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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The MCM Program is dead. Long live the MCMs!

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Grant Fritchey on why he takes a dim view of most certifications, and why the MCM was different.

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2013-09-16

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Discuss

Are Foreign Keys Better Than Indexes?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When I first saw this question I thought to myself, “Self. Don’t you think that’s comparing apples to hammers? Yes,...

2013-09-13

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Microsoft Expands Data Centers… Again

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Didn’t they just do this in the spring? Word is out that they’re expanding even more data centers. The cynical...

2013-09-12

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Execution Plan Cost Estimates

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s been emphasized over and over that the costs of operations within an execution plan, and the estimated costs of...

2013-09-11

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New Windows Azure Virtual Labs

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Getting started with new technologies can be a pain. That makes all the new labs that Microsoft just posted extremely...

2013-09-10

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Developers Rate Azure One of Their Favorite Tools

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yeah, Azure.
How we program, what we program and where we program is changing. All the time. This excellent article lays...

2013-09-09

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Speaker of the Month: September 2013

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is my second post in what I hope will be an ongoing series. You can see the rules for...

2013-09-06

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sp_executesql, Parameters and Parameter Sniffing

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m honestly not crazy about dynamic T-SQL within stored procedures. There are just a few too many opportunities to mess...

2013-09-05

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Azure Capabilities Expand

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

But then, the capabilities in Azure are always expanding. Here’s the new stuff that was just released in a blog...

2013-09-04

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My Next Phone May Be a Nokia

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I really like my Windows Phone. Yes, there are not as many apps as on a Droid or iPhone. But...

2013-09-03

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Blogs

The Mystery of SQL Server 2025’s New Tricks – Scooby Dooing Episode 5

By Monica Rathbun

Every Scooby-Doo mystery starts with a haunted house, a strange villain, and a trail...

A Prompt AI Experiment

Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...

SQL Server Is Slow (part 1 of 4)

How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at...

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Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale – Level 2: Page Server Architecture Explained

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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation

A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?

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