Acknowledgments

You know you've been at this thing called writing for a long time when people ask how many books you've written and you just have no idea. For many years, my bio stated that I was the author of more than 25 books. Several times my publishers have asked me to update the bio with a more precise number, so at around number 61 I started counting to keep everyone happy. That was a few years ago; I'm now somewhere over 100, depending on how you count. ;-)

For me, it's always been about the craft of writing. I love writing, and I love challenging projects most of all. Some of the most challenging books I ever wrote were the SQL Server 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, published in 1999, the SQL Server 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, ...

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