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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New Windows Azure Virtual Labs

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Getting started with new technologies can be a pain. That makes all the new labs that Microsoft just posted extremely...

2013-09-10

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Developers Rate Azure One of Their Favorite Tools

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yeah, Azure.
How we program, what we program and where we program is changing. All the time. This excellent article lays...

2013-09-09

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Speaker of the Month: September 2013

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is my second post in what I hope will be an ongoing series. You can see the rules for...

2013-09-06

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sp_executesql, Parameters and Parameter Sniffing

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m honestly not crazy about dynamic T-SQL within stored procedures. There are just a few too many opportunities to mess...

2013-09-05

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Azure Capabilities Expand

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

But then, the capabilities in Azure are always expanding. Here’s the new stuff that was just released in a blog...

2013-09-04

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My Next Phone May Be a Nokia

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I really like my Windows Phone. Yes, there are not as many apps as on a Droid or iPhone. But...

2013-09-03

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Make the PASS Summit Work For Your Employer

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It was pointed out to me that since PASS is such a huge networking event, any employer would be crazy...

2013-09-02 (first published: 2013-08-26)

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One for My SQL Sisters

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Women, for the entire male half of the population, I apologize.
Those who know me well recognize, pretty easily, that I...

2013-08-30

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Windows Azure SQL Database and Throttling

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When I present on Windows Azure SQL Database, one of the biggest concerns comes up around throttling. Just the concept...

2013-08-29

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Learn Query Tuning in Dallas

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I am excited to be able to tell you about an all day seminar that I’ll be putting on prior...

2013-08-28

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Blogs

Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?

By Monica Rathbun

While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...

Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder

(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...

The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger

I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...

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Pay for Performance

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...

Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Packing and Decoding Device Status...

SQL Server Audit Failures

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Audit Failures

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Question of the Day

SQL Server Audit Failures

If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?

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