Author Archives: Jorge Segarra

PASS Log Reader Award Winners

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 1 Comment

Well last week was rather hectic and with all the PASS Summit madness one thing seems to have been lost in the mix: The PASS Log Reader Awards!

For those not familiar with this contest you can read the official announcements of the contest here (Brent Ozar’s post), here (Andy Warren’s post), and here (Jeremiah Peschka’s post). Don’t worry, I’ll wait until you come back. You back? Cool. Alright now that you know what it’s all about let’s talk about the exciting part: the winners! Yup, last week at the beginning of the week the winners were announced. Now thanks to the magic of the interwebs and copy/paste feature here are the results (courtesy of Brent Ozar) Continue reading →

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SQL University History Week II: Current Events

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 4 Comments

Welcome back students! In our last lesson we covered the history of SQL Server, the product. This is important stuff to know in order to understand the evolution of the technology you’re working with. SQL Server has made many strides … Continue reading →

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SQL University: History Week Pt. 1

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 5 Comments

Well this is going to be an interesting week as we have the PASS Summit going on. What’s the PASS Summit? What’s PASS? Why are the people on Twitter so excited about #sqlpass? Well by the end of the week … Continue reading →

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DBA Horror Stories

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 4 Comments

In light of the fact that this weekend is Halloween I figured this would be a great time to start this meme: Give us your best database/IT horror story to date. I’ve been fortunate to date as far as the … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 and Multiple Clocks

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 5 Comments

So unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks/months, you may have heard about a little thing called Windows 7. Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest iteration of its Operating System and along with a slew of … Continue reading →

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