Beginning Transact-SQL with SQL Server 2000 and 2005

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Sherri, and our kids for their support during a turbulent year; to my parents, Mark and Carol Turley, for their ever-present love and support; to Sharon Simpson for coming to the rescue.

Props to Dan Wood, my supporting author, for his dedication and perseverance. He did an awesome job of picking me up, slapping me around, and saying “what were you thinking?!” at just the right time; and thanks to the entire Wood family for allowing me talk him into this. My appreciation goes to Gregg Shipler for his assistance, friendship, and instruction. Thanks to everyone at Hitachi Consulting, a truly amazing organization and stellar group of professionals; and thanks to many students and consulting clients, without whom none of this would be possible.

Thanks to the folks at Wiley Publishing: Marcia Ellett, Bob Elliott, and Joe Wikert. You are professionals and great people with a genuine sense of what's really important. Thanks to my daughter, Rachael, for a great job managing my screen shot files.