Re: [PLUG] MySQL

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:16:05 -0400
> From: Robert Spangler <mlists@zoominternet.net>
> 
> I'm looking for a a book on the above topic.  I would like something like the 
> 'DNS & BIND' and 'DNS & BIND Cookbook' as I find them very good.  But when it 
> comes to MySQL there seems to be a lot of books out there and I'm not sure 
> which of them come close to the 2 stated here.
> 
> So I'm looking for recommendation from the list as to what books would come 
> close to these.  Thank for your help.

I love O'Reilly books and rarely look beyond them.  (I may be biased. :)

I loved _MySQL Cookbook_, which is huge (1024 pages), but getting old 
(2002).  Ah, there is a newer second edition (2006):
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527082/

_Managing and Using MySQL_ was OK, but I personally got more out of the 
cookbook.  (I may be biased. :)
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002114/

There is also _MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition_ and _Learning MySQL, 
First Edition_ if you like those series, but I don't have either of them.
See:
http://search.oreilly.com/?facet=ContentType&i=1&q=mysql&t1=Books&u1=q&u2=t1&act=fc_contenttype_Books

Bottom line, you said you liked the DNS cookbook, so grab the MySQL 
cookbook to start with...

Later,
JP
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