The Scary DBA

Login Timeouts

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

I was recently approached at work about a company that was seeing tons of timeouts in SQL Server. I was asked how to troubleshoot this. There are lots of...

2021-09-27

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Containers: A Short Rant

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

I find myself doing more and more work with containers. Yet, I also find that a lot of people seem to be resistant to the concept. I’m always surprised...

2021-09-29 (first published: 2021-09-20)

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Containers: A Short Rant

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

I find myself doing more and more work with containers. Yet, I also find that a lot of people seem to be resistant to the concept. I’m always surprised...

2021-09-20

Rewriting The Query Tuning Book

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...

2021-09-13

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Rewriting The Query Tuning Book

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...

2021-09-13

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Filtering Extended Events Using Actions

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

Did you know, you can use Actions to Filter Extended Events? Well, you can. Filtering is one of the greatest ways in which Extended Events differentiates itself from other...

2021-07-26 (first published: 2021-07-19)

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Filtering Extended Events Using Actions

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

Did you know, you can use Actions to Filter Extended Events? Well, you can. Filtering is one of the greatest ways in which Extended Events differentiates itself from other...

2021-07-19

Permissions Needed To Force Plans in Query Store

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

I was recently asked what permissions were needed to force plans in query store. I’m sure I knew at one point, but at the moment I was asked, I...

2021-07-06

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Permissions Needed To Force Plans in Query Store

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

I was recently asked what permissions were needed to force plans in query store. I’m sure I knew at one point, but at the moment I was asked, I...

2021-07-06

Virtual Presentations: A Presenters Perspective

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

While we are clearly beginning to see in-person events on the calendar, the vast majority of presentations, events, talks, etc., are virtual. There are a lot of positives to...

2021-07-16 (first published: 2021-06-29)

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