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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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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Make the PASS Summit Work For Your Employer

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It was pointed out to me that since PASS is such a huge networking event, any employer would be crazy...

2013-09-02 (first published: 2013-08-26)

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One for My SQL Sisters

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Women, for the entire male half of the population, I apologize.
Those who know me well recognize, pretty easily, that I...

2013-08-30

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Windows Azure SQL Database and Throttling

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When I present on Windows Azure SQL Database, one of the biggest concerns comes up around throttling. Just the concept...

2013-08-29

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Learn Query Tuning in Dallas

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I am excited to be able to tell you about an all day seminar that I’ll be putting on prior...

2013-08-28

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Check Your Azure Account Usage

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It is absolutely not cool or fun to pay money to learn new technology. One of the main complaints people...

2013-08-27

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Blogs

A New Word: los vidados

los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...

In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026

By Brian Kelley

I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...

EightKB 2026

By Andrew Pruski

EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...

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Forums

query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS

Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...

SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database

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Hidden Heroes

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

Identities and Sequences I

When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?

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