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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These People Are Exceptional

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I should know. I was one of the judges of this year’s Exceptional DBA of the Year award. I had...

2012-08-28

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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

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Blogs

Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget

By Eduardo Pivaral

It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...

A Career of Memories

Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...

Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead

As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...

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BCP on Linux

When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?

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