>>>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. :-)
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>>I read the book and then to the end I will be able makes a judgment on its competences.
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>Ummm... you get to make a judgement on whether it's a good book.
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>You get to make a judgement on whether it's worthwhile information.
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>But you don't get a vote on whether or not Kalen knows what she's talking about.

Garrett,

Let's see. Kalen started working originally with Sybase in 1987 in tech support then left in 1991 and has worked as a consultant with Microsoft developing training materials for SQL Server and is a columnist for SQL Server Magazine. Considering that she and Ron Soukup, who led the SQL Server development team, wrote Inside SQL Server 7.0, the predecessor to the 2000 version, I would guess that there's a chance, just a small chance, that she might know what she's talking about.< vbg >