Ebook: Learning MySQL

Whether you're running a business, keeping track of members andmeetings for a club, or just trying to organize a large and diversecollection of information, you'll find the MySQL database engineuseful for answering questions such as: Which are my top ten fastest-selling products?How frequently does this person come to our facility?What was the highest, lowest, and average score of the team last season? MySQL, the most popular open-source database, offers the power ofa relational database in a package that's easy to set up andadministe.;Table of Contents; Preface; Who This Book Is for; What's in the Book; Introduction; Using MySQL; Advanced Topics; Web Database Applications with PHP; Interacting with MySQL Using Perl; Appendix; Conventions Used in This Book; Resources; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Saied Tahaghoghi; Hugh Williams; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction; Why Is MySQL so Popular?; Elements of MySQL and Its Environment; The LAMP Platform; Structured Query Language; MySQL Software Covered in This Book; The Book's Web Site; Chapter 2. Installing MySQL