MySQL is a robust open source database product that supports key subsets of SQL on both Linux and Unix systems. MySQL is free for nonprofit use and costs a small amount for commercial use. This book includes introductions to SQL and to relational database theory. If you plan to use MySQL to build web sites or other Linux or Unix applications, this book teaches you to do that, and it will remain useful as a reference once you understand the basics. Ample tutorial material and examples are included throughout. It takes you through the whole process from installation and configuration to programming interfaces and database administration. This second edition has an enhanced administration chapter that includes information on administrative tools, server configuration, server startup and shutdown, log file management, database backup and restore, and database administration and repair. In addition, a new chapter on security describes data, server, and client-server security, while a chapter on extending MySQL provides an overview of MySQL internals and describes the use of MySQL user-defined functions.

Author Biography

George Reese is well known for his superb O’Reilly book, Database Programming with JDBC and Java . He specializes in the development of Internet-oriented Java enterprise systems, and he is the author of the world’s first JDBC driver, the mSQL-JDBC driver for mSQL. He currently works as an enterprise systems architect in Minneapolis. Randy Jay Yarger is a senior solutions developer at US Web/CKS in Southfield, Michigan. He combines expertise in database construction and interaction with extensive knowledge of the Internet to create world-class web applications. Tim King is a software consultant in San Francisco, specializing in database and web technologies.

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