On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Philip Riebold wrote: > > On 26 Oct 2010, at 11:49, MikeB wrote: > >> I'm finding the MySQL online manuals hard going in figuring out how to >> construct SQL queries. Can anyone perhaps recommend a good book that can >> shed light on the subject? >> >> Thanks. > > The book I've been using is 'MySQL, The definitive guide to using, > programming, and administering MySQL 4.1 and 5.0' ISBN 0-672-32673-6 (there > may be a more recent version).
If that's my book, it sounds like the third edition. The fourth edition is more recent. http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book/ > > Well written, with a general introduction to SQL and (from my POV) very good > sections on writing MySQL with C and PHP > > -- > TTFN. > > Philip Riebold, p.rieb...@ucl.ac.uk /"\ > Media Services \ / > University College London X ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Windeyer Building, 46 Cleveland Street / \ Against HTML Mail > London, W1T 4JF > +44 (0)20 7679 9259 (direct), 09259 (internal) -- Paul DuBois Oracle Corporation / MySQL Documentation Team Madison, Wisconsin, USA www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
