<P style="MARGIN: 0px">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. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>MariaDB Crash Course</I> 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.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Learn how to:</P> <UL> <LI>Retrieve and sort data</LI> <LI>Filter data using comparisons, regular expressions, and full text search</LI> <LI>Join relational data</LI> <LI>Create and alter tables</LI> <LI>Insert, update, and delete data</LI> <LI>Leverage the power of stored procedures and triggers</LI> <LI>Use views and cursors</LI> <LI>Manage transactional processing</LI> <LI>Create user accounts and manage security via access control</LI></UL>