MySQL In A Nutshell - Brossura

Dyer, Russell J. T.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0596007892 ISBN 13: 9780596007898

Casa editrice: Oreilly & Associates Inc, 2005

Riassunto

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database. MySQL is designed for speed, power, and flexibility in mission-critical, heavy-use environments and modest applications as well. It's also surprisingly rich in features. If you're a database administrator or programmer you probably love the myriad of things MySQL can do, but sometimes wish there wasn't such a myriad of things to remember. With MySQL in a Nutshell by your keyboard, you can drill down into the full depth of MySQL's capabilities quickly and easily.MySQL in a Nutshell is the indispensable desktop reference to all MySQL functions. Programming language APIs for PHP, Perl, and C are covered, as well as all the popular MySQL utilities.This invaluable resource clearly documents the details that experienced users need to take full advantage of this powerful database management system. Better yet, this wealth of information is packed into the concise, comprehensive, and extraordinarily easy-to-use format for which the in a Nutshell guides are renowned.In addition to providing a thorough reference to MySQL statements and functions, the administrative utilities, and the most popular APIs, MySQL in a Nutshell includes several tutorial chapters to help newcomers get started. Moreover, each chapter covering an API begins with a brief tutorial so that, regardless of your level of experience in any given area, you will be able to understand and master unfamiliar territory.MySQL in a Nutshell distills all the vital MySQL details you need on a daily basis into one convenient, well-organized book. It will save you hundreds of hours of tedious research or trial and error and put the facts you need to truly tap MySQL's capabilities at your fingertips.

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L'autore:

Russell Dyer has worked full-time for several years as a free-lance writer of computer articles, primarily on MySQL. He has been working with MySQL AB as the editor of their new Knowledge Base since December 2004. He is the author of "MySQL in a Nutshell" (O'Reilly), and has published over ninety articles for several magazines: Dev Zone (a MySQL publication), Linux Journal, ONlamp.com, The Perl Journal, Red Hat Magazine, SysAdmin Magazine, Tech Republic, Unix Review, and XML.com. A list of his published articles with links to them can be found on his web site at http://russell.dyerhouse.com.

Contenuti:

Dedication; Preface; The Purpose of This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Request for Comments; Safari Enabled; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to MySQL; 1.1 The Value of MySQL; 1.2 The MySQL Package; 1.3 Licensing; 1.4 Mailing Lists; 1.5 Books and Other Publications; Chapter 2: Installing MySQL; 2.1 Choosing a Distribution; 2.2 Unix Source Distributions; 2.3 Unix Binary Distributions; 2.4 Linux RPM Distributions; 2.5 Macintosh OS X Distributions; 2.6 Novell NetWare Distributions; 2.7 Windows Distributions; 2.8 Postinstallation; Chapter 3: MySQL Basics; 3.1 The mysql Client; 3.2 Creating a Database and Tables; 3.3 Show Me; 3.4 Inserting Data; 3.5 Selecting Data; 3.6 Ordering, Limiting, and Grouping; 3.7 Analyzing and Manipulating Data; 3.8 Changing Data; 3.9 Deleting Data; 3.10 Searching Data; 3.11 Importing Data in Bulk; 3.12 Command-Line Interface; 3.13 Conclusion; Chapter 4: SQL Statements; 4.1 Statements Grouped by Type; 4.2 Statements and Clauses in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 5: String Functions; 5.1 String Functions Grouped by Type; 5.2 String Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 6: Date and Time Functions; 6.1 Date and Time Functions Grouped by Type; 6.2 Date and Time Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 7: Mathematical and Aggregate Functions; 7.1 Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 8: Flow Control Functions; 8.1 Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Functions; 9.1 Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 10: MySQL Server and Client; Chapter 11: Command-Line Utilities; Chapter 12: Perl API; 12.1 Using Perl DBI with MySQL; 12.2 Perl DBI Method and Function Reference; 12.3 Attributes for Handles; Chapter 13: PHP API; 13.1 Using PHP with MySQL; 13.2 PHP MySQL Functions in Alphabetical Order; Chapter 14: C API; 14.1 Using C with MySQL; 14.2 Functions in Alphabetical Order; 14.3 C API Datatypes; Appendix A: Datatypes; A.1 Numeric Datatypes; A.2 Accurate Numeric Types; A.3 Approximate Numeric Datatypes; A.4 Date and Time Datatypes; A.5 String Datatypes; Appendix B: Operators; B.1 Arithmetic Operators; B.2 Relational Operators; B.3 Logical Operators; B.4 Bitwise Operators; Appendix C: Environment Variables; Colophon;

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• Editore: Oreilly & Associates Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0596007892
• ISBN 13: 9780596007898
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 321