Resources and Further Reading

A lot of information is available to you, if you want to learn more about installing and using MySQL. The best place to begin is http://www.mysql.com/documentation/ index.html—the extensive online documents cover all aspects of the program from installation to command lines, along with a very nice beginner’s tutorial to get you started. Mac OS X users can also check out Marc Liyanage’s OS X software resources at http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/. There are also various user forums onMySQL, PHP, and related issues. A good place to begin is http://www. sourceforge.net/.

If you like to do your learning from books, try Paul DuBois’s excellent MySQL (published by New Riders).