Laws You Break at Your Peril
Laws of Thermodynamics
TANSTAAFL
Gods of the Copybook Headings
All magic comes with a price
Winter Is Coming
My adult years started with a pretty...
2013-03-20
856 reads
Grant Fritchey
- Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
- Website: https://scarydba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-fritchey/
Star Trek and the Death of IT
GAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
I feel slightly better, but only slightly.
I started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Netflix just to unwind my...
2013-03-18
1,123 reads
SQL Server Execution Plans
Every day, out in the SQL Server forums, the same questions come up again and again: why is this query running slow? Why isn't my index getting used? In order to arrive at the answer you have to ask the same return question in each case: have you looked at the execution plan? Grant Fritchey provides the only dedicated and detailed book on this essential topic.
2013-03-15
50,497 reads
Time to Chat
The greatest part of my job is that I get to travel all over the world to present different technical...
2013-03-11
1,171 reads
Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices: Chapter 17
I jumped at the opportunity to write a chapter for this book, Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices, because of all...
2013-03-04
1,697 reads
It Is Your Fault
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
1,526 reads
SQL Saturday #187 Richmond And More
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
884 reads
SQL Server Naming Standards
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)
3,543 reads
DBAs and the Dark Closet
For many years, I loved being a DBA because, unlike being a developer, I could sort of hide from the...
2013-02-06
1,019 reads
New DMO in Azure SQL Database: sys.dm_db_wait_stats
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
1,395 reads
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Renaming a Database
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