Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days teaches you to design and implement your own open source database. Topics include: Designing and Creating your First Database, Normalizing your Data, Adding Tables, Columns, and Indexes, MySQL Data Types, Importing and Exporting Data, Locks and Keys, Building a MyODBC Interface, Building a Perl Interface, Letting MySQL Do the Work - Intrinsic Functions, MySQL Database Security, How MySQL Compares, Administering MySQL, Optimizing MySQL, and Troubleshooting MySQL.
User reviewThis is the second worst PC related book i've ever read
Two thirds of the book are about nothing. If the book was completed only on 100 or 150 pages (`the best of`), i could give 3 stars,,
It is a bit chaotic ordered, there are mistakes in that book and author often uses magic formulas `If you need do this, do this: ,,.`. The book is much more about How, not Why.
If you have some experiences with programming in any language, buying subj. is only wasting money,,
User review
easy to understand
This book doesnt waste time with all the little details and just talks about the major points. Want to be a MySQL guru? Then this books is NOT for you.
However, if you are know how to code and how to use flat files then this book is for you and will teach you how to code your scripts with the use of MySQL database.
Yes there are some typos like others pointed out but who uses the codes word for word from the book? You should know the basics of scripting language like Perl or PHP before buying this book. And you might want to buy a book about SQL.
This book isn't here to teach you Perl, PHP or SQL so making small errors in those codes shouldn't affect your buying decision.
This book teaches MySQL database nice and simply and I still use it as a referrence after 2 years of working with MySQL.
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CONFUSING
I thought that this book would teach me the basics of MySQL in a relatively short time. While I did learn some things, I spent most of my time figuring out how the author got from one step to the next. There were numerous typos in the code that left me, as a beginner, scratching my head. Most SAMS books are great, but not this one.
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Typos galore! Don't waste your money.
Typos galore
I know I'm throwing fuel on a bonfire, but this book [stinks]!
HUNDREDS of errors and misinformation. I tried to return the book but found out if I open the CD it is non-returnable.
The only reason I opened the CD was to get a file that WASN'T EVEN ON THE CD!
Next time I will read the reviews on Amazon first.
User review
Too poor and illogical.
What this book is and what this book is not?
This is not a book neither mysql, nor sql language, nor database management.
Examples are left unexplained, some critical topics are left uncovered, others are left to author's intuition, chapters are bad organized, there is a sense of non-logical organization all over the book. If this is your first book about mysql, you will `teach yourself` nothing about mysql. If not, you simply don't need this book. I suggest to spend money for this book to buy an ink cartridge and some paper to print out the official mysql manual. This book has definitively no mean.
