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.

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
Website: https://scarydba.com
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Identifying Forced Plans

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral

Query Store

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2020-02-13

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Staying Active

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral

Professional Development

Today, Grant talks about why staying active is important.

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2020-02-13

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Execution Plan Types

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral

Execution Plans

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2020-02-11

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The State of Database DevOps 2020

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been an advocate for database DevOps since before DevOps was a thing. When I first switched from being a developer full-time to being a DBA full-time, the first...

2020-02-10 (first published: 2020-02-04)

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Personal Power

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral

Database Weekly

Because of my job with Redgate (which I love and will never leave even after I’m dead), I spend a lot of time learning about compliance and all the new laws and regulations coming out of things like the GDPR and the CCPA (they changed the name evidently). However, I’m a nerd. I’m not a […]

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2020-02-08

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Profiler: Time To Go

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve decided that, in fact, it is time to start moving people off the ancient technology, Profiler. Before, I always said, stay where you’re comfortable. However, keeping people comfortable...

2020-02-06 (first published: 2020-02-03)

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