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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Natively Compiled Procedures and Bad Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been exploring how natively compiled procedures are portrayed within execution plans. There have been two previous posts on the...

2014-06-17

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Differences In Native Compiled Procedures Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

All the wonderful functionality that in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures provide in SQL Server 2014 is pretty cool. But,...

2014-06-13 (first published: 2014-06-10)

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Speaker of the Month, June 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s not like I can’t find plenty of great presentations here in the US, but, while I was over in...

2014-06-06

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Natively Compiled Procedures and Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The combination of in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures in SQL Server 2014 makes for some seriously screaming fast performance....

2014-06-05

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Add an Instance to SQL Server Azure Virtual Machine

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

How do you add an instance to your local SQL Server installation? You run the executable that you probably downloaded...

2014-05-19 (first published: 2014-05-13)

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Carolina Cruise

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m going to speak at three user groups in three days in North and South Carolina. Evidently this is known...

2014-05-09

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Speaker of the Month, May 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Whoa! Another month gone by already? I guess I better pick a speaker of the month then. I went to...

2014-05-02

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Microsoft Azure Automation

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Microsoft just announced a new mechanism for managing your Azure resources, Automation. You can check out the documentation on it...

2014-04-24 (first published: 2014-04-16)

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Azure Automation

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it.
There’s a set of documentation available...

2014-04-23

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I Am Better Than You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why...

2014-04-22

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A New Word: Dorgone

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Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers

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