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A test post for development purposes.

What to expect from an Orange Travel eSIM in Egypt -- coverage, speeds, VPN compatibility, and a French IP address.

Implicit conversions in T-SQL are silent and legal, and they can turn an index seek into a full table scan without any obvious cause.

Database compatibility level controls a lot more than most people realise, and it doesn't follow the SQL Server version automatically.

NOLOCK is one of the most misused hints in T-SQL. Here's what it actually does, what it risks, and when it might be worth it.

My daughter is finishing her MSc in computer science and the job market for graduates isn't great. I've been in IT for twenty-five years and I find it a bit worrying.

A quick script to view disk sizes and available space for all drives hosting databases, straight from SSMS.

Find out what is running on your SQL Server

What I know now that I wish I knew then

Database files can fill up quickly. By the time someone notices, you're usually already in trouble.