Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Query Tuning & Optimization

Acknowledgments

Anumber of people contributed to making this book a reality. First, I would like to thank everyone on the McGraw-Hill Education team with whom I worked directly or indirectly on this book: Wendy Rinaldi, Harleen Chopra, Bart Reed, and Janet Walden—and especially to Wendy for coordinating the entire project while trying to keep me on schedule. A very special thank-you has to go out to my technical editor, Dave Ballantyne. His amazing feedback was critical to improving the quality of the chapters of the book.

In addition to Dave and the McGraw-Hill Education team, there is a host of other people who have indirectly influenced the book through their work covering SQL Server query tuning and optimization topics: Kalen Delaney, Cesar ...