MySQL (Fourth Edition) Paul DuBois Addison-Wesley, September, 2008 1200 pages ISBN: 0-672-32938-7 larger image

Welcome to the Web site for MySQL, Fourth Edition (a.k.a. "Doorstop IV").

MySQL is a comprehensive text that covers how to use and administer MySQL databases, and how to write MySQL-based programs in C, Perl (using DBI), and PHP (using PDO). It also includes several reference appendixes.

• What's new in the Fourth Edition
• Errata
• The sampdb sample database distribution, available as a tar file or a ZIP file:
  • README
  • Change Notes
  • sampdb.tar.gz (84 KB) (last modified: August 24, 2008)
  • sampdb.zip (154 KB) (last modified: August 24, 2008)
• Reviews
• Online chapter and appendixes (also available at the publisher's web site):
  • [Chapter 7: Writing MySQL Programs Using C]
  • [Appendix G: C API Reference]
  • [Appendix H: Perl DBI API Reference]
  • [Appendix I: PHP API Reference]
  Appendixes G, H, I are available online only.
• Publisher's listing: Addison-Wesley
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• The book is available in electronic form at Safari
• Translations
• Information for previous editions: [Third Edition] [Second Edition] [First Edition]