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Mysql Crash Course (Sams Teach Yourself)

Mysql Crash Course (Sams Teach Yourself)

by Ben Forta (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.27
Synopsis

MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems available, powering everything from Internet powerhouses to individual corporate databases to simple end-user applications, and everything in between. And this book will teach you all you need to know to be immediately productive with MySQL. By working through 30 highly focused hands-on lessons, your MySQL Crash Course will be both easier and more effective than you'd have thought possible. Learn how to:

  • Retrieve and sort data
  • Filter data using comparisons, regular expressions, full text search, and much more
  • Join relational data
  • Create and alter tables
  • Insert, update, and delete data
  • Leverage the power of stored procedures and triggers
  • Use views and Cursors
  • Manage transactional processing
  • Create user accounts and manage security via access control

Ben Forta is Macromedia's Senior Technical Evangelist, and has almost 20 years of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and product marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (now in its third edition, and translated into over a dozen languages), ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, and Advanced ColdFusion Development (both published by Que Publishing), Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes, as well as books on SQL, Flash, JSP, HomeSite, WAP, Windows 2000, and other subjects.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Sams
Published: 12 Dec 2005
ISBN 10: 0672327120
ISBN 13: 9780672327124
Book Overview: Many of the current MySQL titles are overkill for the many MySQL users who need to use MySQL but have no intention of becoming professional DBAs. This book teaches you what you really need to know, without getting bogged down by what you don't.MySQL Crash Course is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of short, easy-to-follow lessons. Instead of dwelling of database theory and relational design, this book takes a very hands-on approach to solving the needs of the majority of SQL users who simply need to interact with data.The reader of this book will learn how to:

  • Use the MySQL toolset
  • Retrieve and sort data
  • Filter data using comparisons, wildcards, and full text searching
  • Use the aggregate functions to analyze data
  • Perform insert, update, and delete operations
  • Join relational tables using inner, outer, and self joins
  • Combine queries using unions
  • Use views
  • Create, and modify tables, and access table schemas
  • Create and use stored procedures, cursors, and other advanced database features
  • Manage databases, users, and security privileges

Author Bio
Ben Forta is Macromedia Corporation's product evangelist for the ColdFusion product line. Ben has over 15 years of experience in the computer industry, and spent 6 years as part of the development team responsible for creating OnTime, one of the most successful calendar and group-scheduling products, with over one million users worldwide. Ben is the author of the popular ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion 4 Application Development. His book Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes is one of the world's bestselling SQL books with over 100,000 copies sold.