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Title: Great introduction, but not enough depth.
Review: This book is a good read. Sit down with it for a few days, and afterwards, you should know a great deal about MySQL. It covers everything in a very presentable fashion, and is pretty darn fluid. Something rare in technical books. In fact, this is probably the best book out there for MySQL.Unfortunately, when it comes time for implementation, some parts are really bare. The normalization chapter is pretty short and cryptic, though it provides a good introduction to the subject. When it comes to looking up specifics, the warm fuzzy feeling from reading the book slowly melts away. Trying to look up specifics becomes a real hassle (e.g. creating relations between tables), and it doesn't go into great detail on more complex issues (e.g. installing MySQL).This is a great introductory book. It's a nice read, and the language is good. This is not, however, a good reference manual. Despite that, I would still highly recommend this book.
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