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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Simple Parameterization and Data Types

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Simple paramaterization occurs when the optimizer determines that a query would benefit from a reusable plan, so it takes the...

2015-04-02 (first published: 2015-03-24)

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PASS Board Update: March 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Hello all,
It’s been a while since my last update. Sorry. I’ve just been traveling and presenting and working on books...

2015-03-31

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Toshiba Portege Z301-A Review

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Last year I purchased a Lenovo W530. Nightmares then ensued. Nice laptop if you just want to use it as...

2015-03-25

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Monitoring for Timeouts

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The question came up at SQL Rally, “Can you use Extended Events to monitor for query timeouts?”
My immediate response was...

2015-03-20 (first published: 2015-03-12)

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How To Speak At SQL Saturday Events

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The PASS SQL Saturday events are meant to be a place to grow the pool of speakers, provide a mechanism...

2015-03-16

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Try It

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral.com

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Grant Fritchey asks you to experiment, to make an effort, to just try it.

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2015-03-16

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Discuss

Speaker of the Month: February & March 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s not a question of scheduling. I just haven’t been to lots of community events in the last several months...

2015-03-13

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Upcoming Events Where We Can Chat

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I get around quite a bit.
Next week I’ll be visiting three cities in Germany talking to user groups in Frankfurt,...

2015-03-09

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DevOps, the DBA, and the word “No”

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Check out this DevOps Reactions animated GIF and caption.
It’s funny on multiple levels, but it also makes me both mad...

2015-03-06 (first published: 2015-02-24)

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No Such Thing as a DevOps DBA

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Sjor Takes (b|t) has just barely started blogging, but he’s got a great post about a discussion he had with...

2015-03-02

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Blogs

When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a company?

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The post When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a...

How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide

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In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...

Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle

The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...

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Question of the Day

Renaming a Database

If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)

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