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Dedication
To my Mom and Dad, who have always been a tremendous inspiration for me.
I am nothing without you both. I love you.
—Sara Morgan
To my fiancée, Frida, my mother, Viveca, and the memory of my father, Bertil.
—Tobias Thernström
To my wife, Mary, who patiently endured the late nights and long weekends that were spent
on this effort, and to Nikki the Rottweiler, who tried her best to help but just
couldn’t get the syntax down.
—Ted Malone
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About the Authors
Sara Morgan
Sara Morgan, an independent author and consultant based in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an MCSD and MCDBA and is certified
in SQL Server 2000 and Visual Basic .NET. She specializes in devel-
oping leading-edge Web-based applications using Microsoft tech-
nologies. Since graduating from Louisiana State University with a
degree in quantitative business analysis, she has been developing
software for a variety of industries, including a not-for-profit hospi-
tal, a financial company offering mortgages, a major retailer, a soft-
ware company that writes legislative software, and an application
service provider.
Sara has written articles for MSDN Magazine, Enterprise Development, .NET Development, Visual
Studio Magazine, and DevX.com. She has also co-written MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam
70-529): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Application Development (Microsoft Press,
2006) and MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-547): Designing and Developing Web-Based
Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Sara’s articles about enhanced computing
and her latest research efforts can be found at http://www.custsolutions.net.
To b i a s T h e r n s t r ö m
Tobias Thernström has enjoyed the company of SQL Server for
over 10 years. He is a senior database architect and trainer at Rbam
AB (www.rbam.se), a professional software services company
located in Sweden. Tobias has been involved in the development of
several SQL Server certifications provided by Microsoft. He is an
MCT and co-founder of the Swedish SQL Server User Group
(www.sqlug.se).
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Te d M a l o n e
Ted Malone has been working with SQL Server since the days of
OS/2 and has developed database systems ranging from small to
extremely large. Ted is currently product strategy architect for Con-
figuresoft, Inc. (http://www.configuresoft.com), a Colorado Springs,
Colorado–based software development firm and Microsoft Gold
ISV Partner that specializes in delivering enterprise management
tools for Fortune 1000 corporations. Ted is the vice president of
the Rocky Mountain SQL Server Users Group and a frequent con-
tributor to the Professional Association for SQL Server. Ted was
also a contributing author to SQL Server Security (McGraw-Hill
Osborne Media, 2003) as well as a contributor to several SQL
Server 2005 study guides.
In his free time, Ted enjoys the Colorado wilderness with his family and dogs. Ted is also an
avid pilot with more than 4,000 hours of flight time and enjoys riding his motorcycle when-
ever possible.
