Professional SQL Server™ Analysis Services 2005 with MDX

Dedication

I dedicate this book in the grandest possible manner to my dear wife Shreepriya who has been fully supportive and put up with me disappearing from home and the late nights when I worked on this book. It is also dedicated to my two month old twins Praveen and Divya who do not know what a book is yet. I wish their cute photographs could be on the cover page. I dedicate this book in memory of my father Harinath Govindarajalu who passed away in 1999 who I am sure would have been proud of this great achievement and to my mother Sundara Bai. Finally, dedicate the book to my inlaws Sundaravathanem Sanjeevi and Geethalakshmi Sanjeevi who have been very supportive and helping during the last six months.

Sivakumar Harinath

I dedicate my contribution to this book to the woman who was most supportive and encouraging about the project. That would be my wife, Kyung Eun (Katherine) Quinn. Also, I would like to dedicate this to my kid, Anastasia who would have preferred I spent much of that writing time with her. To my mother, Roselma Quinn who tolerated incessant last minute changes of plan due to book-related work. And my father, Stephen Thomas Quinn, who tolerated my whining about how much work this book was to produce. Finally, to my MBA study team, thanks to everyone on the team; Jim Braun, Liz Younger, Michael Styles, Kevin Heath, Eduardo Alvarez-Godinez, and Dave Lovely for being understanding about what I was going through.

Stephen R. Quinn

In memory of all those who have been ...