The Most Complete and Practical Guide to MySQL Version 5? S Powerful SQL Dialect MySQL version 5 offers a SQL dialect with great force. Using case studies examplesand hands-on exercises, van der Lans illuminates every key concept, technique, and reports? including advanced features that make iteasier to create even the most complex statements and programs. Drawing on decades of experience as an SQL standards team member and enterprise consultant, he reveals exactly why MySQL dialect? Work as done and how to get the most out of it?. If your MySQL? Used has an old SQL version, you become? It would be dramatically more effective? And if you're fast? Back migrate other database of the platform, will get? Your practical mastery. Coverage includes Writing queries, including joins, functions, and subqueries Updating Create data tables, views, and other database objects Defining keys and other integrity constraints Improving efficiency with indexes Enforcing security via passwords and rights Embedding SQL statements within PHP programs Building stored procedures and triggers Using transactions, locking, rollback, and isolation levels Utilizing MySQL? catalog All the books? S sample programs available for download from www.r20.nl. About the Author Rick F. He led the Meta Data Europe Conference, and writes columns for several magazines. Content About the Author Preface PART I Introduction CHAPTER 1 Introduction to MySQL CHAPTER 2 Tennis Club Sample Database CHAPTER 3 Installing Software CHAPTER 4 SQL in short PART II query and Updating Data CHAPTER 5 SELECT Statement: Common Elements CHAPTER 6 SELECT Statements Table Expressions, and subqueries CHAPTER 7 SELECT Statement: The FROM Clause CHAPTER 8 SELECT Statement: The WHERE Clause CHAPTER 9 SELECT Statement: SELECT Clause and Aggregation Functions CHAPTER 10 SELECT Statement: The GROUP BY Clause CHAPTER 11 SELECT Statement: The HAVING Clause CHAPTER 12 SELECT Statement: The ORDER BY Clause CHAPTER 13 SELECT Statement: The LIMIT Clause CHAPTER 14 Combining Table Expressions CHAPTER 15 User Variable and the SET Statement CHAPTER 16 Statement handlers CHAPTER 17 Updating Tables CHAPTER 18 Loading and Unloading Data CHAPTER 19 Working with XML Documents PART III Creating Database Objects CHAPTER 20 Creating Tables CHAPTER 21 Defining Integrity Constraints Character Sets Chapter 22 and Collations CHAPTER 23 ENUM and SET Types CHAPTER 24 Changing and Dropping Tables CHAPTER 25 Using the Index CHAPTER 26 Views CHAPTER 27 Creating Databases Chapter 28 Users and Data Security CHAPTER 29 Statements for Table Maintenance CHAPTER 30 SHOW it, DESCRIBE, and HELP Statements PART IV Object Database Events CHAPTER 31 Stored Procedures CHAPTER 32 Stored Functions Chapter 33 Triggers CHAPTER 34 Events PART V Programming with SQL CHAPTER 35 MySQL and PHP CHAPTER 36 Dynamic SQL with Prepared Statement CHAPTER 37 Transaction and Use of multiuser APPENDIX A SQL Syntax 0px; "ANNEX> B Scalar Functions APPENDIX C System Variables APPENDIX D Bibliography Index