I Am Grateful For

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I decided in January that I would write regularly about people that I’m grateful for. Now it’s April. Oops.
The concepts...

2015-04-10

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