September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
14h 27m
English
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Acknowledgments
This book was originally conceived in March 2002. It’s been a long effort that wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of many people.
Brian Jepson, editor, provided valuable advice about content, structure, and writing. His suggestions about grammar, voice, and style made this book better in ways that nobody will ever know about. Brian also pushed me to get this book done by setting aggressive timelines that kept me up nights—for this I’m also grateful. I’ve truly enjoyed working with him on this project.
John Osborn, executive editor, conceived the original idea for this book and believed in and supported this project. John is representative of O’Reilly and its employees. Together they make the difficult, often (very) tedious, task of writing a book much easier with their fairness, directness, professionalism, and honesty. I write for O’Reilly because I believe this publisher is truly dedicated to creating a high-quality book that provides great value for the reader. A big plus is that they have a low-bureaucracy environment—contracts, for example, are short and written in plain English, allowing me to understand them without legal advice.
Technical reviewer Shawn Wildermuth provided valuable feedback about the technical content. He pointed out where my explanations needed clarification and where they needed more detail. Shawn also suggested some great, new recipe ideas that I have included in this book.
The ADO.NET programming community gladly shared ...
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