>>Fabio, the original author of Inside SQL Server 6.5, Ron Soukup, was the general manager for SQL
>>Server. He and Kalen collaborated on the 7.0 version, and then Kalen was sole author on the SQL
>>Server 2000 version. I think we can consider her authoritative on the subject. :-)
>
>I read the book and then to the end I will be able makes a judgment on its competences.

Ummm... you get to make a judgement on whether it's a good book.

You get to make a judgement on whether it's worthwhile information.

But you don't get a vote on whether or not Kalen knows what she's talking about.