MySQL

by Michael Kofler

MySQL by Michael Kofler is a comprehensive guide to MySQL, providing a thorough introduction to the installation, configuration, implementation, and administration of the worlds most popular open source database server. Kofler includes coverage of transactions with BDB, InnoDB, and Gemini tables, and outlines the installation of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl for both Linux and Windows systems. With an eye to those issues most important to MySQL users, Kofler adds to his coverage of the server by focusing on its use in conjunction with various technologies that make database information accessible over the Web, including PHP, Perl, and ODBC.

659 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2001

Reviews

[Ingo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reader after your first contact with MySQL. Of course a bit outdated, but still good enough to fill in the first and most important details. If you get serious about Databases and MySQL you will have to move on to something more hardcore, though ...