Re: Books advice

2003-08-04 Thread mysql
Jeff, thanks for our ".02". I'm about done with my second SQL book so after reading your words the company just bought mePauls Mysql book. Thanks for your opinion. SJohnson On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:14:29 -0400 "Jeffery C. Baldwin" wrote: > Just to drop my $.02 in on this.. I started reading the 1s

Re: books advice

2003-08-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 21:47 +0100 8/4/03, Fawad Siddiqui wrote: Dear all, Thank you very much for all your responses. I have settled on the at least one book, SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas. I would, however, ask Paul to recommen

Re: RE: Books advice

2003-08-04 Thread vze2spjf
7;Asif Iqbal'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'Ralph Guzman'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "'Fawad Siddiqui'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Books advice > > Just to drop my $.02 in on this

RE: Books advice

2003-08-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 12:14 -0400 8/4/03, Jeffery C. Baldwin wrote: Just to drop my $.02 in on this.. I started reading the 1st version of Pauls' MySQL book online a week or so back using my account over at 'Safari', once I read a little and decided that I was genuinely interested in this MySQL 'thing', I went over t

RE: Books advice

2003-08-04 Thread Jeffery C. Baldwin
2:02 PM To: Asif Iqbal; Ralph Guzman Cc: 'Fawad Siddiqui'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Books advice At 21:04 -0400 7/31/03, Asif Iqbal wrote: >I just ordered this book > >MySQL >The definitive guide to using, programming, >and administering MySQL 4 >by Paul Dubois &g

RE: Books advice

2003-08-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 21:04 -0400 7/31/03, Asif Iqbal wrote: I just ordered this book MySQL The definitive guide to using, programming, and administering MySQL 4 by Paul Dubois I found it more technical than MySQL cook book by Paul Dubois Comparison information: http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book-comparison.php Th

Re: Books advice

2003-08-01 Thread Stephen Fromm
It depends on what you want to know. I used _Fundamentals of Database Systems_ (Elmasri and Navathe) when I took a DB course. It was pretty good, though my impression is that there might be a "classic" which is better. The problem with the more MySQL-specific books is that you might not learn th

RE: Books advice

2003-07-31 Thread Asif Iqbal
> CC: 'Fawad Siddiqui'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: RE: Books advice > > > I just ordered this book > > MySQL > The definitive guide to using, programming, > and administering MySQL 4 > by Paul Dubois > > I found it more technical than MySQL cook book by Paul

RE: Books advice

2003-07-31 Thread Lucas Fonzalida - Soporte Tecnico
Asif, can you paste here the ISBN? Thanks!! Lucas -Mensaje original- De: Asif Iqbal Enviado el: Jueves, 31 de Julio de 2003 22:05 Para: Ralph Guzman CC: 'Fawad Siddiqui'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: Books advice I just ordered this book MySQL The definitive guid

RE: Books advice

2003-07-31 Thread Asif Iqbal
I just ordered this book MySQL The definitive guide to using, programming, and administering MySQL 4 by Paul Dubois I found it more technical than MySQL cook book by Paul Dubois On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Ralph Guzman wrote: > Here are two other books that I would recommend, specially the first > o

Re: Books advice

2003-07-31 Thread O'K Web Design
nything in it. I also have the MySQL reference manual which is great for really technical type questions. Mike - Original Message - From: "Ralph Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Fawad Siddiqui'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

RE: Books advice

2003-07-31 Thread Ralph Guzman
Here are two other books that I would recommend, specially the first one: * SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL by Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming by Joe Celko -Original Message- From: Fa