Grant Fritchey SQL Server Backup and Restore for the Accidental DBA Not everyone who is tasked with the job of ensuring that databases are backed up, and easily restorable, consider themselves... 24 May 2011 15 min read
Grant Fritchey Performing DBCC Checks Using SQL Virtual Restore Ever restored a corrupted database from the backup, only to find that the backups are corrupted too - All the... 07 April 2011 8 min read
Grant Fritchey SQL Server Versioned Data Queries: MAX vs TOP vs ROW_NUMBER Performance Compare SQL Server query strategies for retrieving the latest version from a version history table: MAX, TOP (1), and ROW_NUMBER.... 17 March 2011 18 min read
Grant Fritchey Change Management and Source Control So, given the many good reasons for using Version Control systems for managing the changes in database applications, how does... 03 March 2011 47 min read
Bob Cramblitt Red Gate’s new Scary DBA: Coming to a town near you Grant Fritchey, The Scary DBA, has now taken the leap from being a Simple-Talk author and FoRG(Friend of Red Gate)... 16 February 2011 5 min read
Richard Morris Interview with the Scary DBA – Grant Fritchey For our first feature on working DBAs and their lives, we chose Grant Fritchey, the self-styled Scary DBA, who has been... 30 October 2009 12 min read
Grant Fritchey SQL Server Execution Plans – eBook Download Why is my query running slow? Why isn't my index getting used? In order to answer these questions, you have... 07 October 2009 1 min read
Simple Talk Published Books Grant Fritchey in Simple Talk Published Books SQL Server Execution Plans Why is my query running slow? Why isn't my index getting used? In order to answer these questions, you have... 30 June 2008 4 min read
