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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DATEADD Truncates the Number Parameter: #SQLNewBlogger

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Dynamic T-SQL Script Parameterization Using Python

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Eliminate a function by writing out the code is now throwing an error

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/* I'm trying to eliminate (write out) this function 'largest_date', but SQL Server 2016...

SQL Server Migration - Redirecting Old Instance Connections to New AG Listener

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Hi everyone, I’ve been tasked with migrating a Standalone SQL Server instance to a...

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Question of the Day

A Strange Choice

What is returned when I run this code in SQL Server 2022? 

CREATE TABLE CatIndex
( indexval VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.CatIndex (indexval) VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3')
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(indexval, cast('2025-01-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-02-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-03-01' AS DATE))
FROM dbo.CatIndex AS ci

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