What is the best book on MySql?

[lkrubner@geocities.com]

What is the best book to read about MySql?

[el_roachmeister@yahoo.com]

Re: What is the best book on MySql?

lkrubner@geocit ies.com wrote:[color=blue]
> What is the best book to read about MySql?[/color]

Google is the best book. The last time I bought a book to learn a
programming language was more than eight years ago because my
university class required it.

[Ben Bullock]

Re: What is the best book on MySql?


<lkrubner@geoci ties.com> wrote in message
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> What is the best book to read about MySql?[/color]

"MySQL" by Paul DuBois seemed to be well regarded so I bought it and it is
pretty easy to read and understand. It has 1294 pages including a chapter on
programming with PHP.

[NC]

Re: What is the best book on MySql?

lkrubner@geocit ies.com wrote:[color=blue]
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> What is the best book to read about MySql?[/color]

Assuming you already have some knowledge of MySQL (which I am sure
you do, since we have been corresponding in PHP-related newsgroups
for a while), I would highly recommmend "High-Performance MySQL"
by Jeremy Zawodny and Derek Balling.

Cheers,
NC

[lkrubner@geocities.com]

Re: What is the best book on MySql?

> Google is the best book. The last time I bought a book to learn a[color=blue]
> programming language was more than eight years ago because my
> university class required it.[/color]

I don't know about that. Newsgroup posts tend to be short and are
imperfect at giving one a background understanding of important issues.
The source materials and manuals are overwhelming and it is difficult
to know where to start with them. Good, well written, in-depth
tutorials are few and far between. It is useful when a good writer can
patiently explain how things work and give some guidance about what is
more important and what is less important.