I agre with the DuBois recommendation. I have a couple of quibbles, but overall, I think it's a great book (and I did a pretty exhaustive check when I was first learning mysql.
That said, I think that different books, and different methods of presentation, speak to different people. I've found that the best way to decide on a book is to take one topic, and look at how that topic is presented across a variety of books (easy to do in a store like b&n or amazon). matt ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry M. Howell II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:57 PM Subject: Re: Book recomendations > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 08:34:18AM -0500, Charles Mabbott wrote: > > I got a gift certificate for book store. I am looking for good MySql > > books with reference, examples, etc? Anyone have some ideas on good > > books to look at > > > MySQL by Dubois is a good starter book. Not sure how it works for the > advanced person because I'm not realy advanced but mabe skim through it > if the bookstores have it and see what you think or read the reviews on > the book on bn.com or mabe others on the list could give feedback on > this. > > -- > Jerry M. Howell II > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
