MySQL Reference Manual: Documentation from the Source

This is simply the printed version of the online documentation. This is very handy to have when you are not in front of your keyboard. I use the printed and online versions equally. The layout of the printed version is not the best by any means. Used in conjunction with the online documentation, you will find what you need though. This book should be on any PHP/MySQL programmer's shelf.

It's been a long wait, but finally a comprehensive MySQL Reference manual has arrived ! Definitive comprehensive and one might even say exhaustive - you'll want to keep this one handy.

Well, they wrote big parts of MySQL. That's a good recommendation, if you ask me

As a longtime user (a happy one at that!) of MySQL, I am happy to finally have the REAL reference manual on the shelf where I can pick it up and use it - just like all the others!Lack of a printed reference manual has long been a complication of using MySQL, although the electronic documentation has been great for the last couple of years! As author and MySQL developer Monty Widenius stated about the book (MySQL web site announcement), "The printed version of our highly-used reference manual will be an essential resource for any MySQL user, and it will complement the wide selection of MySQL books that are currently available."This one, as the actual reference manual is a great complement to Paul DuBois' popular 'MySQL', which serves as the users manual. Together, these are the printed resources necessary to be a power administrator and user of MySQL! Thanks Monty!