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| Book: | Managing & Using MySQL | |
| Subject: | Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition Review | |
| Date: | 2003-03-25 00:21:01 | |
| From: | Kevin | |
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Rating:
 
This book is much better than mSQL & MySQL versus errata, however, it still lacks in a number of areas, such as clear instruction on how to set up MySQL security and protection against intrusions. I like the section on Perl, though some as another reviewer noted, it would be helpful if more examples were included. Rather than spending a lot of time on the CGI module, they would have better invested it in giving us a working example of a well-commented database in Perl such as personal phone book or something similar with add, delete and update functionality and at least a simple search function. I found the manual on the mysql.com web page to be much more helpful/useful in getting the info I needed. On CGI.pm, I rely on Lincoln Stein's book. I'm certain that writing my own class or templates would be interesting to say the least, but when I have code to crank out, I want to know how to get through the basics. I found my SQL reference a better resource for general SQL since it compares MySQL with PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and Oracle.
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