2008 was a very good year

During 2008 I managed to write more than 18 articles and a book. Got a lot of positive response from readers which has encouraged me to do better in 2009.

The following articles are available on the Packt site

VB.NET Application with SQL Anywhere 10 database
Migrating MS Access 2003 Data using the Oracle SQL Developer 1.2
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Installation Made Easy

Moving a Database from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 in Three Steps
Windows Presentation Foundation Project - Basics of Working
Understand and Use Microsoft Silverlight with JavaScript

Term Extraction Tasks in SQL Server Integration Services
Creating a Web Page for Displaying Data from SQL Server 2008
Copying a Database from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 using the Copy Database Wizard

Creating a Simple Report with Visual Studio 2008
Data Processing using Derived Column and Aggregate Data Transformations
Creating an Analysis Services Cube with Visual Studio 2008 - Part 1

Creating an Analysis Services Cube with Visual Studio 2008 - Part 2
Using the Data Pager Control in Visual Studio 2008
Oracle SQL Developer Tool 1.5 with SQL Server 2005

A Simple Pocket PC Application using Visual Studio 2005

These two appeared on other sites.

Web enabling data on a SQL Anywhere Server using a native web service

Retrieving Data on a SQL Anywhere Server Using AJAX

Consuming a SQL Anywhere native web service using a .NET client
International Sybase Users Group Technical Journal, May / June 2008, Pages 14 - 19

The first book had favorable reception and reviews (9) from readers. There were some adverse (2) reviews as well.

I thank all the reviewers and more importantly my readers.

The second book is in its final stages and will be published during the first quarter of 2009. You may order early copies with a discount from Packt. I have tried to make it as comprehensive as possible with more than 50 hands-on exercises. I hope it is as useful as I think it will be.