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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Query Tuning Near You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It really is so much easier to just throw hardware at badly performing databases. Just buy a bigger, faster server...

2014-03-19

1,186 reads

Finding Mistakes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ever had that moment where you start getting errors from code that you’ve tested a million times? I had that...

2014-03-18

777 reads

SQL Saturday: You can’t have it all.

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

SQL Saturday’s are awesome! Let’s get that clear up front. The organizers of SQL Saturday events are glorious individuals. Let’s...

2014-03-17

667 reads

sp_updatestats Is Not Smart

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, I don’t mean the use of sp_updatestats is not smart. It’s a fine, quick mechanism for getting statistics updated...

2014-03-11

1,107 reads

An Integrated Process for Software Delivery.

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Developers, enamored of the integrated approach to Software Delivery, would like to be able to respond to business need in business time, adding functionality when the need is recognized, instead of 6-9 months later after it's gone through the sclerotic IT purchasing and configuration process.