ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

The decision to write the second edition of this book was made in early 2007. Rather than just adding new recipes to cover additions and changes since ADO.NET 1.0, I came up with an ambitious plan that among other things involved writing new recipes to fill gaps, making it easier to read and use the book without a computer nearby, reorganizing the book to improve continuity, and rewriting all of the code to clarify solutions. The result is a book that has more than 50 additional recipes and is over 50 percent longer than the original. It's been a long effort that wouldn't have been possible without the efforts and support of many people.

Colleen Gorman edited the second edition of this book, and I thank her for a careful review and many thoughtful suggestions and corrections. Thanks also to Brian Jepson, who was editor for the first version of this book—a big job for him because it was also my first book. Brian's encouragement, support, and constructive criticism helped create a successful book and made me a better writer in many ways. And thanks to Rachel Monaghan, production editor, and the entire production team at O'Reilly for turning the manuscript into this book.

John Osborn, executive editor, conceived the original idea for the first edition of this book. His support throughout that project contributed to the success of the first edition and made this sequel possible. John is representative of O'Reilly and its employees. Together, they make the difficult and ...