Acknowledgments
Paul Dalberth: Thanks to Frank Wellnitz and other members of senior management at Family Health International who allowed me time to pursue this undertaking. Special thanks to my colleague and friend Dave Kinney who found a spare workstation to grace my desk at home and so eased the potential for marital discord arising from competition for computer resources. Thanks also to my project editor at Waite Group Press, Andrea Rosenberg, who was there when I needed her but still managed to grant me as much creative room as I wanted. Most heartfelt gratitude to my wife, Barbara, who never told me I was spending too much time with “that Oracle stuff” even when the monitor glowed past midnight.
Ari Kaplan: Most thanks go to my family and Rachel Greene, the best public relations pro in Chicago, hands-down. Thanks to Thomas and Dolores Everhart, along with Caltech’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. Additional thanks to Aaron Lipman and Zion B’Ayin™, David Max, Keith Langer, Rich and Carrie Brody, Meir Kahane, Mark Hodes (yes I wrote this book), Jim Bertsch, and Tyrone Kimp. I would like to acknowledge co-authors Paul Dalberth and Atul Mehta, along with Andrea Rosenberg, Stephanie Wall, Amy Sticksel, and Russ Jacobs at Waite Group Press for their great skills in keeping the book on track. Special thanks go to Edward Honour, the author of the original Oracle How-To book, for setting the groundwork for this second edition.
Atul Mehta: First and foremost to my parents for their encouragement and support to go live out my dreams. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Rick Banister, also my best friend, who made me realize that I could do well as a technical writer. Finally, a thank-you to all the co-authors and the editorial team at Waite for making it all possible.