Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes [Paperback]

Chris Newman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 19, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0672328631 | ISBN-13: 978-0672328633 | Edition: 1

Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes provides a no-fluff, just-the-answers guide to building and managing MySQL databases. It is carefully organized and thoughtfully written to provide just the information that you need in order to gain a rapid working knowledge of MySQL. Get up to speed quickly with Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes.

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About the Author

Chris Newman is a consultant programmer specializing in database development with an Internet twist. He has extensive commercial experience of using PHP to integrate various database systems and has produced a wide range of applications for an international client base. He runs Lightwood Consultancy Ltd, the company he founded in 1999 to further his interest in online database development. Newman has served as a technical editor on several books from Sams, including PHP and MySQL Web Development, Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One, and Red Hat Fedora Unleashed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (May 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672328631
• ISBN-13: 978-0672328633
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Relational Databases

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5.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet, August 26, 2011

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sinbad (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

I disagree enough with a couple of the other reviews that I decided to chime in. I found this to be a kick butt little MySQL primer. I just completed a couple-day LAMP project (where phpMyAdmin alone wouldn't save me this time), and this book provided me with enough information to get 'er done.

It's short and to the point. You can (literally) read a couple chapters in a few minutes.

Consider it a quick and handy complement piece to the official, online documentation.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars it is out of date (using mysql 4.0), September 14, 2007

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Zhou (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

This book is based on MySQL 4.0 and some commands don't work on the new version. And this book also has lots of errors. For example, some code (products table)of the sampdb is missing in Appendix B. And it also misses some details so that you have to solve them by yourself.Interesting though.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful quick reference/learning book, January 6, 2009

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

I got this having already waded into MySQL by reading things online. I was looking for extra things I had not already taught myself, and a quick reference when I forget how to do some basic things. It serves that purpose well. I have not had problems with out of date things or errors as another reviewer mentioned, but I am not a DBA by any means... I tend to just do simple things in SQL. I am more comfortable in code, so I do big manipulations of data outside the DB in Java or C++.