in reply to SQL Advice::Which Tome?

I'd advocate Paul Dubois' books MySQL followed by MySQL and Perl for the Web

The latter is the better book IMO, but can be a bit technical for a beginner, the former should provide all the foundations you need.

EDIT: changed the URLs to point to .com instead of .co.uk for the benefit of the USians in the audience.

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Re^2: SQL Advice::Which Tome?
by hmerrill (Friar) on Jun 25, 2004 at 14:27 UTC
    I second both recommendations! Since you're new to databases in general, the "MySQL" book is probably the one you should start with. MySQL has some setup and security issues to get by first, and the "MySQL" book does a good job of explaining what needs to be done. That's a very good reference book too. I bought the "MySQL and Perl for the Web" by Paul Dubois, but I haven't read much of it yet. What I have read of it I liked very much. I like Paul's writing style - I find it very easy to follow and not a lot of fluff - just the stuff you need to know.

    HTH.

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