MySQL Reference Manual: Documentation from the Source

By Eric Chevallier and Chevallier Eric

Book Overview

MySQL is the most popular SQL database in the open source community and is used almost universally by web sites running on open source systems. As powerful and flexible as it is lightweight and efficient, MySQL packs a large feature set into a very small and fast engine that now runs on more than 500,000 servers. This renowned online manual that has supported MySQL administrators and database developers for years is now available in paperback format. This book is an exact reproduction of the MySQL Reference Manual from the MySQL development team's Web site, minus some non-technical appendices. This version covers MySQL 4.0.

Many sophisticated topics appear in this comprehensive manual, ranging from the hitches you may run into when first installing MySQL to internals that will help you tune your queries. MySQL Reference Manual contains all the comprehensive reference material one would expect for building the product, running administrative utilities, and using various API as well as MySQL's rich version of SQL. In addition, you can turn a page and find such unexpected riches as:

A thorough comparison of MySQL with SQL standards and other databases A discussion of privileges and suggested uses of privileges to enhance security Directions for replicating a database and for running several MySQL servers on a single system Directions for initializing a database from a flat file Guidelines for estimating the performance of different queries A far-reaching discussion of optimization, with reference to the implementation of MySQL Investigations of the differences between data types and the pros and cons of each type of number, string, or timestamp An extended inquiry into the effects of using delayed inserts A candid explanation of why various errors occur and how to recover from them Tips for weighted, full-text searches Detailed descriptions of the features, strengths, and weaknesses of available table formats A guide to adding new functions to MySQL

No serious MySQL user should be without this book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140369635
• ISBN13: 9780140369632
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.2" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

MySQL Reference

This is simply the printed version of the online documentation. This is very handy to have when you are not in front of your keyboard. I use the printed and online versions equally. The layout of the printed version is not the best by any means. Used in conjunction with the online documentation, you will find what you need though. This book should be on any PHP/MySQL programmer's shelf.

Good things worth waiting for

It's been a long wait, but finally a comprehensive MySQL Reference manual has arrived ! Definitive comprehensive and one might even say exhaustive - you'll want to keep this one handy.

These guys wrote MySQL

Well, they wrote big parts of MySQL. That's a good recommendation, if you ask me

Finally, The MySQL Reference Manual - On my shelf!

As a longtime user (a happy one at that!) of MySQL, I am happy to finally have the REAL reference manual on the shelf where I can pick it up and use it - just like all the others!Lack of a printed reference manual has long been a complication of using MySQL, although the electronic documentation has been great for the last couple of years! As author and MySQL developer Monty Widenius stated about the book (MySQL web site announcement),...