Simply SQL

by Rudy Limeback

Copyright © 2008 SitePoint Pty. Ltd.

Expert Reviewer: Joe Celko
Technical Editor: Andrew Tetlaw
Technical Editor: Dan Maharry
Managing Editor: Chris Wyness
Technical Director: Kevin Yank
Editor: Kelly Steele
Index Editor: Russell Brooks
Cover Design: Alex Walker

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About the Author

Rudy Limeback is a semi-retired SQL Consultant living in Toronto, Canada. His broad SQL experience spans more than 20 years, and includes working with DB2, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, and MySQL. He’s an avid participant in discussion forums, primarily at SitePoint (http://sitepoint.com/forums/). His two web sites are http://r937.com/ for SQL and http://rudy.ca/ for personal stuff. When not glued to his computer, Rudy enjoys playing touch football and frisbee golf.

About the Expert Reviewer

Joe Celko served ten years on ANSI/ISO SQL Standards Committee and contributed to the SQL-89 and SQL-92 standards. He is the author of seven books on SQL for Morgan Kaufmann, and has written over 800 columns in the computer trade and academic press, mostly dealing with data and databases.

About the Technical Editors

Andrew Tetlaw has been tinkering with web sites as a web developer since 1997. Before that, he worked as a high school English teacher, an English teacher in Japan, a window cleaner, a car washer, a kitchen hand, and a furniture salesman. Andrew is dedicated to making the world a better place through the technical editing of SitePoint books and kits. He’s also a busy father of five, enjoys coffee, and often neglects his blog at http://tetlaw.id.au/.

Dan Maharry is a senior developer for Co-operative Web, a software development workers co-op based in the UK. He specializes in working with new technologies and has been working with .NET since its first beta. Dan lives with his lovely wife Jane and a rose bush that’s trying to engulf his house.

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To my children, Dieter, Damon, Anna, and Eric, my granddaughters Claire and Norah, and to my Mom.

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