MySQL

For courses in Database Administration, Linux, and Database Systems. In MySQL, Paul DuBois provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most popular relational database systems. Paul has contributed to the online documentation for MySQL, and is an active member of the MySQL community. The principal MySQL developer, Monty Widenius, and a network of his fellow developers reviewed the manuscript, providing Paul with the kind of insight no one else could supply. Instead of merely giving students a general overview of MySQL, Paul teaches them how to make the most of its capabilities. Through two sample database applications that run throughout the book, he gives students solutions to problems they're sure to face. He helps them integrate MySQL efficiently with third-party tools, such as PHP and Perl, enabling them to generate dynamic Web pages through database queries. He teaches them to write programs that access MySQL databases, and also provides a comprehensive set of references to column types, operators, functions, SQL syntax, MySQL programming, C API, Perl DBI, and PHP API. MySQL simply gives you the kind of information you won't find anywhere else