Acknowledgments

More people have contributed to this book than I can possibly mention here. MySQL Community members who helped me as they continue to help others get started and to explain both technical and silly questions with infinite patience. Mikael Ronström and Stewart Smith have been exceptionally generous with their time.

I also reserve special thanks to Arjen Lentz (community relations manager for MySQL AB), who published my first guide on http://dev.mysql.com (which led to this book) and who has continued to provide me with opportunities to get involved with the MySQL community.

I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to my co-author, who has continually corrected my errors and helped me with all sorts of details during the process of writing this book.

Finally I thank everyone who allowed me the time to complete this project, including everyone at Oundle (particularly Bruce McDowell for encouraging me to work hard at what I was good at) and of course my parents, who lost sight of me for days on end while I was writing this book!

—Alex Davies

Many people have contributed to helping with this book and helping get me where I am today.

First are the MySQL Cluster people themselves, who have spent a lot of time helping me and also in creating this great technology. Mikael, Pekka, Jonas, Martin, Stewart, Jon, and others have all done a great job getting MySQL Cluster where it is now.

Next are the current and former MySQL AB folks, who I thank for creating the original basis for the software and giving me a job where I can learn about things such as MySQL Cluster. Particular thanks to Jeremy, Ulf, Marc, Max, Monty, Kaj, Dean, and Arjen for everything you’ve done for me over the years.

Additionally, I would like to thank my co-author and editor, who have put up with me and my procrastination for the duration of the book process. I find their patience to be very generous and understanding, and I have enjoyed working with them.

Finally, thanks to the non-MySQL people who have helped me out so much. My family and friends have all been helpful in keeping me going while writing the book. Erin, my lovely fiancee, has been wonderful and understanding about the time required. Wyatt, one of my best friends, thanks for originally convincing me that writing a book was a good thing.

—Harrison Fisk