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.

Community work

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I have been really busy lately with articles, podcasts and so forth. Lately I have been working on 2 public...

2016-04-16

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SQL Bite-Size Podcasts are live!

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Well, after many late nights I have finally produced a set of podcasts – Bite size style – therefore called SQL Bite...

2016-03-27

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SQL Server Podcasts

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Great news, I have decided to do some podcasts on the fundamentals of SQL Server, my aim is to help...

2016-03-23

388 reads

SQL Server articles

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Between attending SQL SKILLS immersion events, trying out for the PFE role at Microsoft I have managed to write some...

2016-03-16

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Creating SQL databases on Azure Blob storage

by Arun Sirpal

SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server 2014

Creating a database in SQL Server running in on-premises with a dedicated storage location for your data in Windows Azure Blob Storage.

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2015-09-17

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Discuss

An Extended Event script

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I have been enjoying XE alot recently ( from following SQLSKILLS) so I decided to write something that I used recently...

2015-05-22

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Carving up CHECKDB

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

This is a technique that I am using from Paul Randal – concept of splitting CHECKDB: CHECKALLOC, CHECKCATALOG and CHECKTABLE – here...

2015-05-16

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Welcome to BlobEater

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I am an IT Professional from the UK with a huge interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During...

2015-03-25

303 reads

A Handy function

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

If you like learning about internals use the undocumented function to get the FileID:PageID of your table rows and use...

2015-03-03

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Timed SQL Server tracing

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Have you ever wanted to start a SQL trace (server-side trace!) from SQL agent and let it stop after X minutes...

2015-02-07

245 reads

Blogs

The fundamental requirements of a reporting system

By ChrisJenkins

There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...

Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management

When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...

A New Word: Foilsick

foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...

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Forums

Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs

By Nisarg Upadhyay

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...

The Last Good DBCC Run

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Last Good DBCC Run

count the number of NULLs in a row

Hi everyone I have a SP that finds the average based on 3 tables. ...

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The Last Good DBCC Run

I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?

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