--- product_id: 3226518 title: "Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data" brand: "saied m. m. tahaghoghihugh e. williams" price: "€ 102.80" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.nl/products/3226518-learning-mysql-get-a-handle-on-your-data store_origin: NL region: Netherlands --- # Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data **Brand:** saied m. m. tahaghoghihugh e. williams **Price:** € 102.80 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data by saied m. m. tahaghoghihugh e. williams - **How much does it cost?** € 102.80 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nl](https://www.desertcart.nl/products/3226518-learning-mysql-get-a-handle-on-your-data) ## Best For - saied m. m. tahaghoghihugh e. williams enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted saied m. m. tahaghoghihugh e. williams brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91vs34MMn-L.jpg) ![Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QTi7Rz3IL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Terrible Book *by M***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 5, 2012* I have been working with MySQL for about 6 years but never took the time to do any formal learning so I was looking for a book to "fill in the gaps". After seeing the Amazon.com ratings for this O'Reilly book I decided to try Learning MySQL.This book was written about the time I started using MySQL and I'm very glad that I didn't read this book then. The book is extremely disorganized and never decides on a target audience. It lacks consistency and relies heavily on a website that is no longer available for supplemental materials. The book does contain some useful information but that information is far overshadowed by its negative features. It's hardly a book of learning and would be better described as a book of bad examples. That's on top of the frequent grammatical mistakes and incoherent explanations.Chapter 2:This chapter tries to cover every possible condition in installing the components of the LAMP stack used by the book. Not only was the information in Chapter 2 already outdated when the book was published but at 85 pages it's the worst chapter I've read in any book in a very long time. Coverage for Linux and Mac were poor and the book would be much better off if Chapter 2 was simply omitted. Unfortunately chapter 2 is referenced literally from every subsequent chapter.Bloated:The book is riddled with screenshots and example output received by the console. This alone adds probably 100 pages to the book. Not to mention the authors' tangents into the irrelevant and then adding references on top of those irrelevant topics. At least 10% of the rest of the book is text copied and pasted from elsewhere in the book and it seemed like the authors were just trying to make it longer like a term paper that's required to be a certain number of pages yet you can't think of anything more to write.Bad Habits:The authors do make some valid points in the areas of security and designing schemata but then do all of the examples without adhering to any of those points. For instance, it's explained how important keeping the root password secure is and then nearly every example in the book instructs you to use the root password on the command line or to type it as plain text into source code or data files. So much of the book is passed on as fact or best practice when it's actually the opinion of the authors and it's very unfortunate that more often than not that opinion disagrees with actual conventions and standards.Code:The code is careless and not very well thought through or proofread. When the authors include code examples for something and can't think of an application for what they are describing they just say "you'll probably never have to do this" or "should never do". The explanation for at least one SQL code example is just flat out wrong though the small dataset doesn't make the difference apparent. Elsewhere the code examples even contain syntactical mistakes and were obviously never run through a parser themselves. One PHP example instantiates a variable $count and refers to that variable 3 lines of code later as $len.Appendix:The example PHP/MySQL application in the Appendix in the back of the book is so inconsistent code-wise that it looks like it was written by several people.A beginner trying to learn MySQL from this book is going to learn more bad practices and bad habits than MySQL. The examples in the book are only good enough for examples and in many cases cannot or should not be applied to real world scenarios and applications. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good starting point *by T***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2011* This book is divided into two principal parts. The first covers installing MySQL, some principles of database schema design, and the syntax of all the SQL statements that most users are likely to encounter (or need). If you follow the examples in the book, you will also become well-acquainted with the MySQL CLI. This is an indispenable skill if you will be managing a production server or debugging an application problem (and need to peek at the data through the eyes of an unbiased, third party).The second part shifts gears and discusses writing web applications in PHP and Perl that interface with MySQL databases. If I could choose, I would trade this part for more discussion on database performance analysis and optimization. The subject is approached in the first part, but not in any depth. I have purchased a copy of _High Performance MySQL_ (2nd Edition; O'Reilly) and after a brief skim, that book may be the one to address those issues. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Book to learn *by E***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2022* I like the book --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nl/products/3226518-learning-mysql-get-a-handle-on-your-data](https://www.desertcart.nl/products/3226518-learning-mysql-get-a-handle-on-your-data) --- *Product available on Desertcart Netherlands* *Store origin: NL* *Last updated: 2026-05-22*