Re: Re: learning mysql

2009-03-25 Thread Haidong Ji
I second Claudio's recommendation on Paul DuBois MySQL 4th edition. I've followed his book and enjoyed it. Depending on your background, especially if you work predominately in Windows, I think you will need to have easy access to a *nix machine, either a physical one or virtual machines,

Re: moving data to MySQL

2009-02-21 Thread Haidong Ji
Hi, Never thought of the MS Access solution, but it sounds interesting and I am intrigued. If the data volume is not that big, it could be a quick and dirty way of doing it. Sql Server 2005 and Sql Server 2008 Integration Service (SSIS) can do this, but as far as usability is concerned, it is a