MySQL admin book

Report · Nov 13, 2006

hi:

i've been taking a look at second edition of Paul DuBois "MySQL, The
defitive guide to using, programming & administering MySQL 4" and i'm
thinking about getting the third edition that covers MySQL 4.1/5.0

any advice/suggestion? any better alternative? my main goal is being
proficiency in MySQL administration in *NIX platforms

tia,

jdoe

Report · Nov 13, 2006

John Doe wrote:
> i've been taking a look at second edition of Paul DuBois "MySQL, The
> defitive guide to using, programming & administering MySQL 4" and i'm
> thinking about getting the third edition that covers MySQL 4.1/5.0

In my opinion, nobody writes better about MySQL than Paul DuBois. I have
all three editions of the book. My only criticism is that it's such a
door-stopper. There are 250 pages in the middle that I never read
(programming MySQL with C, Perl, and PHP), and the index is now 100
pages long. To "save space", the third edition doesn't tell you if a
feature won't work in MySQL 3.23 or 4.0, although that information is
apparently on the companion website.

The fourth edition, when it comes, needs some heavy pruning or probably
to be split into two books: using MySQL and administering MySQL. Apart
from these minor complaints, I would strongly recommend "MySQL" (3rd
Edition) by Paul DuBois.

--
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Nov 13, 2006

thanks for your advice David! i'm going to order it and i'll use it as a
dumbbell while my train travel to work :-)

BTW, i included "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" & "Foundation PHP 5
for Flash" as the main bibliography for an introductory course in a
school i teach

David Powers wrote:
> John Doe wrote:
>> i've been taking a look at second edition of Paul DuBois "MySQL, The
>> defitive guide to using, programming & administering MySQL 4" and i'm
>> thinking about getting the third edition that covers MySQL 4.1/5.0
>
> In my opinion, nobody writes better about MySQL than Paul DuBois. I have
> all three editions of the book. My only criticism is that it's such a
> door-stopper. There are 250 pages in the middle that I never read
> (programming MySQL with C, Perl, and PHP), and the index is now 100
> pages long. To "save space", the third edition doesn't tell you if a
> feature won't work in MySQL 3.23 or 4.0, although that information is
> apparently on the companion website.
>
> The fourth edition, when it comes, needs some heavy pruning or probably
> to be split into two books: using MySQL and administering MySQL. Apart
> from these minor complaints, I would strongly recommend "MySQL" (3rd
> Edition) by Paul DuBois.
>

Report · Nov 13, 2006

John Doe wrote:
> thanks for your advice David! i'm going to order it and i'll use it as a
> dumbbell while my train travel to work :-)

I suppose that's one way to keep fit! According to the Amazon website,
it weighs a mere 4.37 pounds (2 kg). At least the binding of my 3rd
edition hasn't started to fall apart like the 2nd edition, where a whole
section just fell out of the book after about six months.

> BTW, i included "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" & "Foundation PHP 5
> for Flash" as the main bibliography for an introductory course in a
> school i teach

Wow, that's great. Thanks very much.

--
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/