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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Differences Between Actual & Estimated Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I have, in the past, made way too much of the need for Actual Plans when doing performance troubleshooting. The...

2015-08-03

883 reads

Hey Kids! Let’s Put on a Show at the Old Barn

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Alternate Title: I’m traveling a bunch. Let’s get together and talk.
A bunch of trips and presentations coming up, so I...

2015-07-29

981 reads

SQL Server Management Studio – Footloose and Fancy Free

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

That’s right. There’s been a divorce. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has been divorced from the server product. In fact,...

2015-07-20

733 reads

How Do You Know You’re Good At Your Job?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

You’ve been working as a DBA for X number of years. How do you know you’re good at it? Heck,...

2015-07-13

612 reads

But I Don’t Have a Test Server…

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I frequently see statements on forums along the lines of “I don’t have a test server, so I’m going to...

2015-07-10 (first published: 2015-07-06)

3,149 reads

Speaker of the Month: June 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

With my travel schedule, I don’t always get out to events where I can see a community speaker. Sometimes, I...

2015-07-03

578 reads

Leadership Training Possibility

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I know a few people in the SQL Server community who have been involved in Scouting. A couple of them...

2015-06-30

997 reads

Speaker of the Month: May 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...

2015-06-09

528 reads

Come to Us or We’ll Come to You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out.
Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting...

2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-18)

1,423 reads

Parallelism and Columnstore Indexes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Columnstore indexes are fascinating and really cool. Unfortunately, they’re adding an interesting new wrinkle to an old problem.
What’s the Cost...

2015-06-01

823 reads

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