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Book MySQL for Python

    Book Details:
  • Author : Albert Lukaszewski
  • Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
  • Release : 2010-09-21
  • ISBN : 1849510199
  • Pages : 661 pages

Download or read book MySQL for Python written by Albert Lukaszewski and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical, tutorial-style book that includes many examples to demonstrate the full potential of MySQL for Python. Every chapter starts with an explanation of the various areas for using MySQL for Python and ends with work on a sample application using the programming calls just learned. All complicated concepts are broken down to be very easy to understand. Everything in the book is designed to help you learn and use MySQL for Python to address your programming needs in the fastest way possible. This book is meant for intermediate users of Python who want hassle-free access to their MySQL database through Python. If you are a Python programmer who wants database-support in your Python applications, then this book is for you. This book is a must-read for every focused user of the MySQL for Python library who wants real-world applications using this powerful combination of Python and MySQL.

Book MySQL Connector Python Revealed

Download or read book MySQL Connector Python Revealed written by Jesper Wisborg Krogh and published by Apress. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move data back and forth between database and application. The must-have knowledge in this book helps programmers learn how to use the official driver, MySQL Connector/Python, by which Python programs communicate with the MySQL database. This book takes you from the initial installation of the connector through basic query execution, then through more advanced topics, error handing, and troubleshooting. The book covers both the traditional API as well as the new X DevAPI. The X DevAPI is part of MySQL 8.0 and is an API that can be used with connectors for several programming languages and is used from the command-line interface known as MySQL Shell. You will learn to use the connector by working through code examples and following a discussion of how the API calls work. By the end of the book, you will be able to use MySQL as the back-end storage for your Python programs, and you’ll even have the option of choosing between SQL and NoSQL interfaces. What You'll Learn Install MySQL Connector/Python Connect to MySQL and configure database access Execute SQL and NoSQL queries from your Python program Trap errors and troubleshoot problems Store data from different languages using MySQL’s character set support Work in the X DevAPI that underlies all of MySQL’s language connectors Who This Book Is For Developers familiar with Python who are looking at using MySQL as the back-end database. No prior knowledge of Connector/Python is assumed, but readers should be familiar with databases and the Python programming language.

Book MySQL Cookbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul DuBois
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780596001452
  • Pages : 1026 pages

Download or read book MySQL Cookbook written by Paul DuBois and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DuBois organizes his cookbook's recipes into sections on the problem, the solution stated simply, and the solution implemented in code and discussed. The implementation and discussion sections are the most valuable, as they contain the command sequences, code listings, and design explanations that can be transferred to outside projects.

Book Foundations for Analytics with Python

Download or read book Foundations for Analytics with Python written by Clinton W. Brownley and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re like many of Excel’s 750 million users, you want to do more with your data—like repeating similar analyses over hundreds of files, or combining data in many files for analysis at one time. This practical guide shows ambitious non-programmers how to automate and scale the processing and analysis of data in different formats—by using Python. After author Clinton Brownley takes you through Python basics, you’ll be able to write simple scripts for processing data in spreadsheets as well as databases. You’ll also learn how to use several Python modules for parsing files, grouping data, and producing statistics. No programming experience is necessary. Create and run your own Python scripts by learning basic syntax Use Python’s csv module to read and parse CSV files Read multiple Excel worksheets and workbooks with the xlrd module Perform database operations in MySQL or with the mysqlclient module Create Python applications to find specific records, group data, and parse text files Build statistical graphs and plots with matplotlib, pandas, ggplot, and seaborn Produce summary statistics, and estimate regression and classification models Schedule your scripts to run automatically in both Windows and Mac environments

Book Building REST APIs with Flask

Download or read book Building REST APIs with Flask written by Kunal Relan and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop RESTful web services using the Flask micro-framework and integrate them using MySQL. Use Flask to develop, deploy, and manage REST APIs with easy-to-read and understand Python code. Solve your problem from a choice of libraries. Learn to use MySQL as the web services database for your Flask API using SQLAlchemy ORM. Building REST APIs with Flask provides a primer on Flask, RESTful services, and working with pip to set up your virtual environment. The key differences between NoSQL and SQL are covered, and you are taught how to connect MySQL and Flask using SQLAlchemy. Author Kunal Relan presents best practices for creating REST APIs and guides you in structuring your app and testing REST endpoints. He teaches you how to set up authentication and render HTML using views. You learn how to write unit tests for your REST APIs, and understand mocks, assertions, and integration testing. You will know how to document your REST APIs, deploy your Flask application on all of the major cloud platforms, and debug and monitor your Flask application. What You'll LearnUse MySQL to create Flask REST APIs Test REST endpoints Create CRUD endpoints with Flask and MySQL Deploy Flask on all of the major cloud platforms Monitor your Flask application Who This Book Is For Python developers interested in REST API development using Flask and web developers with basic programming knowledge who want to learn how Python and REST APIs work together. Readers should be familiar with Python (command line, or at least pip) and MySQL.

