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.
Grant Fritchey
@gfritchey.bsky.social
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
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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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.
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.
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?
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...
Compare two PostgreSQL databases with Redgate pgCompare
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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.
Trust me, this is complete crap, but oh I'm flattered:
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...
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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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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Had a little fun with an AI and an execution plan in SQL Server: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/21/c...
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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#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).
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...
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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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.
Asked: Are you a resource or an asset. My answer: I'm a cost center.
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Hi! My name is Grant! www.quora.com/unanswered/D...
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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Forecast is for -17 (that's -25 in restofworld measurements) wind chills. No. Stop.
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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Happy International Radio Day!!! Go get your license and get on the air. Have some fun.
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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?
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...
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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Made it to #fosdem. Missed yesterday because I had some kind of intestinal issue (less said). Planning to learn #PostgreSQL all day.
