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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SQL Azure Migration Wizard

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary...

2011-05-09

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I’ve got 99 Problems, but a disk ain’t one

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Tom LaRock has a new meme for Meme Monday. It’s all about the problems caused in your system other than...

2011-05-02

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SQL Azure and the DAC Pac

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When last we left our intrepid hero he had successfully deployed to SQL Azure using the Data-Tier Application Package, a...

2011-05-02

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SQL University: SQL Azure & PowerShell

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Welcome once more to the Miskatonic branch of SQL University. I see that most off you survived out last encounter…...

2011-04-28

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SQL Azure Diagnostic Tool

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of the CSS Engineers from Microsoft has released a diagnostic tool for SQL Azure. It’s worth a look. It’s...

2011-04-26

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SQL Azure Deployments

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

You’ve set up your access to a SQL Azure site so you’re ready to go. Now how do you get...

2011-04-25

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SQL Azure Cost

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We’ve all heard the scary stories. A developer starts testing Azure and then suddenly gets a thousand dollar bill on...

2011-04-18

1,523 reads

SQL Azure

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’ve talked to anyone from Microsoft recently you had to have heard the phrase “all in.” It’s been made...

2011-04-15

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Performance Tuning: Start to Finish

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The very first ever SQL Rally is taking place in a little less than four weeks in Orlando Florida. It’s...

2011-04-14

1,343 reads

SQL University: Index Usage

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Greetings. Welcome once more to the Miskatonic University branch of SQL University. Does anyone know where to buy some camping...

2011-04-06

874 reads

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

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

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