Book Step By Step Database Programming using Python GUI   MySQL

Download or read book Step By Step Database Programming using Python GUI MySQL written by Hamzan Wadi and published by TURIDA Publisher. This book was released on with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a practical explanation of database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. The discussion in this book is presented in step by step so that it will help readers understand each material and also will make it easier for the readers to follow all of the instructions. This book is very suitable for students, programmers, and anyone who want to learn database programming using Python GUI & MySQL from scratch. This book is divided into two parts: The first part of this book will discuss about the fundamentals of database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. This part will discuss in detail about how to setup your working environment and how to understand GUI programming using Python. This part will also discuss in detail about how to start your database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. This part will discuss in detail about the basic of database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. The second part of this book will discuss about how to build database application using Python GUI & MySQL. This part will discuss in detail about how to build Multiple Document Interface (MDI) database application through real project-based example. This part will discuss in detail about how to design and create database for Library Management System application, and how to create all forms for the application. The final objective of this book is that the readers are able to create real database application using Python GUI & MySQL. Here are the materials that you will learn in this book. PART I: THE FUNDAMENTAL OF DATABASE PROGRAMMING USING PYTHON GUI & MySQL CHAPTER 1: The discussion in this chapter will guide you in preparing what software are needed to start your database programming using Python GUI. This chapter will guide you to install all software including Python, MySQL, and Qt Designer. In addition, this chapter also will discuss about how to understand and use Qt Designer for user interface design, and how to create a GUI application using Python and Qt Designer. CHAPTER 2: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to start your database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. This chapter will discuss in detail about the basic of database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. The discussion in this chapter will talk about how to create and drop database, how to create and drop table, how to insert data into table, how to display data from table, how to update data in table, and how to delete data in table. All discussions in this chapter will give you deep understanding of database programming using Python GUI & MySQL. PART II: BUILDING DATABASE APPLICATION USING PYTHON GUI & MySQL, CASE STUDY: LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPLICATION CHAPTER 3: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to design and create database for library management system application. This is the first step that must be taken to create database application using Python GUI & MySQL. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to design the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) for library management system application. The discussion in this chapter will also talk about how to create database and its tables based on the ERD design using MySQL server. CHAPTER 4: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to create main form and login form for the application. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to create these two forms. These forms are the first two forms that we will create in building library management system application. This chapter will also discuss about how to run the application. CHAPTER 5: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to create user accounts form and members form for Library Management System application. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to create these two forms. This chapter will also discuss about how to add these two forms as MDI sub windows of the main form. And the final discussion of this chapter will guide you to use the forms to manage user accounts and members data of Library Management System application. CHAPTER 6: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to create authors form, genres form, and books form for Library Management System application. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to create these three forms. This chapter will also discuss about how to add books form as MDI sub window of the main form. And the final discussion of this chapter will guide you to use the forms to manage authors, genres, and books data in Library Management System application. CHAPTER 7: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to create member search form, book search form, and loan transaction form for Library Management System application. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to create these three forms. This chapter will also discuss about how to add loan transaction form as MDI sub window of the main form. And the final discussion of this chapter will guide you to use the forms to manage loan transactions in Library Management System application. CHAPTER 8: The discussion in this chapter will guide you to create members statistic form, books statistic form, and loan statistic form for Library Management System application. This chapter will discuss in detail about how to create these three forms. This chapter will also discuss about how to add all of the forms as MDI sub windows of the main form. And the final discussion of this chapter will guide you to use all of the forms to display the statistics in the library.

Book Web Programming

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Kuriakose Thiruvathukal
  • Publisher : Prentice Hall
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780130410658
  • Pages : 772 pages

Download or read book Web Programming written by George Kuriakose Thiruvathukal and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2002 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at the practicing programmer seeking to use Python and Linux to rapidly develop web and enterprise services. Will be especially important to those involved in e-commerce programming.

