Set up a MySQL database on Windows or Linux with help from this step-by-step beginner’s guide. Learn to design and create a database with tables, load data into your tables, and generate basic and advanced reports. You’ll also get details on how to administer, secure, and back up your database, and import data from other programs. Plus, learn to use PHP for dynamic web pages and MySQL web interfaces. Get started in no time with today’s most popular open source database and take advantage of all the features MySQL database server has to offer.
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Dr. John W. Horn is a recognized MySQL lecturer and trainer with Interstate Software LLC. Michael Grey is an IT professional, trainer, and writer who provides courseware development for Interstate Software, LLC. Interstate Software is the only gold-level partner with MySQL AB, the commercial MySQL company founded by the creators of the MySQL database server. Interstate Software provides authorized MySQL training and consulting.
Anonymous
Posted Sun Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2004
The other day I was asked to recommend a book on MySQL, which is one of the many things I am asked to do as a degreed/certified IT professional, but I digress. Knowing that most people have not yet learned the art of tech divination, I set out to find a book that would give a good basic understanding and result in the fewest phone calls for continued help from the database novice in question. While searching for this Rosetta Stone for MySQL, I came across this little gem. I skim all books I think about buying to see if the book is worth it¿s weight in paper, but this time I ended up reading the first two chapters at the bookshelf. The layout and content of this book is exactly what I would teach someone wanting to start using MySQL, and the computer jargon is kept to a minimum or clearly explained. This book delivers just what it promises: essential skills and a working understanding of MySQL with a bonus of PHP basics.
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Posted Fri Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2004
It's true! Coding can be fun! Databases can be fun! I picked up this book totally ignorant about MySQL, but came away feeling pretty confident about putting an interactive database on my site. The book reads incredibly well-- clearly the author is as good with English as she is with coding. The screen captures are particularly clear, and you feel as if you've been taken by the hand and led confidently through the minefield of coding! Each chapter has tips and a test to check you've mastered the content before you move on. It's structured so you start as a total beginner and end something of an expert. Fun examples are used throughout, in keeping with the pace and style of the book. This book will become a well-thumbed friend. Highly recommended.
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Overview
Set up a MySQL database on Windows or Linux with help from this step-by-step beginner’s guide. Learn to design and create a database with tables, load data into your tables, and generate basic and advanced reports. You’ll also get details on how to administer, secure, and back up your database, and import data from other programs. Plus, learn to use PHP for dynamic web pages and MySQL web interfaces. Get ...