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.

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
Website: https://scarydba.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-fritchey/

Microsoft Azure Automation

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Microsoft just announced a new mechanism for managing your Azure resources, Automation. You can check out the documentation on it...

2014-04-24 (first published: 2014-04-16)

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Azure Automation

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it.
There’s a set of documentation available...

2014-04-23

1,367 reads

I Am Better Than You

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why...

2014-04-22

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SQL Server First Aid

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

If you take basic first aid, say a CPR course, you’ll learn a handy mnemonic for the primary assessment you...

2014-04-15

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Sharing a Good Idea

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I posted earlier about my experiments with Microsoft Curah!. (yes, technically the period should follow the exclamation since the exclamation...

2014-04-14

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Speaker of the Month, April 2014

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m really enjoying picking a speaker of the month. It forces me to sit through a lot more sessions at...

2014-04-11 (first published: 2014-04-04)

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I’m a Traveling Man

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

We are coming into quite a busy time for my speaking schedule. I’m hitting the road. It does one thing...

2014-04-10

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Curation and Performance

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’m trying out a new web site from Microsoft called Curah! that is all about curation. Curation is basically what...

2014-04-08

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Thanks For Stopping By

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Yesterday I passed 300,000 views on the blog. Recently I went over 1,000 comments. My little joke on Tuesday garnered...

2014-04-03

641 reads

SQL Server 2014 New Defaults

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

Today, April 1st, 2014, marks the release of SQL Server 2014. There are tons and tons of great new methods...

2014-04-01

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Blogs

When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a company?

By Joyful-Craftsmen

The post When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a...

How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide

By Ige Adetokunbo Temitayo

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...

Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle

The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...

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Renaming a Database

If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)

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