Servercommunityformanyyears.Iwasalwaysimpressedbyyourextensiveknowledgeand
washappythatyouagreedtoworkwithmeonthisbook.
ToSteveKass,DejanSarka,GianlucaHotz,andHerbertAlbert:Thanksforyourvaluable
adviceduringtheplanningphasesofthebook.Ihadtomakesomeharddecisionsintermsof
whattoincludeandwhatnottoincludeinthebook,andyouradvicewasveryhelpful.
Manythankstothebook’seditors.ToDevonMusgrave,whoplayedtheacquisitionseditor
role:Youaretheonewhomadethisbookarealityandhandledalltheinitialstages.Irealize
thatthisbookislikelyoneofmanyyouwereresponsiblefor,andI’dliketothankyoufor
dedicatingthetimeandeffortthatyoudid.ToCarolDillingham,thebook’sdevelopmental
editorandprojecteditor,manythanksforyourexcellenthandling;Ialwaysenjoyworking
withyouonmybooks.AlsothankstoRogerLeBlancforhisfinecopyedits,andtoChristian
Holdenerforhisprojectmanagement.
ToSolidQ,mycompanyforoveradecade:It’sgratifyingtobepartofsuchagreat
companythatevolvedintowhatitistoday.Themembersofthiscompanyaremuchmorethan
colleaguestome;theyarepartners,friends,andfamily.ToFernandoG.Guerrero,Antonio
Soto,andDouglasMcDowell:thanksforleadingthecompany.Tomymanycolleagues:It’s
anhonortobepartofthisamazinglytalentedgroup.
TomembersoftheMicrosoftSQLServerdevelopmentteam,pastandpresent:Tobias
Ternstrom,LuborKollar,UmachandarJayachandran(UC),BorisBaryshnikov,Conor
Cunningham,KevinFarlee,JosdeBruijn,MarcFriedman,DrazenSumic,BorkoNovakovic,
MilanStojic,MilanRuzic,JovanPopovic,LindseyAllen,CraigFreedman,CampbellFraser,
EricHanson,MarkSouza,DaveCampbell,CésarGalindo-Legaria,PedroLopes,andI’m
suremanyothers.Thanksforcreatingsuchagreatproduct,andthanksforallthetimeyou
spentmeetingwithmeandrespondingtomyemails,addressingmyquestions,andanswering
myrequestsforclarification.
TomembersoftheSQLServerProeditorialteam,TimFordandDebraDonston-Miller:
I’vebeenwritingforthemagazineforalmosttwodecades,andI’mgratefulforthe
opportunitytosharemyknowledgewiththemagazine’sreaders.
ToDataPlatformMVPs,pastandpresent:PaulWhite,AlejandroMesa,Erland
Sommarskog,AaronBertrand,TiborKaraszi,BenjaminNevarez,SimonSabin,Darren
Green,AllanMitchell,TonyRogerson,andmanyothers—andtotheDataPlatformMVPlead,
JenniferMoser.ThisisagreatprogramthatI’mgratefulforandproudtobepartof.The
levelofexpertiseofthisgroupisamazing,andI’malwaysexcitedwhenweallgettomeet,
bothtoshareideasandjusttocatchupatapersonalleveloverbeers.
Finally,tomystudents:TeachingaboutT-SQLiswhatdrivesme.It’smypassion.Thanks
forallowingmetofulfillmycallingandforallthegreatquestionsthatmakemeseekmore
knowledge.
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