Comments about O'Reilly Media Managing & Using MySQL:

LOVE IT! Fanstastic review of use on OS X. Great examples. Very readable, but it didn't bog me down in BS. I was up an running quickly!

Comments about O'Reilly Media Managing & Using MySQL:

This book is much better than mSQL & MySQL versus errata, however, it still lacks in a number of areas, such as clear instruction on how to set up MySQL security and protection against intrusions. I like the section on Perl, though some as another reviewer noted, it would be helpful if more examples were included. Rather than spending a lot of time on the CGI module, they would have better invested it in giving us a working example of a well-commented database in Perl such as personal phone book or something similar with add, delete and update functionality and at least a simple search function. I found the manual on the mysql.com web page to be much more helpful/useful in getting the info I needed. On CGI.pm, I rely on Lincoln Stein's book. I'm certain that writing my own class or templates would be interesting to say the least, but when I have code to crank out, I want to know how to get through the basics. I found my SQL reference a better resource for general SQL since it compares MySQL with PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and Oracle.

If you're just getting started, this book can be helpful, but you'll still need the online docs from mysql.com to serve as a backup resource if you're going to get serious.

I must say at the least, I'm very happy with O'Reilly customer support. When I told them how crummy the first book was and how dissatisfied I was with the quality of the SQL books coming from O'Reilly, I was happy to hear them say they'd send me a free copy of the second version when it came out. Months later (on-time), without prompting, they did as they had promised. Also, as promised, the need for lots of errata dropped significantly (QA works - imagine that :)

Comments about O'Reilly Media Managing & Using MySQL:

Very, very poorly done with regard to Java and Windows environments. The download examples completely skip the Java chapter. This not the usual good quality I've found from 0'Reilly. I'll definitely look elsewhere and more closely at the content next time around.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Managing & Using MySQL:

Thanks for writting this book.

First of all, sorry for my English.

So far, my complain is that there is no database example came with the book so readers/learners can see actions in corresponding to what/commands used in the book. The examples downloaded from your website do not help on this concern.

Hope you have mysql database examples relates to what you wrote in the book. It is probably that the book is so good at materials explainations, guides...but there is no examples packaged with the book; I give 4/5 for contents.

Best regards,

- vu