| The MySQL Reference Manual is the primary source of information on MySQL. It is available online in several formats and languages from the MySQL AB Web site (http://www.mysql.com/). It is also available as a printed bound volume from MySQL Press in English and from MITP in German.
The portals section at the MySQL AB Web site provides descriptions of a number of MySQL-related books. These might be helpful in supplementing the material in the MySQL Reference Manual, and many of them also deal with specific topics not extensively covered by the manual, such as Web site development, e-commerce, and application programming using the C client library or other APIs.
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About the Authors
Paul DuBois is a member of the MySQL documentation team, a database administrator, and a leader in the Open Source and MySQL communities. He contributed to the online documentation for MySQL and is the author of MySQL Developer's Library, MySQL and Perl for the Web (New Riders Publishing), and MySQL Cookbook, Using csh and tcsh, and Software Portability with imake (O'Reilly and Associates).
Stefan Hinz is a member of the MySQL documentation team, a MySQL trainer and consultant, and the German translator of the MySQL Reference Manual. He is also the translator of Paul's MySQL Cookbook (O'Reilly and Associates) and translator and author of MySQL-related German books. Stefan passed the MySQL Certification exam before he joined MySQL AB.
Carsten Pedersen is the MySQL AB Certification Manager, and has led the development of the MySQL Certification Program. He has taught several MySQL courses in a number of countries. Before joining MySQL AB, he administered MySQL databases in several production systems and maintained a very popular "MySQL FAQ and Tools" Internet site. |
