21 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: book| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Derick H Siddoway | 16 Aug 1999 09:17 | |
| Paul DuBois | 16 Aug 1999 09:56 | |
| Randy Jay Yarger | 16 Aug 1999 10:22 | |
| Paul Wagorn | 16 Aug 1999 10:32 | |
| Derick H Siddoway | 16 Aug 1999 10:35 | |
| Richard Reina | 16 Aug 1999 10:46 | |
| Paul DuBois | 16 Aug 1999 10:52 | |
| ed | 16 Aug 1999 10:56 | |
| Randy Jay Yarger | 16 Aug 1999 11:03 | |
| Paul DuBois | 16 Aug 1999 11:14 | |
| Martin Ramsch | 16 Aug 1999 11:14 | |
| Howard Lin | 16 Aug 1999 11:46 | |
| Bob Worthy | 16 Aug 1999 11:47 | |
| Blain Nelson | 16 Aug 1999 13:22 | |
| Allen Carpenter | 16 Aug 1999 13:41 | |
| Derick H Siddoway | 16 Aug 1999 14:30 | |
| Carsten H. Pedersen | 17 Aug 1999 08:08 | |
| Chris Trown | 17 Aug 1999 10:15 | |
| Derick H Siddoway | 18 Aug 1999 00:34 | |
| Randy Jay Yarger | 18 Aug 1999 07:15 | |
| Michael Widenius | 20 Aug 1999 02:16 |
| Subject: | Re: book |
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| From: | Blain Nelson (bla...@worldnet.att.net) |
| Date: | 08/16/1999 01:22:22 PM |
| List: | com.mysql.lists.mysql |
Derick H Siddoway wrote:
Paul, I just got my copy of O'Reilly's MySQL book, and I'm quite a bit underwhelmed. How does it compare to the book you're working on?
Howdy. I'm Blain (not Paul).
I'm sorry the O'Reilly book didn't rock your world. It does rock mine. It was a good introduction to a whole bunch of things that I had been trying to find references for on the net, and was unable to find for a long time. I bought a book on SQL in general while waiting for this one to come out, and found it useless to me because it didn't help me get my feet wet in the topic. I hope that, as I get stronger in using this product, the other book will come in handy.
I don't think this need be the end of O'Reilly books on MySQL (or any other books on MySQL, for that matter). Look at all the books O'Reilly has published on Linux and Perl. This is, IMO, the best book to start with since it will help beginners get started and functioning. Something analogous to the Perl Cookbook would be a nice next book, IMO (feel free to take the idea, anybody -- I'm not anywhere close to writing it). It sounds like Paul's book will be a good addition to the greater body of information on MySQL. Might well be my next computer book purchase.
-- derick
Take care, Blain
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