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.

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
Website: https://scarydba.com
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I May Never Be a Data Scientist

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Chances are extremely high that I’ll never put down Data Scientist as my job. Considering what you do and what...

2017-11-22

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Presenting Azure Vs. Working With Azure

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I have a real infatuation with Azure. I’m especially interested in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings in and...

2017-11-15

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All Day Query Tuning Class at SQLSaturday Virginia

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

March 23rd, 2018, I’ll be teaching an all day class on Query Tuning Tools in Richmond Virginia. I hope to...

2017-11-14

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The GDPR and You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ever heard of the General Data Protection Regulation? If not, go and read the Wiki. I’ll wait.
I can already hear...

2017-11-13

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Extended Events and Profiler: XE Profiler

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

There’s a war on in the SQL Server world. On the one side is Profiler (although, really, everyone uses Trace...

2017-11-07

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Inside My PASS Summit

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

As you read this, I’m in Seattle for the PASS Summit 2017. I have four roles that I satisfy at...

2017-10-30

562 reads

Perspective

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

I find it extremely easy to sometimes lose sight of the important stuff. The day-to-day grind can seriously get in the way. I think this is a big part of how we find ourselves having so many silly intra-organizational turf wars. The developers don’t like how the DBAs do things. The DBAs are frustrated with […]