MySQL In A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference reviewed by Robert Pritchett 

Author: Russell J.T. Dyer 

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/view/au/1250

O'Reilly 

http://www.oreilly.com

Booksite: 

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlian/index.html

Released: May 2005 

$40 USD, $56CND,  28.50 GBP,   36 Euro 

Pages: 352 

ISBN: 0596007892 

Strengths: C, Perl and PHP API are treated. 

Weaknesses: No Java. 

For Intermediate level 

MySQL: 

http://www.mysql.com/

More: 

http://www.devshed.com/c/b/MySQL

MySQL in a Nutshell by Russell J.T. Dyer is a desktop reference  that shows APIs for MySQL in 

C, Perl and PHP as well as the MySQL utilities.  

Instead of searching all over for the right stuff, it is all here. 

There are 14  Chapters  covering intro and installation MYSQL basics, SQL Statements, String, 

Date and Time. Mathematical and Aggregate, Flow Control and Misc. functions, MySQL Server 

and Client, Command line utilities, Perl,  PHP and  C APIs and 3 Appendices covering 

Datatypes, Operators and Environment Variables.  

Care to get involved in database speed, power and flexibility? My SQL has come a long way. 

Each chapter has a tutorial that discusses what follows.  

Macs have MySQL already. Now you can have an idea of how to use it. 

  MPN, LLC 2005 macCompanion 

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