MySQL® Administrator's Bible

Acknowledgments

Sheeri Cabral

When I was four years old, I refused to let anyone else tie my shoes, because I wanted to do it myself. There was only one problem—I did not know how to tie my shoes yet. I went around for months with untied shoes because I made it very clear that I was going to do it. Eventually I learned to tie my shoes. I also learned that I could do anything I put my mind to.

I could not have accomplished the herculean task of writing a book had I not had the encouragement of my stubbornness. To Mom, Dad, Lymor, Noam, Josh, and Elinor, thanks for putting up with me all these years, letting me try my way so that my failures and successes were my own, and teaching me to always do a good job so I can be proud of my work. My love of databases was inspired by the man who taught me the subject at Brandeis University, Professor Mitch Cherniack. Professionally, I would not be the person I am today without the guidance and example of Tom Limoncelli, an inspirational role model, great mentor, and good friend; and Tracy Gangwer, who taught me to be a super DBA/sysadmin by confirming and triple-checking everything. A huge thank you goes to Keith for being the lead author on this project, and of course for asking me to become involved. Of course, none of this could have been done without the support of Wiley Publishing, particularly our editors Ed Connor and Bob Elliott.

I used many two-dimensional resources while writing this book, but there's a limit to how much information is ...