I just ordered this book MySQL The definitive guide to using, programming, and administering MySQL 4 by Paul Dubois
I found it more technical than MySQL cook book by Paul Dubois On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Ralph Guzman wrote: > Here are two other books that I would recommend, specially the first > one: > > * SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in > SQL > by Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas > > Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming > by Joe Celko > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fawad Siddiqui [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 5:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Books advice > > Hi, > > I would like to learn about RDBMS, namely mysql of course, but know > really nothing in this area, so have to learn about; RDBMS, SQL and > mysql from scratch. > > In this regard, if anyone knows of any books they think would start me > off on the right foot, I would be very grateful. > > I have done some searching on Amazon, with the following results. > > 1. Beginning Databases with MySQL > by Richard Stones, Neil Matthew > > 2. MySQL Cookbook > by Paul DuBois > > 3. Managing and Using MySQL > by George Reese, et al > > 4. Inside Relational Databases > by Mark Whitehorn, Bill Marklyn > > 5. Database Design > by Ryan K. Stephens, Ronald R. Plew > > 6. The Practical SQL Handbook: Using SQL Variants > by Judith S. Bowman, et al > > > Many thanks in advance for all your help. > > > Fawad > > > > -- Asif Iqbal http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8B686E08 There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
