Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views

Acknowledgements
Louis Davidson
To acknowledge all the people who made my part of this book possible would take
forever (plus, I don't think I could just cut and paste the entire list of SQL Server MVPs,
the Microsoft employees, and all of the bloggers out there who blogged about DMVs in
here, and get away with it).
However, I do want to mention three particular people on the technical side. First, Tony
Davis who is both one of the best editors around and one of the most annoying (you take
that back! – Ed). The results he gets from an amateur like me never cease to amaze me,
even if his super attention to detail makes him "fun" to work with.
Next, Glenn Berry, who is a heck of a guy and has done some awesome work with the
DMVs on his website, during his technical review of this book, and in his contributions to
the text and scripts herein.
Finally, Tim Ford, without whom I doubt I would ever have finished this book. It was our
conversations with Tony at the 2008 PASS conference that really got the book started on
the path to completion.
On the less computer-oriented side, I want to thank my wife and daughter for just
being there. After five books, I don't think they even notice I am doing this anymore,
but they do give me strength to keep going at times. And my granddaughter, who
didn't even exist when I first started this book, three years ago; and boy, does that put it
all into perspective!
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