Category Archives: Editorial

The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA

Posted on February 9, 2026 by way0utwest

I remember getting a job at a startup in the Denver Tech Center. This was shortly after SQL Server 7 was released, with a marketing campaign that the platform was auto-tuning and wouldn’t require a DBA. My colleague asked me … Continue reading →

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When SQL Server Central Went Down

Posted on February 6, 2026 by way0utwest

This is part of a few memories from the founders of SQL Server Central, celebrating 25 years of operation this month. “The site is down.” I got a phone call from one of the other founders around 9 am in … Continue reading →

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Expensive CPUs

Posted on February 4, 2026 by way0utwest

There have been a lot of features added to the SQL Server platform over the years. Several of these features let us perform functions that are beyond what a database has traditionally been designed to handle. SQL Server has had … Continue reading →

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25 Years of SQL Server Central

Posted on February 2, 2026 by way0utwest

The oldest article we have on the site is Tame Those Strings! Part 4 – Numeric Conversions, by me. It’s dated 2001-04-18, though I think that’s a date we picked when we converted all the content from one database to … Continue reading →

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