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Title: All things to all developers, Nothing to Nobody...
Review: Before I start in with the thrashing, I would recomend this book to people who have NEVER done database development or administration. If you really haven't worked with databases this might be a nice, gentle intro. Otherwise, let the games begin.This book was a let down. It tried too hard to be all things to all people and ended up being nothing to nobody... The last 200+ pages of the book were a nice reference but that's about it. The begining of the book provided a nice history lesson and some background, but that information isn't that critical.If you are into Perl I would go through the MySQL tutorial that is part of the documentationIf you develop in Python, Java, C++, PHP or some other language with a API for MySQL, maybe this is the best info available. I hope thats not the case.Better Luck Next Time...
