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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SSMS 2016 Bug

I have been using SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) 2016 build number 13.0.15900.1 and noticed that if you wanted to...

2016-10-27

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T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to my past self and from my future self

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It has been a while since my last T-SQL Tuesday blog. When I saw...

T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to past and future me

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The last T-SQL Tuesday of the year is hosted by my good friend Mike...

A Note and a Message: T-SQL Tuesday #193

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This month Mike Walsh hosts T-SQL Tuesday. It’s been quite some time since he...

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Question of the Day

Putting the Player with the Number

In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?

DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix',
@num VARCHAR = '10'

SELECT @player || @num

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