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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Kilt Day!

This is a quick blog post to announce that I am reviving Kilt Day at PASS Data Community Summit. Over the last few years… ah hell, let’s just say...

2024-08-16 (first published: )

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Six Months!

Oh good gosh. Six months without a single blog post. Most important information: I’m not dead. Apologies. The issue is pretty simple. I’m getting old. Ha! Seriously though, I...

2024-06-17

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Query Store Reports Time Intervals

A great question came up over at DBA.StackExchange regarding the query store reports time intervals: How can SQL Server’s Query Store Reports show data for minute-length intervals, when “Statistics...

2023-11-24 (first published: )

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Data API Builder Operations

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