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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Azure Offerings Continue to Expand

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We just received word of a bunch of new functionality over at Scott Guthrie’s blog. Not a lot of stuff...

2013-09-27

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PASS Votes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve already made my own intentions clear. I’m casting one of my votes for Allen Kinsel. But, I get three...

2013-09-26

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AdventureWorks2012 Bug on Azure

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

While I have production databases in Azure, I can’t exactly experiment with them at will. Further, while they mostly have...

2013-09-25

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Premium Database on Azure

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of the things that can make Windows Azure SQL Databases (WASD) attractive is the fact that they run inside...

2013-09-24

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Why the Lazy Spool Is Bad

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

First thing, there are no bad operators, just bad parents, uh, I mean query writers, or database designers, or ORM...

2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-16)

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PASS Votes and So Should You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

To put it bluntly, you need to go cast a vote for Allen Kinsel for the PASS Board.
In his own...

2013-09-23

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Finding Ad Hoc Queries with Query Hash

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was presenting a session on how to read execution plans when I received a question: Do you have a...

2013-09-20 (first published: 2013-09-18)

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Web Design & Azure

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve listened to tons of programmers and DBAs complain about the look of Windows Azure. But, I’m friends with several...

2013-09-20

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SQL Lighthouse

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Red Gate is constantly experimenting with technology. Because of a long history working within the Microsoft space, a lot of...

2013-09-19

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Great Idea: Tribal SQL

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Writing books, even just a chapter, is not easy. Yet, people are desperate to do it for some reason. But,...

2013-09-17

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Blogs

A New Word: Dorgone

dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...

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

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SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident

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Hyperscale Replicas II

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Hyperscale Replicas II

How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?

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