Free! - Mini-Review of MySQL Bible
About the book
With the MySQL Bible you'll learn everything you need to know to get you started with MySQL and expand upon that by examining development and best-practices for MySQl implementations.
There is a cd-rom included with the book which contains version 4.1 of MySQL as well as files created for the book, php and phpMyAdmin and Perl DBI.
What you will learn
The book is devided into five parts;
The first part shows you how to get started by taking a look at the prerequisites for installing MySQL, the actual installation itself and the concepts of database design. The installation covers the major operating systems Linux, Windos and Mac.
The second part is all about SQL essentials. In this part the author examines the command line interface (CLI) and SQL statements in MySQL. The last chapter covers the use of databases and data.
Part three covers administration. Server configurations are examined along with variables and options for the MySQL server. This part also covers security as well as debugging and repairng MySQL databases and servers.
The fourth part focuses on development. Four popular methods for developing applications with MySQL are examined. This includes Perl, PHP, connecting MySQL to ODBC and JDBC with Java.
The last part is all about boosting performance. This part looks ad replication and integration of MySQL with PAM in Linux and NuSphere MySQL.
Overview
Who should buy this book?
If you're new to MySQL or if you are a basic user you'll benifit from the interesting hands-on examples, reference and best-practices of this book.
This book packs a lot of information, it contains 686 pages and we're impressed by the topics it covers. The graphics are in black and white, but most of them are clear except for some of the screenshots (especially of the console) wich are of poor quality and are hard to read. The CD-rom contains all the applications you'll need for the book. Allas the CD-rom doesn't contain much source code of the book.
Conclusion
"MySQL Bible" is a huge reference for people who want to know everything on MySQL. The book covers a huge scope. However the book and cd-rom would benefit from an update to make it the book of books on MySQL.
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