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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Installing SQL Server 2012 RC0

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Very short informational post.
If you’re like me and you’ve been running the public Client Technology Preview (CTP3) of SQL Server...

2011-11-21

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Thank you

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I somehow made the Top 10 Community Choice Bloggers in the SQL Server Magazine 2011 awards (keep scrolling to the...

2011-11-18

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Book Review: Guerilla Leader, T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

As part of my commitment to read and review 12 books in an effort to be active in my own...

2011-11-07

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Meme Monday: SQL Family

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tom LaRock’s (blog|twitter) question this month: What does #sqlfamily mean to me?
Wow…
Geez Tom, couldn’t you ask a hard question for...

2011-11-07

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SQL Server XQuery Against Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of the greatest things about all the DMOs is how you can combine the information they present to you...

2011-10-25

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I Can’t Go To Space

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...

2011-10-24

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Extended Events Data

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been working quite a bit over the last week or so with extended events in Denali. The sheer magnitude...

2011-10-17

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PASS Summit 2011: Wrap-Up

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Another Summit done gone by and I’m exhausted. You know you did the Summit correctly if you’re crawling onto the...

2011-10-17

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PASS Keynote Day #3: Dr. Dewitt

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

And we’re off. We opened with a video of people saying “Connect, Share, Learn” and “This, is Community”
Rob Farley & Buck...

2011-10-14

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PASS Summit Day 2–Key Notes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Bill Graziano has come out on stage, looking marvelous, in a traditional kilt and stockings. Thanks Bill.
For those who don’t...

2011-10-13

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Blogs

Scaling PowerShell – Lessons from a Technical Interview

Recently, I was in a technical interview where the topic of running PowerShell at...

Installing Old Versions of PowerShell Modules with Their Dependencies

I don’t recall where this came up (probably in SQLSlack), but I had a...

In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor

One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...

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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation

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Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale – Level 2: Page Server Architecture Explained

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Pushing the Limits of AGs

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation

A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?

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