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Introduction

Code Samples

This book features a companion website that makes available to you all the code used 

in the book, the errata, and additional resources. 

http://tsql.solidq.com

Refer to the Appendix, “Getting Started,” for details about the source code.

Acknowledgments

Many people contributed to making this book a reality, whether directly or indirectly, 

and deserve thanks and recognition.

To Lilach, for giving reason to everything I do, and for not complaining about the 

endless hours I spend on SQL.

To my parents Mila and Gabi and to my siblings Mickey and Ina, thanks for the con-

stant support. Thanks for accepting the fact that I’m away, which is now harder than 

ever. Mom, we’re all counting on you to be well and are encouraged by your strength 

and determination. Dad, thanks for being so supportive.

To members of the Microsoft SQL Server development team; Lubor Kollar, Tobias 

Ternstrom, Umachandar Jayachandran (UC), and I’m sure many others. Thanks for the 

great effort, and thanks for all the time you spent meeting me and responding to my 

email messages, addressing my questions and requests for clarification. I think that 

SQL Server 2012 and SQL Database show great investment in T-SQL, and I hope this 

will continue.

To the editorial team at O’Reilly Media and Microsoft Press; to Ken Jones, thanks 

for all the Itzik hours you spent, and thanks for initiating the project. To Russell Jones, 

thanks for your efforts in taking over the project and running it from the O’Reilly side. 

Also thanks to Kristen Borg, Kathy Krause, and all others who worked on the book. 

To Herbert Albert and Gianluca Hotz, thanks for your work as the technical editors of 

the book. Your edits were excellent and I’m sure they improved the book’s quality and 

accuracy.

To SolidQ, my company for the last decade: it’s gratifying to be part of such a great 

company that evolved to what it is today. The members of this company are much more 

than colleagues to me; they are partners, friends, and family. Thanks to Fernando G. 

Guerrero, Douglas McDowell, Herbert Albert, Dejan Sarka, Gianluca Hotz, Jeanne Reeves, 

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