The MySQL Phrasebook is a pocket guide that is jam-packed with useful and essential code 'phrases' for the MySQL developer's everyday use. Packed with practical solutions for tasks that the MySQL developer must accomplish every day, it fills the need for a short, functional, to-the-point reference for MySQL. This is the guide to consult when you need an immediate, applicable solution to frequent tasks and code that is flexible and adaptable to your needs. Your time won't be wasted on more tutorials — it simply puts essential 'phrases' at your fingertips that you can take with you everywhere.
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Rating: - Nice Reference
This book is pretty nice. It's fairly handy. However, I'm inclined to group it in the beginner-intermediate range (not that it's advertised otherwise).
The majority of the times that I've picked it up to investigate things that I wasn't sure about/had never attempted, I failed to find them in the index. Thumbing through the book to find various things I find a proliferation of information that any experienced user (note--I've only been using MySQL for a year now) will almost certainly ... Read More
Rating: - Very Elementary Subjects Covered!
This book should be titled Mysql Short Tutorial instead. I am no mysql expert myself with only 1 month experience, but I find the phrases and subjects covered to be very basic! The book does cover a wide variety of subjects with a systematic presentation such that it reads more like a short tutorial rather than a reference book. Just because you make the book small doesn't make it a good reference book! Also, the paper quality is poor - very thin and easily torn! I recommend looking at the o'reilly pocket ... Read More
Rating: - Good Little Book
I got my hands on several copies of the new Phrasebook series from Developer's Library back in April 2006 but as they were intended as handouts at my conference talks, I could not hold onto them long enough to review them. I've since managed to hold onto a copy of the MySQL Phrasebook long enough to review it and consider it worth the wait.
The MySQL Phrasebook makes a useful companion for a beginning MySQL administrator or developer looking for a guide that can be carried along wherever they ... Read More
Rating: - Great reference tool
It's a very light book, slightly taller than your average paper back, weighing in at only 181 pages. In those pages the authors have managed to cram in lots of different types of information: From a basic introduction to the relational database model, to basic administration information, to query design and code examples in C, PHP & Perl. That's a lot of information for such a tiny book, so necessarily the coverage is brief. Fortunately the authors managed to hone in on the information from each section ... Read More
- Nice Reference
- Very Elementary Subjects Covered!
- Good Little Book
