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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Denali & CTP 3

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I have Denali installed on a virtual machine on my laptop and I’m working through evaluating it. Actually, I’m working...

2011-08-10

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Droid Apps

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

A friend of mine recently got his first smart phone, an Android. My wife has also recently moved into the...

2011-08-08

761 reads

All About Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you’re attending the PASS Summit this October, I’d like to make a suggestion. The Summit itself is only three...

2011-08-03

861 reads

Strengths Finder 2.0

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve made the commitment to read and review 12 books over 12 months as a part of continuous personal development....

2011-07-27

894 reads

PASS SQL Rally 2011 Evaluations

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In keeping with the all my other major speaking engagements, I’m posting the results of my pre-con and session evals...

2011-07-05

928 reads

Presentations in Action

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The first book I read for my 12 goal oriented books was Jerry Weissman’s Presentations in Action: 80 Memorable Presentation...

2011-06-27

636 reads

Make the Optimizer Work Harder

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of my favorite indicators for whether or not you have a good execution plan is when you see the...

2011-06-20

2,786 reads

Rebind and Rewind in Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ever looked at an execution plan? If you answered no, you can’t possibly have ever tried to tune a query,...

2011-06-15

4,954 reads

Time for a Little PD

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, PD doesn’t stand for PowerShell Development. It stands for Professional Development. Sharks either swim or die (and yes, I...

2011-06-13

735 reads

SQL Cruise Alaska 2011

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yes, I went on the SQL Cruise to Alaska. Yes, it was as grand as you’ve heard. Yes, I’m going...

2011-06-08

534 reads

Blogs

Advice I Like: Knots

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates

By Brian Kelley

On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...

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Multiple Deployment Processes

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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases

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Upgrading Admin Queries

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Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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