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Summary: This is an outstanding book
Review: If you need to learn how to use MySQL you cannot go wrong with this book. This has been one of the best values for the money of all the technical books I've bought in the past few years. I bought it when I had to come up to speed very fast with a web application which uses MySQL. I have found everything I needed so far, from information about administration issues to helpful programming examples. The prose is well-written and easy to follow and although he covers basic stuff it's not in a way that is irritating to people with experience of other database systems.My colleagues keep walking off with it - even if they are using some other database but find the docs & 3rd party books they have are inadequate. That's a testament to what a useful tool this book is.
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Summary: Getting ready to crack her open
Review: I work for a Tech school and this book comes highly recommended to me, besides the book "PHP and MySQL Web Development 0672317842". I am half way through this book and it VERY much complements "PHP and MySQL Web Development". I am not trying to advertise this but if you are like me and love / have to learn to create PHP- Web/Intranet/Database driven-apps/ you will not go wrong with this book. I find that having more then one perspective on the above subjects makes it easier to learn, that is why I am mentioning both books. Hey PHP is free and so is MYSQL. They will both run on Windows or Unix. If you are starting out and attempting to build "Dynamic/Interactive Websites" on a basic open platform/server environment then PHP & MYSQL should be in your scope of learning...
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Summary: Excellent, well written book
Review: Few computer books are a pleasure to read. This one is. DuBois has written an accessable, clear introduction to mysql, the high performance rdbms. My only two problems with it are that he doesn't cover python programming (C, PHP and Perl) and there is little coverage of InnoDB (transactions). MySQL is changing so quickly that this book will soon need an update.
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Summary: Best MySQL book out there!
Review: Most of the other MySQL books aren't really MySQL centered-they use it as the backend for a language (like PHP or perhaps it's a CGI book that has a chapter or two on dbs, and they use MySQL). This is the *definative* book on the db-the stamp of approval from the create mind behind MySQLAB (...) is on it. This book has a little bit for everyone. If you wanted to just wet your appetite, you really don't need much more than the tutorial and the PHP chapter. With these two-you can pretty write a web-based app immediately. Once you want to tune and optimize your application, you better check out the chapters that deal with the details of queries and indexing-the guts of the MySQL SQL. Also, the Perl chapter gives you a more robust language than PHP, and the C chapter gives you something if you want a blazing fast app. Finally there are the administration chapters-they give you background on the admin tasks. One suggestion I'd give though, make sure you read the MySQL docs. They're pretty good about details. Also, for PHP-get the PHP docs, the MySQL functions are really handy. If you want to use perl, get the Perl DBI book from O'reilly-I found it indispensable.
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Summary: Good book if you have a DBA to lean on occassionally
Review: I read somewhere online that this book would be a great help to someone with no previous experience of mySQL - I have many years Unix experience and consider myself reasonably quick at picking up new skills yet I think this book was a waste of my money... Before you can create a database you need to create a database account which aids data security. This was the area I stalled on because the book simply refers you to ask for assistance from your DBA... After more than half the way through the book it does spend some effort on creating access to your database for others though it does not say how you created access for yourself in the first place. So - I have the book and no DBA meaning I have still to find another book to walk me through basic mySQL... I felt tricked and this book takes pride for being the first disappointment in my existing library of 50+ books covering Unix, Linux, Windoze, Networking and programming... Saying all this though, I'm sure the book is a useful tool if you have some mySQL experience, but don't expect it to teach you how to run until you've learned how to walk elsewhere...
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Summary: The definitive guide
Review: This is one of the only mySQL books, so it's fortunate that it's excellent. I'm fairly non-technical and find this an accessible reference tool every time I pick it up.
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Summary: for beginners, excellent intro...
Review: I have just completed the tutorial; I'm very impressed with this book. I had NO experience with SQL, other than nodding my head when someone asked if I knew what it was :^) I use Linux (mandrake 8/8.1) with mysql/apache/php pre-config'd during OS install. I have read quite few books recently to get myself up and running with php, mysql and web applications. After going through this tutorial, I am very confidant that I can create web apps using mysql/php. I had no problems with any of the lessons in the tutorials. The author does a GREAT job; no b.s that I didnt understand. I was able to log in to my remote host, setup user accounts, create the sample database perfectly. I highly recommend this to beginners, at the very least. Ill further update this review int he weeks to come. ciao
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Summary: MySQL for everyone
Review: This is without a doubt the best MySQL book I've read. It covers everything from the basic beginnings of creating tables and choosing data values, thorough advanced table selecting and administration of mysql. It even covers Perl, C, and PHP DBIs for using MySQL in your programming applications. The book is thorough, well-written, and easy to follow without being to basic.
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Summary: The best introduction to database management
Review: MySQL is a wonderful database management system, and this book is the perfect complement to it. As a professional database administrator, I refer to this book nearly every day. With the combination of this book, and one of the many fine PHP references available, you'll be able to set up a solid, working, Web-based database system in a matter of days to weeks.
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Summary: Do you use MySQL? If so, this is the printed reference
Review: Yes, this book is getting aged (this is the reason I gave four rather than five stars). The wonderful MySQL people keep their documentation on the web very up-to-date, but sometimes you want a printed reference. This is it. At work, we have MySQL books that are more recent, but they are not as comprehensive. My boss once referred to the book as my "bible" when I told someone off the "top of my head" the page number that would answer their question. That's the power of this book, it is very well organized and get's to the point so that you can use MySQL quickly, regardless of your background. If you have this book, along with a book that is related to MySQL and how you plan to use it (eg., with PHP) and the MySQL website, then you are set!
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