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Grant Fritchey

@gfritchey.bsky.social
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Grant Fritchey is a database and DevOps geek, a Microsoft MVP and an AWS Community Builder. Grant works for Redgate Software as a Product Advocate. His ham call sign is: KC1KCE

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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Regular reminder (for myself more than you): Please, thank you, and other forms of politeness are completely free, don't inflict any pain, and can sure help grease the wheels on social interaction.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Please do consider joining me and a bunch of friends at PASS Summit on Tour in NYC, August 18-19: passdatacommunitysummit.com/pass-summit-...
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PASS Summit On Tour New York - PASS Data Community Summit
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Cheers!
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Not so sure about that, but thank you.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This just never gets old. It is humbling every single time though. I just was re-awarded MVP status with the Microsoft Data Platform and Azure PostgreSQL for another year. Thank you for the honor, Microsoft. I'm very grateful.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I will never when this fight, I accept that. Decimate means 1 in 10. Most of you mean "devestate" when you say decimate. Every once in a while, think of us poor pedants.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Totally misunderstanding some bad dance music in this hotel. I hear a man sing "I keep on screaming ow." Followed by a woman singing "You've got to let it go." And now I want to see the rock video, or, shoot one. Dude is in pain. Is it hot? Why won't he let go?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We love you Amy!
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I'd ask for an AI to answer the phone for me, but since it'll be an AI calling they're just going to get together and plot global domination so that plan doesn't work.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Cool? Ha!
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Uhm....
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
FINALLY!!! @redgate-software.bsky.social is going to be releasing pgCompare, a comparison utility to find the differences between two databases, for PostgreSQL. I just got to test it out for the first time here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-4b...
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Compare two PostgreSQL databases with Redgate pgCompare
YouTube video by Redgate Software
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
CELEBRATE! The New Session window in SSMS 21 for Extended Events now opens to the correct size. You can see Causality Tracking without resizing the window. I'm so happy I could bust.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Ha! Nah, not with that kind of start.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Trust me, this is complete crap, but oh I'm flattered:
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Filing in to the start of #SqlDay2025.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
At long last. Redgate Monitor can now be hosted on PostgreSQL running TimeScale. I can't help it when I say this, but took long enough. Sheesh. Check out the latest release: www.red-gate.com/products/red...
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Redgate Monitor | Multi-platform database monitoring | Redgate
Database observability for your entire estate. Optimize performance, ensure security, and mitigate potential risks.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please take about 30 seconds or so out of your day to answer a one question survey over at SQL Server Central. How stressed are you about database deployments? www.sqlservercentral.com
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SQLServerCentral – The #1 SQL Server community
The #1 SQL Server community and education site, with articles, news, forums, scripts and FAQs.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I also use it as a search engine quite a bit. However, it's doing stuff like this that you see a lot more utility out of the thing. I have a session where I build a small database using AI, write some queries, even do a little performance tuning. It's a good tool.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Had a little fun with an AI and an execution plan in SQL Server: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/21/c...
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Can AI Read Execution Plans? - Grant Fritchey
Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a habit of it. But I saw someone else mention that you can feed them XML and the AI will read the execution plan. I had to test it out and th...
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#PSA You saw an ad on the internet saying that handheld radio you purchased would transmit hundreds of miles. Truth is, they are line of sight. They can only transmit hundreds of miles straight up. 1-3 miles, limited by terrain and the curvature of the earth (which is round, two myths busted).
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I just had fun. Combining the hobby that I almost never talk about, ham or amateur radio, with AI to get a data conversion done the easy way: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/11/u...
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Using AI for Data Conversion - Grant Fritchey
I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and Cross Fitters, we tend to be shy and withdrawn about our predilections. BWA-HA-HA! Ok, like Vegans and Cross Fitters, ...
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Funny enough, Drew's project there helped spur me to get my ham license.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Too cool fram2ham.com?fbclid=IwZXh...
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Home - FRAM-2 HAM
FRAM2 HAM An amateur radio competition for the Fram2 space mission What is Fram2?The Fram2 mission is set to become the first human space flight in polar orbit – flying over the North and South poles....
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ahh, helped someone out. Glad that's over with. No need to be nice again until next quarter. Or have most people switched to semi-annual on this? Don't want to overdo it.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Not a problem. Amateur radio is like being vegan or a crossfitter, we are always happy to talk about it. HA!
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
KC1KCE, Amateur Extra in the US. What are you looking for?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I sported #Azure #PostgreSQL socks while presenting at #FabCon. Thanks to all who attended.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Asked: Are you a resource or an asset. My answer: I'm a cost center.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Hi! My name is Grant! www.quora.com/unanswered/D...
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Do you believe that SQL queries will eventually be replaced by other technologies like NoSQL or Graph Databases? Why or why not?
Answer: Did you know that MongoDB, probably the largest “NoSQL” database out there (it’s not a NoSQL database, it’s a document database), has modules that let you use SQL? Did you know that to query M...
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Sorry. Late to this, but you've already got answers by people who know more about it than I do. You will see the size increase. That might, maybe, be an issue. That's all I've seen in terms of negative effects. Just talking wait stats in Query Store when I say that. Not Query Store as a whole.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Forecast is for -17 (that's -25 in restofworld measurements) wind chills. No. Stop.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
How about "alt"?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Anyone else had what can only be called a pretty good week at work? Only meetings that mattered. Generated content. Answered questions. Finished two slide decks (well, first draft). Tomorrow is going to suck isn't it?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hey, the old saying goes, growing old isn't for wimps.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I am the example of BEING old.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I seem to be hovering around 88 myself. Knees. Shoulder. And I'm right angry about it too.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Happy International Radio Day!!! Go get your license and get on the air. Have some fun.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Being a grandad (marriage, not announcing anything), I dare fine.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
You're getting old... <snicker>
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Wait. Really?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Morning! Enjoying the freezing rain and sub-zero temps (real numbers, in fake US numbers it's only about 30). How's everyone else doing today?
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Ryan Booz @ryanbooz.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This was a big week for me & @gfritchey.bsky.social with the release of our book about #PostgreSQL! We're both thrilled & excited for this milestone! Here's a quick introduction from my perspective on why we wrote the book & who it's for. #JustUsePostgres www.softwareandbooz.com/on-writing-a...
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On Writing a Book About PostgreSQL
“Publishing a book is an amazing experience. Writing a book is very, very hard.” Louis Davidson, Simple Talk Editor (@drsql) At the risk of burying the lede… “Introduction to PostgreSQL for the dat…
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Karen Jaxx talking about how tune #PostgreSQL for analytical queries. #FOSDEM2025 #FOSDEM
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Made it to #fosdem. Missed yesterday because I had some kind of intestinal issue (less said). Planning to learn #PostgreSQL all day.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
All the Postgresql decorations are in place.
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Anyone else ready to talk a little #postgresql today?
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Grant Fritchey @gfritchey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Not one I'm familiar with. I'll look at it when I get home.
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