Sql server® 2012 t-sql fundamentals

 

Introduction  

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Glenn McCoin, Fritz Lechnitz, Eric Van Soldt, Joelle Budd, Jan Taylor, Marilyn Temple-

ton, Berry Walker, Alberto Martin, Lorena Jimenez, Ron Talmage, Andy Kelly, Rushabh 

Mehta, Eladio Rincón, Erik Veerman, Jay Hackney, Richard Waymire, Carl Rabeler, Chris 

Randall, Johan Åhlén, Raoul Illyés, Peter Larsson, Peter Myers, Paul Turley, and so many 

others.

To members of the SQL Server Pro editorial team, Megan Keller, Lavon Peters, Mi-

chele Crockett, Mike Otey, and I’m sure many others; I’ve been writing for the magazine 

for more than a decade and am grateful for the opportunity to share my knowledge 

with the magazine’s readers.

To SQL Server MVPs Alejandro Mesa, Erland Sommarskog, Aaron Bertrand, Tibor 

Karaszi, Paul White, and many others, and to the MVP lead, Simon Tien; this is a great 

program that I’m grateful and proud to be part of. The level of expertise of this group is 

amazing and I’m always excited when we all get to meet, both to share ideas and just to 

catch up at a personal level over beer. I believe that, in great part, Microsoft’s inspira-

tion to add new T-SQL capabilities in SQL Server is thanks to the efforts of SQL Server 

MVPs, and more generally the SQL Server community. It is great to see this synergy 

yielding such a meaningful and important outcome.

To Q2, Q3, and Q4, thanQ. 

Finally, to my students: teaching SQL is what drives me. It’s my passion. Thanks for 

allowing me to fulfill my calling, and for all the great questions that make me seek more 

knowledge.