Grant Fritchey

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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Cheers!

Not so sure about that, but thank you.

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?

We love you Amy!

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.

Cool?

Ha!

Uhm....

YouTube video by Redgate Software Compare two PostgreSQL databases with Redgate pgCompare

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...

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.

Ha!

Nah, not with that kind of start.

Trust me, this is complete crap, but oh I'm flattered:

Filing in to the start of #SqlDay2025.

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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.

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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.

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...

Had a little fun with an AI and an execution plan in SQL Server: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/21/c...

#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).

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, ...

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...

Funny enough, Drew's project there helped spur me to get my ham license.

Too cool
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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.

Not a problem. Amateur radio is like being vegan or a crossfitter, we are always happy to talk about it.

HA!

KC1KCE, Amateur Extra in the US. What are you looking for?

I sported #Azure #PostgreSQL socks while presenting at #FabCon. Thanks to all who attended.