MySQL: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides) - Softcover

Ullman, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321127315 ISBN 13: 9780321127310

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2002

Synopsis

With the Web extending into every nook and cranny of modern life, there are plenty of folks out there who have data storage issues that need to be addressed-Ñbut no million-dollar budgets to do so. Luckily for them, there's MySQL. Offering Oracle-like power without the huge price tag, MySQL offers a networked database that can be accessed in numerous ways-Ñall of which are described in this invaluable reference. In the clear, concise language readers have come to expect from this popular series, this Visual QuickStart Guide demonstrates how to interact with MySQL--both directly and through various popular programming languages (for example, PHP, Perl, and Java). Step-by-step instructions, practical examples, plenty of screen shots, and loads of useful tips and tricks make learning MySQL a breeze, even for novice programmers. Focusing first on the underlying conceptsÑWhat are databases? What is MySQL?--author Larry Ullman then proceeds through installation, administration, database design, and more before tackling MySQL's use with various programming languages, database programming techniques, and utilities. Web developers, system administrators, programmers, and just about anybody who uses databases will find themselves turning again and again to this essential guide.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Even if you've never used MySQL before, this Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with the world’s most popular open source database application in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to MySQL, leading technology authorLarry Ullman uses his trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to everything that’s new in MySQL. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to interact with MySQL using SQL, the language common to all databases. The interface examples show how to use MySQL’s own tools and how to use three popular programming languages (PHP, Perl, and Java). The book covers MySQL versions 3 and 4, as well as everything new in the eagerly anticipated version 5. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of MySQL installation, administration, database design, as well as its use with various programming languages, database programming techniques, utilities, advanced MySQL and SQL, and more!

·    Takes an easy, visual approach to teaching MySQL, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do.
·    Works like a reference book―you look up what you need and then get straight to work.
·    No long-winded passages―concise, straightforward commentary explains what you need to know.
·    Affordably priced, because buying a computer book shouldn’t be an investment in itself.
·    Companion Web site at www.DMCInsights.com/mysql2 contains complete source code for examples in the book, online resources, extra scripts and tutorials, updates, a reader forum, and more.

About the Author

Digital-media expert and database designer extraordinaire Larry Ullman has written two other popular books in this series: PHP for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide and PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0321127315
• ISBN 13: 9780321127310
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344