Book Python Data Persistence

Download or read book Python Data Persistence written by Malhar Lathkar and published by BPB Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide an insight into the SQL and MySQL database concepts using python DESCRIPTION Python is becoming increasingly popular among data scientists. However, analysis and visualization tools need to interact with the data stored in various formats such as relational and NOSQL databases. This book aims to make the reader proficient in interacting with databases such as MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, and Cassandra. This book assumes that the reader has no prior knowledge of programming. Hence, basic programming concepts, key concepts of OOP, serialization and data persistence have been explained in such a way that it is easy to understand. NOSQL is an emerging technology. Using MongoDB and Cassandra, the two widely used NOSQL databases are explained in detail. The knowhow of handling databases using Python will certainly be helpful for readers pursuing a career in Data Science. KEY FEATURES A practical approach Ample code examples A Quick Start Guide to Python for beginners WHAT WILL YOU LEARN Python basics and programming fundamentals Serialization libraries pickle, CSV, JSON, and XML DB-AP and, SQLAlchemy Python with Excel documents Python with MongoDB and Cassandra WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Students and professionals who want to become proficient at database tools for a successful career in data science. Table of Contents 1. Ê Ê Getting Started 2. Ê Ê Program Flow Control 3. Ê Ê Structured Python 4. Ê Ê Python Ð OOP 5. Ê Ê File IO 6. Ê Ê Object Serialization 7. Ê Ê RDBMS Concepts 8. Ê Ê Python DB-API 9. Ê Ê Python Ð SQLAlchemy 10. Ê Python and Excel 11. Ê Python Ð PyMongo 12. Ê Python Ð Cassandra

Book Python GUI with MySQL  A Step By Step Guide to Database Programming

Download or read book Python GUI with MySQL A Step By Step Guide to Database Programming written by Vivian Siahaan and published by SPARTA PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will learn how to build from scratch a MySQL database management system using PyQt. In designing a GUI, you will make use of the Qt Designer tool. Gradually and step by step, you will be taught how to use MySQL in Python. In the first three chapters, you will learn Basic MySQL statements including how to implement querying data, sorting data, filtering data, joining tables, grouping data, subquerying data, dan setting operators. Aside from learning basic SQL statements, you will also learn step by step how to develop stored procedures in MySQL. First, we introduce you to the stored procedure concept and discuss when you should use it. Then, we show you how to use the basic elements of the procedure code such as create procedure statement, if-else, case, loop, stored procedure’s parameters. In the fourth chapter, you will learn: How PyQt and Qt Designer are used to create Python GUIs; How to create a basic Python GUI that utilizes a Line Edit and a Push Button. In the fifth chapter, you will study: Creating the initial three table in the School database project: Teacher table, Class table, and Subject table; Creating database configuration files; Creating a Python GUI for viewing and navigating the contents of each table. Creating a Python GUI for inserting and editing tables; and Creating a Python GUI to merge and query the three tables. In last chapter, you will learn: Creating the main form to connect all forms; Creating a project that will add three more tables to the school database: the Student table, the Parent table, and the Tuition table; Creating a Python GUI to view and navigate the contents of each table; Creating a Python GUI for editing, inserting, and deleting records in each table; Create a Python GUI to merge and query the three tables and all six tables.

Book Introducing MySQL Shell

Download or read book Introducing MySQL Shell written by Charles Bell and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use MySQL Shell, the first modern and advanced client for connecting to and interacting with MySQL. It supports SQL, Python, and JavaScript. That’s right! You can write Python scripts and execute them within the shell interactively, or in batch mode. The level of automation available from Python combined with batch mode is especially helpful to those practicing DevOps methods in their database environments. Introducing MySQL Shell covers everything you need to know about MySQL Shell. You will learn how to use the shell for SQL, as well as the new application programming interfaces for working with a document store and even automating your management of MySQL servers using Python. The book includes a look at the supporting technologies and concepts such as JSON, schema-less documents, NoSQL, MySQL Replication, Group Replication, InnoDB Cluster, and more. MySQL Shell is the client that developers and database administrators have been waiting for. Far more powerful than the legacy client, MySQL Shell enables levels of automation that are useful not only for MySQL, but in the broader context of your career as well. Automate your work and build skills in one of the most in-demand languages. With MySQL Shell, you can do both! What You'll LearnUse MySQL Shell with the newest features in MySQL 8 Discover what a Document Store is and how to manage it with MySQL Shell Configure Group Replication and InnoDB Cluster from MySQL Shell Understand the new MySQL Python application programming interfaces Write Python scripts for managing your data and the MySQL high availability features Who This Book Is For Developers and database professionals who want to automate their work and remain on the cutting edge of what MySQL has to offer. Anyone not happy with the limited automation capabilities of the legacy command-line client will find much to like in this book on the MySQL Shell that supports powerful automation through the Python scripting language.

Book Using SQLite

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jay Kreibich
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2010-08-17
  • ISBN : 0596521189
  • Pages : 526 pages

Download or read book Using SQLite written by Jay Kreibich and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to build database-backed applications for the Web, desktop, embedded systems, and operating systems using SQLite.

