Beginning Transact-SQL with SQL Server 2000 and 2005

Paul Turley
Dan Wood

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About the Authors

Paul Turley (Seattle, WA) is a Senior Consultant for Hitachi Consulting, where he architects and develops business reporting solutions and database systems for many high-profile business clients. He has been developing database solutions since 1991 for companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Boise Cascade, Disney, and Microsoft. He has been a Microsoft Certified Professional and Trainer since 1996 and currently holds his MCDBA, MCSD, MSF Practitioner, IT Project+, and A+ certifications.

Paul designed and maintains www.Scout-Master.com, a web-based service that enables Boy Scouts and their leaders to manage their own unit web sites, membership, and advancement records on-line using SQL Server and ASP.NET. Paul has been a contributing or lead author on Professional SQL Server Reporting Services (1st and 2nd editions), Beginning Access 2002 VBA, Professional SQL Server 2000 Data Warehousing with Analysis Services, and Professional Access 2000 Programming from WROX Press.

Dan Wood (Silverdale, WA) is the Operations Manager, Database Administrator, and SQL Server Trainer for Netdesk Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions in Seattle where he manages and develops database solutions as well as trains database professionals from organizations throughout the Northwest. He has been a Microsoft Certified Professional and Trainer since 1999 and currently holds his MCDBA, MCSD, and MCSE certifications.

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For my daughter, Sara

Who doesn't care much about SQL but has been a source of incredible strength and inspiration. You're a fighter and a champion! — P. T.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Sherri, and our kids for their support during a turbulent year; to my parents, Mark and Carol Turley, for their ever-present love and support; to Sharon Simpson for coming to the rescue.

Props to Dan Wood, my supporting author, for his dedication and perseverance. He did an awesome job of picking me up, slapping me around, and saying "what were you thinking?!" at just the right time; and thanks to the entire Wood family for allowing me talk him into this. My appreciation goes to Gregg Shipler for his assistance, friendship, and instruction. Thanks to everyone at Hitachi Consulting, a truly amazing organization and stellar group of professionals; and thanks to many students and consulting clients, without whom none of this would be possible.

Thanks to the folks at Wiley Publishing: Marcia Ellett, Bob Elliott, and Joe Wikert. You are professionals and great people with a genuine sense of what's really important. Thanks to my daughter, Rachael, for a great job managing my screen shot files.