First of all, I would like to thank the contributing authors to previous editions of this book, Ronald Plew and Arie D. Jones.
Ronald Plew is my retired co-founder of Perpetual Technologies and is a great friend. I could not have started my first successful business without him. Ron studied and consulted in the field of relational database technology for more than 20 years, is a published author, and helped me build a database training program at Indiana University–Purdue University (IUPUI) in Indianapolis. Ron taught SQL and database classes at IUPUI for 5 years.
Arie D. Jones is the vice president for Emerging Technologies for Indy Data Partners, Inc. (IDP), in Indianapolis and helped me get that company off to a successful start. Arie leads IDP’s team of experts in planning, design, development, deployment, and management of database environments and applications to achieve the best combination of tools and services for each client. He is a regular speaker at technical events and has authored several books and articles on database-related topics.
Thank you also to Angie Gleim, Amy Reeves, Terri Klein, and all of my team members for doing such a professional job running our companies so that I have the freedom to take on projects like this. And as always, thanks to the staff at Pearson and Sams Publishing for your attention to detail and patience. It is always a pleasure working with you.