<p style="margin: 0px;"><b>The Most Complete and Practical Guide to MySQL Version 5's Powerful SQL Dialect</b></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">MySQL version 5 offers a SQL dialect with immense power. In <i>SQL for MySQL Developers</i>, Rick F. van der Lans helps you master this version ofSQL and take advantage of its full potential. Using case study examplesand hands-on exercises, van der Lans illuminates every key concept,technique, and statement–including advanced features that make iteasier to create even the most complex statements and programs.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Drawing on decades of experience as an SQL standards team member and enterprise consultant, he reveals exactly why MySQL's dialect works as it does–and how to get the most out of it. You'll gain powerful insight into everything from basic queries to stored procedures, transactions to data security.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Whether you're a programmer, Web developer, analyst, DBA, or database user, this book can take you from “apprentice” to true SQL expert. If you've used SQL in older versions of MySQL, you'll become dramatically more effective–and if you're migrating from other database platforms, you'll gain practical mastery <i>fast</i>.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Coverage includes</p> <ul> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Writing queries, including joins, functions, and subqueries</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Updating data</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Creating tables, views, and other database objects</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Specifying keys and other integrity constraints</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Improving efficiency with indexes</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Enforcing security via passwords and privileges</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Embedding SQL statements within PHP programs</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Building stored procedures and triggers</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Using transactions, locking, rollback, and isolation levels</div></li> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Utilizing MySQL's catalog</div></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0px;">All of the book's sample programs are available for download from www.r20.nl.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><b>About the Author</b></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><b>Rick </b><b>F. van der Lans </b>is author of the classic <i>Introduction to SQL</i>, the definitive SQL guide that database developers have relied on for more than 20 years. He is a consultant, author, and lecturer specializing in database technology, development tools, data warehousing, and XML. As managing director of the Netherlands-based R20/Consultancy, he has advised many large companies on defining their IT architectures. He chairs the European Meta Data Conference, and writes columns for several magazines.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"></p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Contents</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">About the Author   <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Preface     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">PART I Introduction     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 1 Introduction to MySQL     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 2 The Tennis Club Sample Database     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 3 Installing the Software     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 4 SQL in a Nutshell     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">PART II Querying and Updating Data     </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 5 SELECT Statement: Common Elements     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 6 SELECT Statements, Table Expressions, and Subqueries     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 7 SELECT Statement:The FROM Clause     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">CHAPTER 8 SELECT Statement: The WHERE Clause     <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">