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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Worst Day of a DBAs Life

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Red Gate Software is running a campaign around coping with the worst day of a DBAs life. We’ve been posting...

2014-07-08

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Reflections on the 2014 PASS Summit Selection Process

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Oh we are a bunch of high school kids at heart. Maybe high school never ends (and there’s a nightmare,...

2014-07-03

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Statistics and Natively Compiled Procedures

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Statistics are one of the single most important driving factors for the behavior of the query optimizer. The cardinality estimates...

2014-07-03 (first published: 2014-07-02)

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The Curse of Working With A DBA

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I no more than finished my rant from last week than I started thinking about all the reasons why a...

2014-06-30

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The Utility of Execution Plans in Natively Compiled Procedures

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m actually having problems identifying the utility of execution plans when working with natively compiled procedures. Or, put another way,...

2014-06-30 (first published: 2014-06-25)

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Passion

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I know I tend to be overly passionate. It’s something that has gotten me into trouble in the past. It’s...

2014-06-26

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The Curse of Relational Databases

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Let’s face it, none of Information Technology is easy. Oh yeah, there are those few geniuses that have an absolute...

2014-06-23 (first published: 2014-06-18)

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Natively Compiled Procedures and Bad Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been exploring how natively compiled procedures are portrayed within execution plans. There have been two previous posts on the...

2014-06-17

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Differences In Native Compiled Procedures Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

All the wonderful functionality that in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures provide in SQL Server 2014 is pretty cool. But,...

2014-06-13 (first published: 2014-06-10)

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Speaker of the Month, June 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s not like I can’t find plenty of great presentations here in the US, but, while I was over in...

2014-06-06

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Blogs

Advice I Like: Responsibility

“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...

Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports

Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...

Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook

By MarlonRibunal

The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...

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Forums

Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL

By abdalah.mehdoini

Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...

SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process

By James Greaves

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...

Another Model, More Data Loss

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Finding a Database Master Key

Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?

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