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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Why Is The Server Slow?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is blog post #2 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel.
If you haven’t been working in SQL Server for very...

2016-02-24 (first published: 2016-02-22)

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Azure SQL Database Error

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I was on SQL Cruise where I was scheduled to present a session on Azure SQL Database. I recorded all...

2016-02-18

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Loading Data into Azure SQL Data Warehouse

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Ouch.
Let’s start with the level set. I’m not an ETL expert. In fact, I haven’t done any professional ETL work...

2016-02-15

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Speaker of the Month: February 2016

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been a little remiss on this. I just haven’t been getting out to see people speak for a while...

2016-02-12

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Positivity

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m sitting in the classroom of SQL Cruise listening to Tim Ford (b|t) explain mechanisms for monitoring indexes. It’s a...

2016-02-04

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Finding Your Query in Query Store

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Query Store is pretty amazing. I’m loving working with it. I think it’s likely to change how query tuning will...

2016-02-01 (first published: 2016-01-25)

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Learning R: Happy With My Book Choice

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is just a quick update. I wrote about the two books I’m using to learn R. Well, I’m extremely...

2016-02-01

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PASS Board 2016: Update #1

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Hello everyone. Just because I’ve moved on to the executive committee doesn’t mean I’m walking away from these reports. I...

2016-01-29

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The Importance of a Full Backup in SQL Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

This is the first of 12 posts this year in support of Tim Ford’s #iwanttohelp initiative. These will be completely...

2016-01-27

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Removing All SQL Server Query Store Data

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

While setting up example code for my presentation at SQL Cruise (which is going to be a fantastic event), I...

2016-01-18

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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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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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