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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Book Review: Connected

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I heard about Connected from a show on NPR (Yes, I listen to NPR, why do people keep saying that?)....

2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-19)

5,090 reads

PASS Board Update: May 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve had a busy month on the Board.
You may have seen some tweets going by about our compliance with international...

2015-05-27

545 reads

Database Engine Tuning Advisor

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...

2015-05-26

828 reads

Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...

2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)

7,091 reads

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

507 reads

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)

5,935 reads

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

508 reads

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

521 reads

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)

5,257 reads

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

532 reads

Blogs

Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready

Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...

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...

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Moving Beyond the Reboot: Finding the Culprit Behind Memory Pressure

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Reserved Words I

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Get Along

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Reserved Words I

Which of these are not reserved words?

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