SAMS teach yourself MySQL in 21 Days

Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days is an accessible, detailed tutorial on using the most popular open-source database to develop powerful applications. This new edition has been completely re-written and features improved quality, a better structure, and greater depth. Covers MySQL 4.1, the new version that adds significant new functionality to MySQL, such as using MySQL as an embedded database. Learn how to integrate MySQL into a database driven Web site and also how to embed MySQL into other compiled applications. MySQL is the most widely installed open-source database. Approximately 3.5 million MySQL servers are in use and more than 45% of databases used on Linux worldwide are MySQL databases. Its latest version, MySQL 4.x, closes the gap between MySQL and other, more sophisticated databases. Version 4 permits the use of MySQL as an embedded database, which means it can be compiled into another application and used in a range of devices