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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Corrupt Database – I need that data now!

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

My database is in the recovery pending state and I want to get in and extract the data out into...

2017-03-15

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Extreme situations require extreme commands

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

The title is adapted from a child-hood movie of mine and is my daily (database-related) WTF moment and it is...

2017-03-14

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My take on presenting

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

This idea basically started from Andy Bek’s TSQL Tuesday last year #84 growing new speakers (https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/t-sql-tuesday-84-growing-new-speakers/ – thanks Andy) and I have...

2017-03-10

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Copying your SQL Database

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

If you ever need to move a copy of a SQL database in Azure across servers then here is a...

2017-03-07

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Blog Challenge: I am watching you!

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I decided to accept Grant’s (TheScaryDBA) challenge found here- http://www.scarydba.com/2017/03/02/random-blog-post-challenge/ where we have to write a technical blog post that incorporates a certain...

2017-03-03

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