I looked at the O'Reilly book, it was written 3 years ago and didn't have a large number of mySQL examples - one chapter if I remember correctly.
The best one you can buy now is the recently published "MySQL and Perl for the Web" by Paul Dubois. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Marcotte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "W P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:03 AM Subject: Re: a beginners tutorial? > Read the O'Reilly book on DBI and you should be pretty set to go. > There is a section on mySQL syntax in it, but it's the same as in the > www docs. > > As for mySQL syntax, the mySQL (huge) book by Paul Dubois is IMO the > best one to learn the SQL for mySQL... > > Etienne > > W P wrote: > > > > is there a beginners tutorial for DBI with a focus on mySQL? or at least some sample source that i could look at? the summary for the DBD::mySQL module is a little too vague for my novice mind. > > > > wendell >
