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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Victims of Success

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I took part in the PASS Summit 2014 selection committee this year because I was really curious about seeing how...

2014-07-21

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Execution Plan Details

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I wouldn’t say it’s common knowledge that you should look at execution plans when tuning queries, but it’s not exactly...

2014-07-17 (first published: 2014-07-15)

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Speaker of the Month, July 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Another month another bunch of great presentations. I almost don’t want to do this any more. It’s hard. I sit...

2014-07-11

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Worst Day of a DBAs Life

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Red Gate Software is running a campaign around coping with the worst day of a DBAs life. We’ve been posting...

2014-07-08

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Reflections on the 2014 PASS Summit Selection Process

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Oh we are a bunch of high school kids at heart. Maybe high school never ends (and there’s a nightmare,...

2014-07-03

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Statistics and Natively Compiled Procedures

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Statistics are one of the single most important driving factors for the behavior of the query optimizer. The cardinality estimates...

2014-07-03 (first published: 2014-07-02)

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The Curse of Working With A DBA

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I no more than finished my rant from last week than I started thinking about all the reasons why a...

2014-06-30

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The Utility of Execution Plans in Natively Compiled Procedures

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m actually having problems identifying the utility of execution plans when working with natively compiled procedures. Or, put another way,...

2014-06-30 (first published: 2014-06-25)

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Passion

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I know I tend to be overly passionate. It’s something that has gotten me into trouble in the past. It’s...

2014-06-26

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The Curse of Relational Databases

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Let’s face it, none of Information Technology is easy. Oh yeah, there are those few geniuses that have an absolute...

2014-06-23 (first published: 2014-06-18)

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