Acknowledgments

This book couldn't have been written without the help of many individuals at O'Reilly, including Robert Denn, Nancy Kotary, John Osborn, and Brian Jepson, who kept the book on track through its revision process. We also owe heartfelt thanks to the technical reviewers, including Shawn Wildermuth, who offered valuable comments throughout.

Without the support of these people and many more at O'Reilly, the book would never have been written.

Bill

I would like to thank Molly for her encouragement and support. I love you Molly—you're the best! I would also like to thank my friends and family who not only put up with me, but cheer me on.

Matthew

I'd like to thank my parents (all four of them) and my endlessly supportive wife Faria, whom I love dearly. Without them all, this book would never have been written!

CD-ROM Acknowledgments

ADO.NET in a Nutshell for Visual Studio .NET is the work of many individuals. Mike Sierra of O'Reilly converted the ADO.NET namespace API references to Microsoft Help 2.0 format and added the XML tags needed to integrate their content with the Visual Studio .NET Dynamic Help system. He was assisted by Lenny Muellner and Erik Ray. Greg Dickerson and the O'Reilly Tech Support group tested each prerelease build of the software. Kipper York and Shane McRoberts of the Microsoft Help team provided invaluable technical assistance at critical moments, and Erik Promislow of Active State built the install package that makes our Help files an integral part of the Visual Studio .NET developer environment. John Osborn managed the development and release of the product. Frank Gocinski of the Visual Studio .NET third-party integration program was instrumental in making us full VSIP partners. A special tip of the hat as well to Rob Howard who understood our original vision and helped us make the right connections to get this project off the ground