Props to Teo Lachev!
I've been spending a fair amount of time recently working on Reporting Services stuff. Last year, Teo was kind enough to have Manning Press send me a copy of his Reporting Services in Action book. Quite honestly, this is one of the best books on any technology I've ever read. But not merely because it's technically solid, but because its completely readable and to the point. I find myself diving into it regularly, as I did yesterday morning. About two hours later, I'm having lunch with our local SQL Server Specialist -- Don Bryner -- from Microsoft and we're talking about books for SQL Server 2005. Teo's name comes up. It was amazing here somebody else say exactly the same thing I've been thinking about Teo. But Don was talking about Teo's new book on Analysis Services. I had to laugh. My darling Janell was very good to me for Christmas with a Border's gift card and I redeemed for that book. It arrived Monday and I'd already consumed the first chapter of it.
But it doesn't end there: yesterday I put a bit of code up talking about how to do simple object serialization and then today Teo posts about Object Serialization in SQLCLR. While the post stands on its own technical merit, its yet another example of why I dig Teo's writing style: What it is; Why it matters; Why it does that; What to do next and how and finally, a good conclusion.
If you're not subscribed to Teo's Blog, you're missing out. If you need really good books that will help you wrap your head around Reporting Services or Analysis Services, you won't go wrong with his books.