Arun Sirpal

I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal – Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my SQLskills Immersion training on Internals and Performance Tuning. When I am not working I am in the gym burning calories.

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My backup and SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I noticed that my backup was taking longer than usual. I went to Perfmon to look at some counters, more...

2017-02-01

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Interactive query experience for SQL databases

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

This is a new feature where you can issue TSQL commands via a TSQL editor straight from the Azure portal,...

2017-01-25

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Using Extended Events Telemetry Session

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

You are probably wondering what this is, quite honestly I was wondering too. Well it is an extended events session...

2017-01-23

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MVPs

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I was having a conversation with Oracle professionals the other day and they started to discuss the Oracle ACE program...

2017-01-20

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SQL database built-in intelligence

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I sometimes forget that Microsoft watches out for us by proactively looking at the behaviour of our SQL databases in...

2017-01-18

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Looking at wait stats differently with SQL 2016

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Wait statistics is a great place to start looking into performance issues. Normally people would issue commands/queries based on sys.dm_os_wait_stats...

2017-01-16

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Checking Time Zones in SQL Server

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I was building some basic queries around time zone manipulation and I am happy to say that I enjoyed myself...

2017-01-13

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I used to shrink my databases!

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

This is an entry level post and a response to SQLEspresso’s blog challenge(http://sqlespresso.com/2017/01/10/ooops-was-that-was-me-blog-challenge) where we share mistakes from our “younger”...

2017-01-11

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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not want to miss out...

2017-01-10

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Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Sometimes when in a testing mode I do like to clear cache within my SQL database (Azure). Nowadays a lot...

2017-01-05

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Arun Sirpal

My backup and SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH

Interactive query experience for SQL databases

Using Extended Events Telemetry Session

MVPs

SQL database built-in intelligence

Looking at wait stats differently with SQL 2016

Checking Time Zones in SQL Server

I used to shrink my databases!

SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests

Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)

Blogs

How Long Will It Take to Learn SQL? The Truth Might Surprise You

Flying Halfway Around the World to Australia

Dealing with Change – Two Resources

Forums

SSIS Execution Error

Pivot query

Table with FK(s) to other columns within the table

Question of the Day

Using Table Hints in a Query