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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Symbols

I just want to write the setup I went through for using debug symbols within SQL Server to resolve call...

2016-04-20

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The Backup File Extension

I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file? 

BACKUP DATABASE HerdofTwo TO DISK = 'HerdOfTwo_20240501'

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