Why We Wrote This Book

We have many years experience working in SQL environments, and over the years we've developed, or stumbled across, a number of useful SQL design patterns that we apply to problems that we encounter in our day-to-day work. Knowing these patterns gives us an edge and allows us to accomplish things with ease that might otherwise be difficult.

Looking back over our careers, we remember the "magic" of discovering a new and innovative SQL-based solution to a programming problem. There was the sudden flash of light and a rush of adrenalin as a whole new vista of possibilities opened up before us. It's our hope that we can share some of that magic with you. For that matter, we each learned a few pieces of magic from the other while collaborating on this book.