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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Powershell Remoting with SQL Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

One of the best things to come out with Powershell V2 is remoting and asynchronous calls. Between the two of...

2010-07-27

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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Third

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Nice to see most of you have managed to fight your way through the shoggoths outside to attend another lecture...

2010-07-23

878 reads

SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Second

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Welcome once more to the Miskatonic branch of SQL University. Please try to concentrate. I realize the whipoorwills singing outside...

2010-07-21

666 reads

SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the First

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Right, all eldritch tomes are to be closed and Elder Signs are to be put away during this course.
Welcome to...

2010-07-19

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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

For some crazy reason (probably everyone is on vacation), Jorge Segarra (blog|twitter) who runs SQL University has asked me to...

2010-07-16

547 reads

Steve Jones to Run for PASS Board

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I couldn’t hide the lead. Steve Jones (blog|twitter) has announced he’s running for the PASS board. I’m excited. I’m almost as...

2010-07-16

946 reads

In the Clouds

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

The July meeting for the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group is tonight. Andrew Novick will be talking about...

2010-07-14

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Red Gate SQL Source Control

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

You just have to love Red Gate tools. They find the small area that they want to cover and then...

2010-07-14

1,866 reads

Delivering the Bad News

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s a Friday, the day governments & companies traditionally deliver bad news. I recived the bad news earlier in the week,...

2010-07-09

719 reads

Small PowerShell Script

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m still trying to learn PowerShell better. The opportunity to answer simple questions and problems with the tool is hard...

2010-07-06

1,193 reads

Blogs

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...

How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025

By Meagan Longoria

When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...

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Forums

XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services

We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...

OPENQUERY Flexibility

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A Full Shutdown

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OPENQUERY Flexibility

Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?

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