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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Input Into Azure Data Studio

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I see more and more people starting to use Azure Data Studio. As it keeps growing and expanding, it’s going...

2019-02-15 (first published: 2019-01-28)

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Query Store and a READ_ONLY Database

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

What happens in Query Store when the database itself is READ_ONLY? Yeah, I don’t know. Let’s find out. READ_ONLY The only way to find out how this works is...

2019-02-11

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Combine Extended Events and TagWith to Monitor Entity Framework

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m going to start with a sentence that makes a lot of people crazy; As a DBA and database developer, I love Entity Framework. That’s right. Entity Framework is...

2019-02-04

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Combine Extended Events and TagWith to Monitor Entity Framework

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m going to start with a sentence that makes a lot of people crazy; As a DBA and database developer,...

2019-02-04

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Opening a Twitch Channel, Data Wisdom

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I want to let you know that I’m starting a channel on Twitch. You’ll be able to see it here....

2019-01-29

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Opening a Twitch Channel, Data Wisdom

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I want to let you know that I’m starting a channel on Twitch. You’ll be able to see it here. I’m going to start doing regular live events on...

2019-01-29

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All Day, Training Day at SQLBits

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s a somewhat late addition, but I have an all-day Training Day at SQLBits. It takes place on Thursday, February...

2019-01-23

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DevOps and Automation Will Eliminate the DBA

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been reading about the death of the DBA ever since I first made the jump from full time developer...

2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)

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Critiquing Grant Fritchey: Circa 2008

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

For several years, I ran a regular feature on this blog, Speaker of the Month. I attend a lot of...

2019-01-22

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Get Your Learn On

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

There is one truth that I can say about technology with an absolute certainty: It’s going to change. Get your...

2019-01-21

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SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident

SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...

What Does It Mean to Make Data AI-Ready?

Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...

Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources

Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...

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