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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SQL Intersection, Spring 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I am terribly jazzed to be involved with this amazing event, SQL Intersection. It’s featuring some truly amazing speakers presenting...

2014-03-04 (first published: 2014-02-26)

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Let’s Talk Query Tuning

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I spend quite a bit of time writing about query tuning on this blog. I’ve written (re-written and am actively...

2014-02-27

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The CASE Statement and Performance

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In case you don’t know, this query:
UPDATE dbo.Test1
SET C2 = 2
WHERE C1 LIKE '%33%';Will run quite a bit slower than this...

2014-02-25 (first published: 2014-02-18)

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SQL Server 2014 and the New Cardinality Estimator

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Cardinality, basically the number of rows being processed by an operation with the optimizer, is a calculation predicated on the...

2014-02-12

1,176 reads

Book Review: The Phoenix Project

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Let’s get this straight right up front, the thought of reading a novel that’s about IT is so repellent, so...

2014-02-11 (first published: 2014-02-05)

1,935 reads

Speaker of the Month, February 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I didn’t get out to many events in January, so I was somewhat limited in the pool of presenters that...

2014-02-07

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Thank You!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I am humbled and honored (and more than a little horrified) to be on this list of the Best of...

2014-02-06

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Time for a Quick Rant

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is an actual quote from what we can only assume is a functional human being:
The database is very big...

2014-01-20

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Database in Source Control

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Many years ago, I was working with a great DBA. Seriously, a very smart and capable guy. He told me,...

2014-01-15

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Sausage Making

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

For those who don’t know, I work for Red Gate Software. I’m not a developer, but I work directly for...

2014-01-15 (first published: 2014-01-08)

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward

This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...

dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts

By Koen Verbeeck

You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...

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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.

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Hyperscale Replicas IV

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek

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Hyperscale Replicas IV

In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?

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