Expert MySQL (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

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Expert MySQL (Experts Voice Open Source)
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  1. Paperback: 600 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Apress; 2007-01-26
  3. Author: Dr. Charles A. Bell
  4. ISBN: 1590597419
  5. Sales Rank in Books: #1125485

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Since the enormous number of features made available with MySQL release 5.0, MySQL has been gaining steam as a viable alternative to database behemoths like Oracle and IBM DB2. MySQL users now have the ability to extend MySQL with new SQL commands, optimize query execution, and embed MySQL within low-resource environments like embedded devices and kiosks.

Expert MySQL, by Dr. Charles A. Bell, is the first book to examine these opportunities in detail, showing you how to wield maximum control over this powerful open source database. You'll learn how to create your own custom storage handlers, ensuring maximum flexibility and speed within your specialized applications. You'll also gain valuable insight into MySQLs architecture and learn how to tweak its behavior through custom changes to the source code.

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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Move your knowledge of MySQL ahead with this book, February 4, 2008
Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Expert MySQL (Expert's Voice in Open Source) (Paperback)
Expert MySQL starts with a section on the anatomy of a database system including the common types of systems. This is often missing in database books and a very important part to understand if you going to use one to its fullest potential. Other sections include one on the source code and one on extending and debugging MySQL. The author devotes a chapter to embedded MySQL including building embedded MySQL applications as well as one on adding functions and commands. The third and final part of the book covers advanced database internals and includes a good section on query optimization.

Throughout Expert MySQL the author has included notes embedded with the text, sidebars offset by a different shading, and other notes, diagrams, and illustrations as appropriate to help the reader understand the text. There are also plenty of coding examples. My book had some printing problems towards the back with pages that had a vertical black line running down the center of the...Read more


7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An advanced MySQL and DBMS book, March 7, 2007
M. Tsoukalos "Programming Dashboard Widgets" (Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Expert MySQL (Expert's Voice in Open Source) (Paperback)
This is an advanced book.

You can use it to learn the internals of MySQL as well as the internals of a Database Management System (DBMS).

It will teach you how to make changes to the MySQL source code.

An alternative name for the book could have been "MySQL internals".

I really like it and I find it very useful.

PS. It contains C++ code.


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Expert MySQL Lives Up to Its Title, September 4, 2007
Data Guy (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Expert MySQL (Expert's Voice in Open Source) (Paperback)
This book lives up to its title by offering expert advice on how to use MySQL to its fullest. Expert MySQL goes deeper than just syntax and samples, offering useful information on the internals of MySQL. Even though there are a lot of titles on MySQL, this book would make a worthy addition to the library of any MySQL developer or DBA.

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