The DuBois book is a good start: http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book/
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Paulson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:56 AM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Newbie needs info! > > Hi everyone, > > Long time reader, first time poster. > > I've been using MySQL for some years now and never really did any > advance stuff in it. I mainly do updates, deletes, and selects. My > selects aren't even that complex as I don't have a very good > understanding of the join syntax and exactly what it does. I was > wondering a few things. First of all what is a good book for > beginners/intermediate level people? I'd really like to learn more > complex query structure and how to optimize a database as a whole as > well as individual tables in the database (example what's the > difference between a primary key and just a regular key in a > table?). > I'm also looking for something that can explain stored procedures and > why they are useful (I really don't have any clue about stored > procedures) as well as transactions, replication, and master/slave > databases. Finally, I'd like to figure out the difference > between each > table type (MyISM and InnoDB etc). > > Thanks for any help or advice! > jay > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
