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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SNESSUG October Meeting

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The Southern New England SQL Server Users Group’s October meeting was a bit sparsely attended with 7 attendees. The sponsor...

2009-10-15

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SQL Server Central Guest Editorial

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

My second guest editorial is up at SQL Server Central. These are fun to do (especially the video) even though they’re...

2009-10-14

548 reads

Operations Manager Feedback

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’re involved with maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager, you probably have a few things you’d like to tell the developers,...

2009-10-13

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Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...

2009-10-13

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3 Weeks to the PASS Summit

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The PASS Summit is only three weeks away and I’m getting awfully excited. It’s not too late to register. Heck,...

2009-10-10

626 reads

Another Book

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...

2009-10-10

541 reads

PASS Log Reader Awards

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Brent Ozar, Andy Warren and Jeremiah Peschka have put together a blogger award called the PASS Log Reader Award. I...

2009-10-08

719 reads

SNESSUG September Meeting

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We had a good night with 13 people attending. I ran unopposed for president of SNESSUG for my second, and...

2009-10-08

593 reads

Hey, ho, where’d you go…

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ohio?
I’m presenting on Thursday to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group, home of the newly minted MVP, Jeremiah Peschka (congrats again)....

2009-10-06

526 reads

Ad Hoc Queries Don’t Reuse Execution Plans: Myth or Fact

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Another frequently heard story is that stored procedures get and reuse execution plans, but ad hoc queries do not. A...

2009-10-05

3,198 reads

Blogs

Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries

I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host...

Can AI Read Execution Plans?

By Grant Fritchey

Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a...

Streamline Dependency Management in Databases

In the intricate world of business, where precision and efficiency are paramount, managing database...

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Forums

SQL Server is terminating in response to a 'stop' request from Service error

By naga.rohitkumar

Dear All, In one of the server its repeatedly restarting sqlserver services and not...

Understanding CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY in SQL Server

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Database Files on Shares I

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Database Files on Shares I

I want to store database files on a file share for a SQL Server 2017 instance. Can I use \\fileserver\D$ as a location?

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