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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Another Execution Plan… In the Cloud!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

A couple of weeks ago I posted about how different execution plans look when using the Azure Management Portal. I...

2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-20)

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24 Hours of PASS, Fall 2012

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s time to get your learn on again. The schedule for the Fall 24 Hours of PASS is up and...

2012-08-22

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Coming to Your Town

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I can’t sing and I can’t play and I left the young generation behind a while ago, but I’m still...

2012-08-16

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Being Right, the Other Side

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I read an excellent article by Camille Fournier about the importance of recognizing that being right is not the only...

2012-08-15

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Execution Plans … In the Cloud!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’re moving to a fully-fledged SQL database as part of Azure you may never even touch SQL Server Management...

2012-08-10 (first published: 2012-08-01)

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SQL In The City: London 2012, Recap

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Wow!
How’s that for a recap?
The concept for the SQL in the City events is pretty simple. Put on a free...

2012-07-17 (first published: 2012-07-16)

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Does Encryption Affect Seeing Statements in Deadlock Graphs?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Good question. I don’t have a clue. So let’s set up a test. I’ll create this stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE DL2e
...

2012-07-03 (first published: 2012-06-25)

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Querying Information from the Plan Cache, Simplified

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of the great things about the Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs) that expose the information in plan cache is that,...

2012-07-02

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The New Phone Book Is Here!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I can’t help it. I get really terribly excited when I publish a book. Maybe it should be old hat....

2012-06-27

1,601 reads

Problems with my new book

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

First off, I apologize. As if writing a book wasn’t hard enough, now we get new problems because of on-demand...

2012-06-26

834 reads

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AWS RDS Aurora - our first approach

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When starting with AWS RDS Aurora for managing relational databases in the cloud, many...

PowerShell Strikes Back: Know Your Quotes, Young Padawan

This is Week 1 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for...

A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships

This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a...

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