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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TDE Recovery

This week’s TSQL Tuesday is being held by the mighty Kenneth Fisher – Backup and Recovery- see this link, how can...

2016-12-26 (first published: )

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NOLOCK

NOLOCK, some say it’s a fast option for queries and will never cause blocking, I say it’s quite dirty and...

2016-12-09

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Question of the Day

What is the PRODUCT

In SQL Server 2025, what does this return? 

CREATE TABLE Numbers
( n INT)
GO
INSERT dbo.Numbers
(
n
)
VALUES
(1), (2), (3)
GO
SELECT PRODUCT(n)
FROM dbo.Numbers

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