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Acknowledgments

Each of the authors has arrived at this collaboration through a
different path, but we would all like to thank the team at
O'Reilly for making this book both possible and a
joy to write. At the top of the list is Debby Russell, who was able
to leverage her robust scalability throughout the deployment of this
work (go edit that one!). Debby not only helped
to create this book, but believed in the concept enough to take it on
as a projectthree times over. We are lucky to have her as an
editor and a friend. The rest of the O'Reilly crew
also deserve a lot of credit, especially Reg Aubry, the production
editor; Rob Romano, who developed the figures; and John Bickelhaupt,
who wrote the index. It's incredible how they were
able to strike the perfect balancealways there when we needed
something, but leaving us alone when we didn't.

We're all grateful to each other. Giving birth to a
book is a difficult process, but it can be harrowing when split three
ways. Everyone hung in there and did their best throughout this
process. We'd also like to give our sincere thanks
to the technical reviewers for various editions of this book. These
include Craig Shallahamer of OraPub, Domenick Ficarella, Jonathan
Gennick, Jenny Gelhausen, and Dave Klein. This somewhat thankless but
crucially important work really enhanced the value of the book
you're reading.

Rick thanks the incredibly bright and gifted people who have shared
their wealth of knowledge with him over the years, including Bruce
Scott, Earl Stahl, Jerry Chang, and Jim Milbery. In particular, he
thanks the two individuals who have been his technical mentors over
the course of his entire career: Ed Hickland and Dave Klein, who have
repeatedly spent time explaining to and discussing with him some of
the broader and finer points of database technology.

For the later editions of this book Rick would also like to thank all
those colleagues at Oracle who helped him in his time of need,
checking on those last- minute clarifications, including John Lang,
Bruce Lowenthal. Alice Watson, Dave Leroy, Sushil Kumar, Mughees
Minhas, Daniela Hansell, Penny Avril, Mark Townsend, and Mark Drake.
And a special thank you to Jenny Tsai-Smith, who always seemed to
have the time and knowledge to clear up any Oracle database problem.
And last, but certainly not least, my primary coauthor, Bob
Stackowiak, who has become a good friend over our years of
collaboration.

Robert acknowledges all his friends over the years around the world
at Oracle Corporation, IBM, Harris Computer Systems, and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. Through personal relationships and email,
they have shared a lot and provided him with incredible opportunities
for learning. At Oracle, he would especially like to thank members of
Andy Mendelsohn's team who have always been helpful
in providing material ahead of releases, including Mark Townsend,
Raymond Roccaforte, George Lumpkin, Hermann Baer, the Dutch guys in
California developing Oracle Warehouse Builder, and many others.
Special thanks are also extended to Louis Nagode for the Discoverer
image he captured on his laptop for this edition and to Lilian Hobbs
for early access to Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
on a development server. Also, he'd like
to thank his management for recognizing the value of such projects.
including Greg Barker, Susan Cook, and Mark Salser.
He'd also like to thank his customers, who have
always had the most practical experience using the products and tools
he has worked with and from whom he will continue to learn.

Jonathan thanks Murray Golding, an excellent friend and Oracle
practitioner, for his insights and analogies; Sam Mele, a true
friend, for plucking him from the "frozen
North" and opening doors; and the Oracle Server
Technologies members and their teams, including Juan Tellez, Ron
Weiss, Juan Loaiza, and Carol Colrain for their help during his years
at Oracle.