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Core MySQL
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Author: Leon Atkinson
List Price: $44.99
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ISBN: 0130661902
Publisher: Prentice Hall (15 December, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 210,839
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
A must-have for SQL developers
I own O'Reilly's SQL in a Nutshell and Managing & Using MySQL and have a full printed copy of the MySQL reference. I found this book to be nothing short of impressive. As a MySQL user for a year, I feel confident doing what I need to do, but this book blew me away with how much more I had not yet explored. Definitely worth the money.
Rating: 5 out of 5
I keep this book next to the keyboard.....
As a MySQL newbie, I needed a review of SQL and found this book to be very helpful. It has a clear and concise approach to the subject of databases and MySQL. The commands were clearly explained and examples were easy to follow. I have this book on my desk and next to the keyboard most of the time. It is a well used reference book. Security wasn't explained until close to the end of the book. I had permission problems with MySQL on linux and had to use another book to resolve that problem.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Absolutely the worst technical book I own
I own at least 25 current technical books written in the last 3 years, and i have to say this one is the very worst ever published. The entire layout and approach reads like a pontificating madman who lacks the ability to ever gets to the point or dares to give an example. Where subjects should give a brief description, and an example, the author ramblings on in paragraph form bolding every other key phrase and usually leaves you more confused than you started WITHOUT an example. I am fluent in SQL and have been an internet engineer since 1996, and this book still wasted my time. If you need to learn MySQL, most definitely buy a book at Amazon.com, just don't buy this one.
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