O'Reilly: MySQL & mSQL

In addition, anyone who wants to learn about relational database administration and programming without paying out the nose for a license from one of the big guys will find MySQL or mSQL an excellent starting point. If MySQL or mSQL is your starting point, then this book is your guide.From a database administrator's perspective, we cover the basic methods of creating and managing databases and tables in MySQL and mSQL. We go beyond the simple and provide performance tuning and troubleshooting tips to help you make sure your MySQL and mSQL applications are running their best. Finally, all of the tools that come with MySQL and mSQL are covered in detail. We assume no prior knowledge of SQL or relational databases.Database programmers will find that we have covered all of the major programming interfaces from the most popular client/server and web programming languages. When we cover the interface for a particular language, we assume that the reader has a basic grasp of the language in question. For example, in the Java chapter, we assume that the reader knows how to write basic Java applications and now wants to learn how to make those Java applications talk to a MySQL or mSQL database.The immense popularity of MySQL and mSQL on the Web has made it natural to provide a focus on CGI programming with MySQL and mSQL. Web developers should therefore find this book useful in describing how to drive their web sites with a MySQL or mSQL database. For these chapters, very little CGI knowledge is needed, but we still assume that the reader is familiar with the basics of the programming language in question.