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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Practice Your Restores

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Steven Jones posted an excellent editorial today all about how your backups are only good if you know that you...

2009-12-30

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The Other Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I had a fun support call I need to share. A developer called up to tell me that a particular...

2009-12-29

1,302 reads

A Lack of Excitement

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I usually use all the problems, crashes, and issues that I run into at work as grist for my mill,...

2009-12-23

654 reads

Apology

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been somewhat light in my blogging of late. Unfortunately, I just haven’t hit any interesting or difficult problems lately...

2009-12-22

525 reads

What is Your Greatest Weakness

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was tagged earlier this week by Tim Ford to comment on my biggest weakness. I wish I could say...

2009-12-15

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T-SQL Tuesday #1: Date/Time Tricks

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m going to try out Adam Machanic’s idea for a blog party. The topic this month are Date/Time tricks.
Instead of...

2009-12-08

664 reads

Dr. DeWitt’s Key Note at the PASS Summit

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you missed this, here’s your chance to make it up. If you were there, and like me, you need...

2009-12-02

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SQL Standard Update

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Andy Warren in the latest PASS Connector has posted an update on where we’re at with the SQL Server Standard....

2009-12-02

647 reads

How do -You- use SQL Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been tagged by a misplaced yankee, uh, New Englander, whatever. The question is, how do I/we use SQL Server...

2009-12-01

773 reads

SQL Saturday #34/New England Data Camp v2.0

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

It’s official sports fans. Well, it’s been official since last week since Adam Machanic set up the web site. The...

2009-11-30

1,380 reads

Blogs

“We love to debate minutiae”

By Brian Kelley

I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...

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...

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Forums

Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB

Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...

Multiple Deployment Processes

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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

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Question of the Day

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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