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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I’m a Pain

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Or maybe I’m misreading that I’m supposed to be helping to alleviate pain. Either way, next Thursday, June 17, I’ll be...

2010-06-10

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PASS 2010 Submissions

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Since all the cool kids seem to be posting the sessions that they submitted to the PASS Summit, nerd that...

2010-06-09

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Buy vs. Build

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s the classic question faced by everyone in Information Services. I know how to do this and I could build...

2010-05-28

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Slick New Software

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m lazy. And frankly, I’m not ashamed to admit it. When a software comes along that can do the work...

2010-05-24

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Free Advice or Free Consulting

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

A guest editorial from Grant Fritchey today talks examines the free advice that is often given in the forums. It's not free consulting and you shouldn't expect that.

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2010-05-13

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Recompiles and Constant Learning

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When faced with a procedure that looks like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestProc (@TestValue INT)
AS
BEGIN
IF @TestValue = 1
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
JOIN Sales.SalesOrderDetail...

2010-05-11

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