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Summary: Love it!
Review: This book is the perfect reference. It was cohesive, well designed and had great examples.
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Summary: Excelent Book For All Levels of mySQL & mSQL
Review: This is the one! Of all the mySQL and mSQL books available this is the only book out there that has the needed content and can explain it to all levels of people. Me and my staff use it daily now and is required reading. Thanks O'Rielly! and Thanks Geroge Reese! You've both done it again.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this book, and I was not disappointed when it arrived! Great overview, easy to understand, and a wonderful references. I've only just begun to read it, and I've already picked up a great deal.For anyone working with MySQL, this is a must-have.
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Summary: All things to all developers, Nothing to Nobody...
Review: Before I start in with the thrashing, I would recomend this book to people who have NEVER done database development or administration. If you really haven't worked with databases this might be a nice, gentle intro. Otherwise, let the games begin.
This book was a let down. It tried too hard to be all things to all people and ended up being nothing to nobody... The last 200+ pages of the book were a nice reference but that's about it. The begining of the book provided a nice history lesson and some background, but that information isn't that critical.
If you are into Perl I would go through the MySQL tutorial that is part of the documentation
If you develop in Python, Java, C++, PHP or some other language with a API for MySQL, maybe this is the best info available. I hope thats not the case.
Better Luck Next Time...
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Summary: Excellent Book - Comprehensive, great guide and reference
Review: I have significant experience building relational databases using MSql with C and Perl. I recently started working with MySQL with JDBC and Perl. The book has comprehensive chapters and appendix refrences covering all aspects of database administration and client access using Perl, Java, C, C++, and PHP. It is a great teching guide for the things that I don't know too well and a great reference to the things that I do. It is clear, concise and gives real-world examples. I purchased the Highes Technologies MSql book when it was first released - this O'Reilly book puts the Hughes book to shame. HIghly recommended, even for the experienced DB admin and programmer.
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Summary: GREAT book - well written, typical of why I buy ORA.
Review: GREAT book, goes into detail on the development and design of both MySQL and mSQL, and has an excellent SQL tutorial. This book is typical of the reasons why I have over $1k worth of O'Reilly books on my bookshelf at both home and the office.
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Summary: Perfect companion to MySQL
Review: This book is a perfect reference companion for MySQL, in many ways building on the current manual, and providing extensive, well designed reference sections.
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Summary: EXCULUSIVE BOOK
Review: this book helped me to create my own database easily.. wonderful guide book about writing and creating database
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Summary: Satisfied and a very good reference
Review: I have had this book for 3 years now and it is still on my "easy-access bookshelf". I use MySQL and can't comment on the mSQL portion. I can't claim that it is the best book to learn from, but it was adequate for me at the time...the mere fact that I still use this book so frequently is enough for me to recommend anyone to buy it as a MySQL reference book.
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Summary: Not Enough Stars!
Review: Do NOT buy any other book on MySQL. You will end up tossing others aside and buying this one. As others have said, chapter 2 gives the absolute best discussion of normalization ever. It is required reading of new staff in my shop. This book is always within arms reach when I am coding. Do yourself a big favor and buy it NOW.
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