Preface

Bob Beauchemin

Wow. I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I was writing the preface for our first book, A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers. Those two years, and the two years before, have been a whirlwind of working with the SQL Server product, including teaching, consulting, writing, and conferences. I still haven’t stopped to catch my breath. SQL Server 2005 was officially launched in September 2005. And we’ve been working on enhancements to the First Look book since it was published in mid-2004. As with any book on a beta version of a product, the product itself changed after the book was published. In fact, one of the first changes was a feature cut that came two weeks after the book shipped. Keeping up has ...

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