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Title: It is NOT focused on using MySQL
Review: This book covers everything revolving around MySQL except the engine itself and its supporting programs. It really should have stuck to documenting, in detail, how to use mysql, mysqladmin, mysqlaccess and how to use the APIs. Most everything was either a straight copy of the program help output or the MySQL documentation. It provided almost zero insights on using MySQL specifically. I understand more about the theory of MySQL permissions after reading this book, but I did not learn how to modify those permissions. They also completely missed an important point about auto-incrementing fields that I learned the hard way playing with MySQL. You are better off just reading the online documentation than buying this book. It's simply a waste of money.
