Markus is modest; he is the author of the top post, and imho is up with Joe Celko in offering great techniques to use SQL effectively (both at http://modern-sql

Markus is modest; he is the author of the top post, and imho is up with Joe Celko in offering great techniques to use SQL effectively (both at http://modern-sql.com/ http://modern-sql.com/ as above and http://use-the-index-luke.com/ http://use-the-index-luke.com/). I'm a fan.