Bob Beauchemin - Database Geek of the Week!
Bob Beauchemin is this week's Database Geek of the Week. Bob is an author and a teacher, as well as a consultant when time allows. His most recent book is A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers. From the interview...
Doug: Your most recent book, A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers, was based on an early version of SQL Server 2005. I have written books about beta software, and it is a very difficult process. How did you find it?
Bob: It’s time-consuming because things are constantly being revised, breaking your code samples. And we wrote a lot of code samples, many of them using .NET Reflector or the like for documentation. We actually rewrote the book at least four times before publication. And we’re writing a revision to it for SQL Server 2005 RTM. My first book, Essential ADO.NET, was similar; I handed it in the day .NET 1.0 shipped.