Fwd: RE: How to get started on MySQL
Looks like this was sent just to me - no knowledge of it myself, but here you go. -Dan -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicholas Vettese [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 8, 2006 6:29 AM Subject: RE: How to get started on MySQL To: Dan Buettner [EMAIL PROTECTED] What about Larry Ullman's MySQL Book,a href=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=yEA N=9780321375735itm=3MySQL, Second Edition/a? Nick -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to get started on MySQL
Hi, I am new to MySQL, never used it before. I have basic knowledge of databases and have used Oracle in the past, as far as writing SQL queries and starting/shutting down the database instance. I need to write server side scripts (php scripts) that communicate with MySQL database. I want to download MySQL and learn how to use it. I went to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. There are 2 main downloads Community Server and Enterprise. Which would you recommend for a newbie ? Any pointers to a real-fast-quickstart-guide would also help. :) Thanks in advance. Eric.
Re: How to get started on MySQL
Eric, you'll likely want the community edition to get started with. It's essentially the same software, at least for now, but community is free whereas enterprise is cost (but includes support). I've read good things about, and have just ordered, this: MySQL Cookbook, 2nd edition http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059652708X/104-6445927-8829555 A visit to Barnes Noble or Borders would also turn up a number of good books in the getting started category for PHP and MySQL, I'm sure. That's where I started in about 1999, though I've since lost the two books I got. Welcome to the community - hopefully you find MySQL every bit as useful and powerful as I have! Best, Dan On 12/7/06, Eric Nygma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to MySQL, never used it before. I have basic knowledge of databases and have used Oracle in the past, as far as writing SQL queries and starting/shutting down the database instance. I need to write server side scripts (php scripts) that communicate with MySQL database. I want to download MySQL and learn how to use it. I went to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. There are 2 main downloads Community Server and Enterprise. Which would you recommend for a newbie ? Any pointers to a real-fast-quickstart-guide would also help. :) Thanks in advance. Eric. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get started on MySQL
Thanks a lot Dan :). I just started downloading the Complete Install package of Community Server MySQL for Windows. I'll look around the sites you mentioned and see if I can make sense out of them. Thanks again, Eric. On 12/8/06, Dan Buettner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric, you'll likely want the community edition to get started with. It's essentially the same software, at least for now, but community is free whereas enterprise is cost (but includes support). I've read good things about, and have just ordered, this: MySQL Cookbook, 2nd edition http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059652708X/104-6445927-8829555 A visit to Barnes Noble or Borders would also turn up a number of good books in the getting started category for PHP and MySQL, I'm sure. That's where I started in about 1999, though I've since lost the two books I got. Welcome to the community - hopefully you find MySQL every bit as useful and powerful as I have! Best, Dan On 12/7/06, Eric Nygma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to MySQL, never used it before. I have basic knowledge of databases and have used Oracle in the past, as far as writing SQL queries and starting/shutting down the database instance. I need to write server side scripts (php scripts) that communicate with MySQL database. I want to download MySQL and learn how to use it. I went to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/index.html. There are 2 main downloads Community Server and Enterprise. Which would you recommend for a newbie ? Any pointers to a real-fast-quickstart-guide would also help. :) Thanks in advance. Eric.
