On 28 Oct 2010, at 18:45, Paul DuBois wrote: > > 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/
Yes, I've just checked I have the third edition. I'll probably keep my copy (I'm not a particularly heavy user of MySQL) but would recommend anybody looking for a book to get the 4th edition rather than the 3rd -- 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) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
