Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-11 Thread Michael T. Babcock
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:47:55PM -0800, Nasser Ossareh wrote: > > SQL in the "What is SQL?" phrase threw me... I thought > you were talking about MS SQL.. SQL is and should be known as a query language, not a product. It should be perhaps clarified the first time it is used as not refering to t

Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-10 Thread Vikram Vaswani
Hi Nasser, >Usage?? well whoever goes to buy your book, must have >some ideas in head for the usage.. I don't think you >should waste trees on telling people things that don't >help them. > >One Question: What makes this book different from the >MySQL manual? Well, it's not supposed to replace th

Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-10 Thread Vikram Vaswani
Jeremy - the first one ;) Any comments on the TOC? Vikram At 02:46 PM 2/8/03 -0800, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: >On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:20:47PM +0500, Vikram Vaswani wrote: >> >> My name is Vikram Vaswani, and I'm currently working on the outline for a >> MySQL reference book. This is supposed to

Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-10 Thread Nasser Ossareh
my 2 cents: SQL in the "What is SQL?" phrase threw me... I thought you were talking about MS SQL.. If I were you, I would explain relational databases and normalization (at list to normal form III). Usage?? well whoever goes to buy your book, must have some ideas in head for the usage.. I don't

Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-10 Thread R. Hannes Niedner
On 2/7/03 2:20 AM, "Vikram Vaswani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Vikram Vaswani, and I'm currently working on the outline for a > MySQL reference book. This is supposed to be a comprehensive reference to > MySQL 4, covering all aspects of the software, including the new

Re: MySQL book TOC

2003-02-10 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:20:47PM +0500, Vikram Vaswani wrote: > > My name is Vikram Vaswani, and I'm currently working on the outline for a > MySQL reference book. This is supposed to be a comprehensive reference to > MySQL 4, covering all aspects of the software, including the new > transaction

MySQL book TOC

2003-02-08 Thread Vikram Vaswani
Hello all, My name is Vikram Vaswani, and I'm currently working on the outline for a MySQL reference book. This is supposed to be a comprehensive reference to MySQL 4, covering all aspects of the software, including the new transaction/subquery features. I have put together a draft table of conte