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Title: Excellent reference!
Review: SQL has always seemed to be a complicated topic to broach, especially if one has no way of practicing with it. mySQL being an open-source implementation of it makes it possible to experiment with it without breaking your bank account; still, I found the packages and other options confusing. Therefore, I picked up this book, hoping to get my ideas straight.This book does not disappoint. I was able to install a simple webserver (Apache), mySQL and PHP based on the instructions in the appendix, and got to playing with it in a very short time. And the things I can do with it!I plan to gain more proficiency with this, and then start implementing ideas from "Translucent Databases" by Peter Wayner, using Java and mySQL. Without a doubt, this book is masterful and an excellent source for a beginner, and a great reference for more advanced users.
