About the Author Eric A. Smith is an independent consultant who lives in the Washington, D.C. area. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and works extensively in both Web and traditional client/server environments. He has written, edited, or contributed to eight books in the Visual Basic and Web markets. Mr. Smith is also the owner of both the VB Techniques Web site (http://vbtechniques.com) and the ASP Techniques Web site (http://asptechniques.com). These sites are used to provide "service after the sale" to his readers. You can get updated code and related articles for all of his books at these sites. He is also the creator of inquiry.com's Ask the VB Pro site, now part of Fawcette Technical Publications. Mr. Smith is active at his church and is a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. If you'd like to contact him with questions about the book, you can reach him via e-mail at aspbib1e@ asptechniques.com.