MySQL in a Nutshell, Second Edition--New from O'Reilly

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MySQL in A Nutshell, Second Edition - New from O'Reilly
Updated Reference Keeps Pace with MySQL's Growth and Changes

Sebastopol, CA--MySQL has held steady as one of the great open source
success stories, and there is no indication that this will change in the
foreseeable future, in spite of its recent acquisition. "Although MySQL AB
has recently been purchased by Sun Microsystems, the software and the
organization has remained intact," reports author Russell J. T. Dyer. "The
software will only get better now that the company has the money to expand
its software engineering department.  More importantly, the software will
be broadly adopted by larger companies now that it has the backing of a
multi-billion dollar company like Sun.  Sun can assure large companies,
institutions, and governments that MySQL is here to stay and that it's
fully supported."

MySQL aficionados confirm that this is indeed the case, making the new
second edition of Dyer's book, "MySQL in a Nutshell" (O'Reilly, US $34.99)
even more timely. "There have been several changes to MySQL since the
first edition: in particular the stabilization of version 5.1 of MySQL,"
says Dyer.  "I wanted to expand the book to include the changes and
improvements to MySQL. This new edition includes the many new features
such as stored procedures, stored functions, triggers, and views."

Dyer, who is the longtime editor of the MySQL Knowledgebase at MySQL AB,
notes that his intended readers are beginning to intermediate MySQL
developers, as well as advanced developers who need an easy-to-follow,
quick-reference book on MySQL.

"Although there are quite a few other books on MySQL available, much of
the praise I received from the first edition was related to
easy-to-understand explanations and especially due to realistic examples I
provide in the book," says Dyer. "Building on these factors, for the
second edition I've provided examples for every SQL statement and
function.  For many I've given more than one example and I think that I've
given much better examples to help the reader."

And he adds, "With Sun involved now, MySQL will absorb much more of Oracle
and Microsoft SQL Server's market shares. As it is now, there seems to be
a shortage of MySQL developers in the world.  Readers who want to take
advantage of this rapid growth will need to improve their skills in MySQL
and will need the tools to do it.  I like to think my book can help fill
this need."

In addition to covering all the commands and programming information for
version 5.1, including new features and language interfaces, the book
contains:

- A thorough reference to MySQL statements, functions, and administrative
utilities
- Several tutorial chapters to help newcomers get started
- Programming language APIs for PHP, Perl, and C
- Brief tutorials at the beginning of each API chapter to help anyone,
regardless of experience level, understand and master unfamiliar
territory
- New chapters on replication, triggers, and stored procedures
- Plenty of new examples of how MySQL is used in practice
- Useful tips to help readers get through the most difficult subjects

Russell Dyer is a freelance writer specializing in MySQL database software
and is the editor of the MySQL Knowledge Base
(http://www.mysql.com/network/knowledgebase.html). He is the author of
MySQL in a Nutshell (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlian/) and has
writen articles for several magazines: Dev Zone (a MySQL publication),
Linux Journal, ONlamp.com, The Perl Journal, Red Hat Magazine, SysAdmin
Magazine, Tech Republic, Unix Review, and XML.com. He has also finished
his first novel, "In Search of Kafka." More information on Russell, along
with a list of his published articles with links to them, can be found on
his web site at http://russell.dyerhouse.com

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514334/


MySQL in a Nutshell, Second Edition
Russell J. T. Dyer
ISBN: 978-0-596-51433-4, 564 pages, US $34.99
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