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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Website: https://scarydba.com
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Speaker of the Month: June 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

With my travel schedule, I don’t always get out to events where I can see a community speaker. Sometimes, I...

2015-07-03

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Leadership Training Possibility

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I know a few people in the SQL Server community who have been involved in Scouting. A couple of them...

2015-06-30

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Speaker of the Month: May 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...

2015-06-09

526 reads

Come to Us or We’ll Come to You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out.
Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting...

2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-18)

1,414 reads

Parallelism and Columnstore Indexes

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Columnstore indexes are fascinating and really cool. Unfortunately, they’re adding an interesting new wrinkle to an old problem.
What’s the Cost...

2015-06-01

814 reads

Book Review: Connected

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I heard about Connected from a show on NPR (Yes, I listen to NPR, why do people keep saying that?)....

2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-19)

5,090 reads

PASS Board Update: May 2015

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve had a busy month on the Board.
You may have seen some tweets going by about our compliance with international...

2015-05-27

542 reads

Database Engine Tuning Advisor

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...

2015-05-26

821 reads

Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...

2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)

7,060 reads

I Am Grateful For…

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...

2015-05-15

505 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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