Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes

by Chris Newman

Book Overview

Now at over 5 million downloads and widely used at all levels, MySQL continues to grow in popularity. Readers are hungry for a concise, easily accessible tutorial on MySQL basics that allows them to get up and running quickly. While there are many MySQL books on the market, there are no up-to-date books that meet this need for the reader. Furthermore, sales of MySQL books clearly shows the need for a concise, handy tutorial versus the more bulky introductions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672328631
• ISBN13: 9780672328633
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Useful quick reference/learning book

I got this having already waded into MySQL by reading things online. I was looking for extra things I had not already taught myself, and a quick reference when I forget how to do some basic things. It serves that purpose well. I have not had problems with out of date things or errors as another reviewer mentioned, but I am not a DBA by any means... I tend to just do simple things in SQL. I am more comfortable in code, so I do big manipulations of data outside the DB in Java or C++.

Easy read...very useful

I have read only half this book (the first half which is dedicated to beginners database work) and found it easy to read and useful. When I become advanced enough I will read the second half. It includes topics like the SQL off-limits words that you shouldn't use in your database naming fields - which is always helpful (Especially when you are like "I know this function should be working!" and it isn't because you've used something in that list - you won't spend hours trying to debug your code!) I will buy Sams Teach yourself books for other topics again.