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MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide (MySQL Press)

12 reviews
Paul DuBois, Stefan Hinz, ...

MySQL Press, 2005

Way exceeded my expectation!
The book is quite big and my first impression was it's going to take a long time and it's full of useless info. But once I started reading, I had a nice surprise. The book actually covers 2 certifications (Dev and DBA), 2 exams each. I can't speak for the Dev part, but the DBA part was very well structured and each exam required less than 200 pages of reading. The information was dense enough and ...

MySQL Certification Study Guide

10 reviews
Paul DuBois, Stefan Hinz, ...

MySQL Press, 2004

One of the best MySQL books around
This book is not only an excellent source for prepping for the Core and Professional exams, it's also great for teaching good MySQL usage in general. This should be no surprise: Paul DuBois is the main author, and anyone even remotely in touch with MySQL know his reputation. Now that I'm certified, I will soon be teaching courses in MySQL. I plan to use this book as course material, and I ...