Mysql Weekend Crash Course

Quickly learn MySQL -- the leading open source relational database management system! With MySQL Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed creating MySQL database applications in a single weekend! This book is for Web Developers and Programmers with no prior knowledge of MySQL. This crash course will help you learn how to use MySQL to get database applications to work quickly on the Web.

Get up to speed on Apache, MySQL, and PHP - in a weekend! The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Apache Web server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you installed all three of these technologies. Perhaps you've never used Apache, MySQL, and PHP together. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - Apache, MySQL, and PHP Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to dive right in and begin building dynamic, data-driven sites on either Windows or Linux with all three integrated technologies. The Curriculum Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Installing Apache * Installing PHP * Installing MySQL * Apache Basics Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Configuring Apache * Apache Security Concerns * The Basics of MySQL * MySQL Security * Working with Data * Queries Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Troubleshooting MySQL Commands and Queries * Advanced MySQL Concepts * PHP Basics * Program Flow * PHP Functions Saturday, cont. Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Working with Files * HTML Constructs * Working with Forms * Multiple-User Considerations in PHP Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Good Coding Practices * Debugging and Troubleshooting PHP * MySQL Through PHP * Debugging and Troubleshooting MySQL in PHP * Odds and Ends * Project: Calendar I Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Project: Calendar II * Project: Content Publishing I * Project: Content Publishing II * Project: Building an RSS Feed

Learn SQL fast! With SQL Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on how to use SQL -- the standard international database language -- in a single weekend! This book consists of 30 sessions that teach the core concepts of ANSI SQL over a weekend (from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon). Naturally, you can adapt your learning to whatever schedule meets your needs. Coverage focuses on the following databases: Access, Oracle9i, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. You'll pick up valuable skills such as: * Retrieving data * Adding, updating and deleting data * Using SQL within an application * Building database tables with SQL * Protecting the contents of a database * Dynamic SQL

MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems available, powering everything from Internet powerhouses to individual corporate databases to simple end-user applications, and everything in between. This book will teach you all you need to know to be immediately productive with the latest version of MySQL. By working through 30 highly focused hands-on lessons, your MySQL Crash Course will be both easier and more effective than you'd have thought possible. Learn How To Retrieve and Sort Data Filter Data Using Comparisons, Regular Expressions, Full Text Search, and Much More Join Relational Data Create and Alter Tables Insert, Update, and Delete Data Leverage the Power of Stored Procedures and Triggers Use Views and Cursors Manage Transactional Processing Create User Accounts and Manage Security via Access Control

With databases lurking in the background of every website, knowing how to manage them with MySQL is a no-brainer. This practical, hands-on introduction teaches readers all they need to know. MySQL Crash Course is a fast-paced, no-nonsense introduction to relational database development. It’s filled withpractical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly. You’ll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events,procedures, and functions. You’ll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and useindexes to accelerate data retrieval. You’ll even explore how to call MySQL from PHP, Python, and Java. Three final projects will show you how to build a weather database from scratch, use triggers to prevent errors in anelection database, and use views to protect sensitive data in a salary database. You’ll also learn how to: Query database tables for specific information, order the results, comment SQL code, and deal with null values Define table columns to hold strings, integers, and dates, and determine what data types to use Join multiple database tables as well as use temporary tables, common table expressions, derived tables, andsubqueries Add, change, and remove data from tables, create views based on specific queries, write reusable stored routines, and automate and schedule events The perfect quick-start resource for database developers, MySQL Crash Course will arm you with the tools you needto build and manage fast, powerful, and secure MySQL-based data storage systems.

Demonstrates Web application development by presenting ten real, ready-to-use examples Samples start with a simple guess book and end with a fully-functional e-commerce site with a shopping cart New features include both MySQL 4.1 and PHP 4.2 Latest edition contains new applications including log analysis and project tracking CD-ROM includes all the code and examples applications from the book in addition to MySQL, PHP, Apache, PHP classes, libraries, utilities, and other tools

MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement functionality for MySQL. Built by some of the original authors of MySQL, with assistance from the broader community of free and open source software developers, MariaDB offers a rich set of feature enhancements to MySQL, including alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches. MariaDB Crash Course teaches you all you need to know to be immediately productive with MariaDB. Master trainer Ben Forta introduces all the essentials through a series of quick, easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. Instead of belaboring database theory and relational design, Forta focuses on teaching solutions for the majority of users who simply want to interact with data. Learn how to: Retrieve and sort data Filter data using comparisons, regular expressions, and full text search Join relational data Create and alter tables Insert, update, and delete data Leverage the power of stored procedures and triggers Use views and cursors Manage transactional processing Create user accounts and manage security via access control

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