Rating: 

I don't know how ANYONE could POSSIBLY praise this as a decent book. There are so many typos in the text and (especially) in the sample code that it's rediculous!

O'Reilly should be embarassed to have such a book in their lineup.

Although it explains nicely how MySQL and relational database systems actually work, it doesn't really give you much information on how to use one.

I also take a little bit of umbrage at the fact that the book assumes the reader is running the server he's using and has root privileges.

Bleurgh. A pile of stinky ----