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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I’m a Traveling Man

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We are coming into quite a busy time for my speaking schedule. I’m hitting the road. It does one thing...

2014-04-10

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Curation and Performance

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m trying out a new web site from Microsoft called Curah! that is all about curation. Curation is basically what...

2014-04-08

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Thanks For Stopping By

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yesterday I passed 300,000 views on the blog. Recently I went over 1,000 comments. My little joke on Tuesday garnered...

2014-04-03

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SQL Server 2014 New Defaults

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Today, April 1st, 2014, marks the release of SQL Server 2014. There are tons and tons of great new methods...

2014-04-01

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SQL Server 2014 New Defaults

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server 2014

SQL Server 2014 is being released and a change in the defaults will ensure that more instances will run smoother.

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2014-04-01

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Save Money On Your Training Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

You can spend less money. Some of us are lucky. We work for very large corporations who can easily set...

2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-25)

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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Talk

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I almost forgot to tell you about the Database Administration Virtual Chapter meeting next week, March 26th, 2014. I’ll be...

2014-03-21

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Query Tuning Near You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It really is so much easier to just throw hardware at badly performing databases. Just buy a bigger, faster server...

2014-03-19

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Finding Mistakes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ever had that moment where you start getting errors from code that you’ve tested a million times? I had that...

2014-03-18

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SQL Saturday: You can’t have it all.

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

SQL Saturday’s are awesome! Let’s get that clear up front. The organizers of SQL Saturday events are glorious individuals. Let’s...

2014-03-17

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Blogs

Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running

If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...

Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations

By MarlonRibunal

Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...

Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion

By DataOnWheels

I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...

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