Customer Reviews

MySQL

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what I liked most at this book is the sample-oriented approach: the books starts with the setup of a WAMP/LAMP system; in the next chapter, the first 'real' application is presented: a simple web opinion poll (using PHP); thus, after only 80 pages I had a running test environment and my first application to work with

examples are also omnipresent in the following chapters: the chapter on MySQL user interfaces explains how to configure and use phpMyAdmin; relations, normalization and other ideas of good database design are explained by showing the design process for two databases (a books database and a database for a discussion forum); the chapter on SQL shows how to query these databases;

next is programming: the book explains how to build MySQL applications using PHP, Perl and VB (all databases and samples are available for download at the author's website)

the book also covers new MySQL features which have been added only recently: transactions with BDB, InnoDB and Gemini, full-text queries etc.

perhaps the only shortcoming is in the programming part: while the author covers PHP, Perl and VB (via ODBC), he mentions neither Java nor C/C++

overall, this is by far the most useful and up-to-date MySQL book I know of

I committed to doing a MySQL project because it was less expensive overall for my client than using software I'm more familiar with (I'm not naming names but let's just call them SQL Server and .Net). I'm very experienced creating databases but brand new to MySQL and PHP. I don't know how I would have survived without Kofler's book. He not only explains everything step-by-step but in a very relevant, clear way. I had several other books in my arsenal and found I dropped all of them when I needed to look something up and just used Kofler all the way. Everything I needed to do, he had an example for in his demo files!

I know from experience how frustrating it can be not to have the right resources available. Although there are some great user's groups and so on, Kofler's book saved me a ton of time because I found pretty much everything in his book. Using his book and the free, on-line PDF MySQL manual is all you'll need to do a complex business application for the web.

Thanks Kofler. You're my hero!

This book covers both UNIX/LINUX and Windows for almost every topic - I really like that especially since we run a mixed environment and I'm wanting to learn more LINUX.

I'm a Windows user who needed to setup MySQL that was required by a free message board [;ocal website]). This book made the MySQL portion of the install extremely easy and covered all of the topics I needed to know to setup MySQL in a Windows environment. He covered all the "gotchas" with both Windows and UNIX/LINUX platforms - nice! It also covers setting up and interfacign with PHP, Apache and other system "components" - which really helped me to deploy my message board project.

I enjoyed his writing style so much, I found myself reading the book front to back, versus looking up specific topics - that doesn't happen very often with these types of technical books.

The information is up to date, even though it's over a year old. I checked out the top 3 MySQL books out there and this one was my favorite for getting started clear through advanced usage - there is not a lot of "fluff" - just a clear writing style hitting all the topics.

"MySQL" is one of the clearest and coherent computer books I have ever used. I was amazed to find out the book is translated from German. The English translation was very well done as the book reads better than others that have been written originally in English! The book is well laid out with many good illustrations and code samples for MySQL 3.23, the current release. There are numerous pointers and tips throughout the book that really helped a database novice like myself to get the most utility from the book and MySQL. The in-depth section on database design in Chapter 5 was almost worth the whole cost of the book to me! This book truly made me comfortable working with database software, something I had not done prior to acquiring MySQL and Mr. Kofler's book. I look forward to the release of MySQL version 4.0 and I will make sure to get the next edition of the "MySQL" book so that I know that I will have the information I need to know for version 4.0 in a handy, readable form.

When learning about databases, especially in relation to the Internet, there is a lot of ground to cover. Kofler's book is comprehensive, instructive, and well-written. The pace is perfect and the information is well defined. If something is simple to do, Kofler makes it simple. If something is hard to understand, just read the section again.

Kofler considers the needs of many readers, and perhaps one of the best elements of this book is its inclusion of pertinent information. When Kofler is introducing MySQL, he lists other open-source databases. Throughout the book Windows and Linux environments are included in examples. All examples in the book have their active online counterparts on kofler's website.

This book is full of applicable information. Highly recommended.

This is more than just a heplful book. Whether you are a novice or a pro it is an excelent choice. It covers almost everything that one should know about MySQL and gives you also a knowledge of programming with other clients such as database programming for WEB, not only with clients like Visual Basic applications. The book has also support on the authors web site and there I was able to find all the examples written in the book. Nevertheless, I find it very useful, and books like this can only help in the further developement of open-source software and in bringing joy to end-users.

Very good book. The content is very precise and has content which will be useful to newbie as a well as to a seasoned MySQL user. I recomment it to all.