another oracle dba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone recommend an intro MySQL book. I'm looking for a
> book with info on MySQL
Like you I too have come from an Oracle background to Mysql. Two main
sources of information as far as I'm concerned:
1. The MySQL manual that comes with the source install, (also available
on the site). I've got the HTML version readily accessible
on the servers that are running MySQL. If it was multiple page HTML rather
than a single file it'd be great.
2. MySQL by Paul DuBois. Like I've said on AmazonUK, I regard this as
being the 'Kernighan and Ritchie' of MySQL. It's well written,
reasonable concise, easy to follow and pretty good value-for-money. I could
do without the chapters on installation and the API's myself,
(I prefer to use the online manual as books tend to date in these areas
fast), but I can see a use for them, (maybe less of the installation
please in the revision for MySQL4.0 please Mr Dubois?).
As an aside I also found 'PHP and MySQL' and 'SQL in a nutshell' (O'Reilly)
quite useful. The Nutshell book is quite nice if you are an experienced
code warrior with one of the other implementations of SQL.
Just my random meanderings....
Bob Cross
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