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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Time to Chat

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The greatest part of my job is that I get to travel all over the world to present different technical...

2013-03-11

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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices: Chapter 17

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I jumped at the opportunity to write a chapter for this book, Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices, because of all...

2013-03-04

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It Is Your Fault

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I earned my nickname. I’m proud of it. I am the Scary DBA. I don’t really like to advertise my...

2013-02-27

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SQL Saturday #187 Richmond And More

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In just a couple of weeks I’ll be flying down to Richmond, VA to speak at SQL Saturday #187. I’ll...

2013-02-25

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SQL Server Naming Standards

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Want to start a fight between a bunch of DBAs or database developers? Ask them where the comma should be...

2013-02-18 (first published: 2013-02-13)

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DBAs and the Dark Closet

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

For many years, I loved being a DBA because, unlike being a developer, I could sort of hide from the...

2013-02-06

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New DMO in Azure SQL Database: sys.dm_db_wait_stats

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I just did a series of Boogle searches and when that didn’t find anything I tried Ging. Neither listed sys.dm_db_wait_stats....

2013-02-04

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Azure SQL Database Execution Plan Differences

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been exploring execution plans in Azure SQL Databases a lot lately. I’m getting a presentation together for some upcoming...

2013-01-30

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Saving Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In my previous post showing how to get to execution plans in the Database Management Portal, I showed that it’s...

2013-01-23

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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices: Chapter 12

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was very privileged to get the opportunity to write a chapter in a book with some of my friends...

2013-01-21

1,099 reads

Blogs

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...

Scaling PowerShell – Lessons from a Technical Interview

Recently, I was in a technical interview where the topic of running PowerShell at...

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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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