The LobsterPot Blog

Sometimes query tuning involves taking a different approach to a problem. And given that other tuning options might be creating index(es) or redesigning tables –

Encryption is a funny thing. Since the dawn of communication, whenever people have wanted to keep their secrets secret, they’ve used some sort of encryption.

This month, Grant Fritchey (@scarydba) asks us to write about Extended Events (XE). He mentions that they were a topic once before (it was in

Are you a model designer or BI developer tasked with building a data model and/or report from a series of user requirements or Agile User

Josephine Bush (@hellosqlkitty) asks us about job titles this month. And it’s something I’ve often wondered about, and haven’t really had a clue about for

Code doesn’t tend to generate emotions in the same way that a painting might. The architecture of a piece of software doesn’t make us marvel