Book The Python Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rob Mastrodomenico
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2022-01-13
  • ISBN : 1119573289
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book The Python Book written by Rob Mastrodomenico and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Python Book Discover the power of one of the fastest growing programming languages in the world with this insightful new resource The Python Book delivers an essential introductory guide to learning Python for anyone who works with data but does not have experience in programming. The author, an experienced data scientist and Python programmer, shows readers how to use Python for data analysis, exploration, cleaning, and wrangling. Readers will learn what in the Python language is important for data analysis, and why. The Python Book offers readers a thorough and comprehensive introduction to Python that is both simple enough to be ideal for a novice programmer, yet robust to be useful for those more experienced in the language. The book assists budding programmers to gradually increase their skills as they move through the book, always with an understanding of what they are covering and why it is useful. Used by major companies like Google, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and more, Python promises to remain central to the programming landscape for years to come. Containing a thorough discussion of Python programming topics like variables, equalities and comparisons, tuple and dictionary data types, while and for loops, and if statements, readers will also learn: How to use highly useful Python programming libraries, including Pandas and Matplotlib How to write Python functions and classes How to write and use Python scripts To deal with different data types within Python Perfect for statisticians, computer scientists, software programmers, and practitioners working in private industry and medicine, The Python Book will also be of interest to students in any of the aforementioned fields. As it assumes no programming experience or knowledge, the book is ideal for those who work with data and want to learn to use Python to enhance their work.

Book Python GUI with SQL Server for Absolute Beginners

Download or read book Python GUI with SQL Server for Absolute Beginners written by Vivian Siahaan and published by SPARTA PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is SQL Server-based python programming. Microsoft SQL Server is robust relational database management system used by so many organizations of various sizes including top fortune 100 companies. SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed and marketed by Microsoft. As a database server, the primary function of the SQL Server is to store and retrieve data used by other applications. Deliberately designed for various levels of programming skill, this book is suitable for students, engineers, and even researchers in various disciplines. There is no need for advanced programming experience, and school-level programming skills are needed. In the first chapter, you will learn to use several widgets in PyQt5: Display a welcome message; Use the Radio Button widget; Grouping radio buttons; Displays options in the form of a check box; and Display two groups of check boxes. In chapter two, you will learn to use the following topics: Using Signal / Slot Editor; Copy and place text from one Line Edit widget to another; Convert data types and make a simple calculator; Use the Spin Box widget; Use scrollbars and sliders; Using the Widget List; Select a number of list items from one Widget List and display them on another Widget List widget; Add items to the Widget List; Perform operations on the Widget List; Use the Combo Box widget; Displays data selected by the user from the Calendar Widget; Creating a hotel reservation application; and Display tabular data using Table Widgets. In third chapter, you will learn: How to create the initial three tables project in the School database: Teacher, Class, and Subject tables; How to create database configuration files; How to create a Python GUI for inserting and editing tables; How to create a Python GUI to join and query the three tables. In fourth chapter, you will learn how to: Create a main form to connect all forms; Create a project will add three more tables to the school database: Student, Parent, and Tuition tables; Create a Python GUI for inserting and editing tables; Create a Python GUI to join and query over the three tables. In the last chapter, you will join the six classes, Teacher, TClass, Subject, Student, Parent, and Tuition and make queries over those tables.

Book MySQL Pocket Reference

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Reese
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 059600446X
  • Pages : 95 pages

Download or read book MySQL Pocket Reference written by George Reese and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to take and use anywhere, this little book provides instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure.

Book MySQL 8 Administrator   s Guide

Download or read book MySQL 8 Administrator s Guide written by Chintan Mehta and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step by step guide to monitor, manage, and secure your database engine Key Features Your companion to master all the administration-related tasks in MySQL 8 Ensure high performance and high availability of your MySQL solution using effective replication and backup techniques A comprehensive guide to performing query optimization, security and a whole host of other administrative tasks in MySQL 8 Book Description MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the world today. The recently released version 8.0 brings along some major advancements in the way your MySQL solution can be administered. This handbook will be your companion to understand the newly introduced features in MySQL and how you can leverage them to design a high-performance MySQL solution for your organization. This book starts with a brief introduction to the newly introduced features in MySQL 8, followed by quickly jumping onto the crucial administration topics that you will find useful in your day to day work. Topics such as migrating to MySQL 8, MySQL benchmarking, achieving high performance by implementing the indexing techniques, and optimizing your queries are covered in this book. You will also learn how to perform replication, scale your MySQL solution and implement effective security techniques. A special section on the common and not so common troubleshooting techniques for effective MySQL administration is also covered in this book. By the end of this highly practical book, you will have all the knowledge you need to tackle any problem you might encounter while administering your MySQL solution. What you will learn Understanding different MySQL 8 data types based on type of contents and storage requirements Best practices for optimal use of features in MySQL 8 Explore globalization configuration and caching techniques to improve performance Create custom storage engine as per system requirements Learn various ways of index implementation for flash memory storages Configure and implement replication along with approaches to use replication as solution Understand how to make your MySQL 8 solution highly available Troubleshoot common issues and identify error codes while using MySQL 8 Who this book is for This book is intended for MySQL administrators who are looking for a handy guide covering all the MySQL administration-related tasks. If you are a DBA looking to get started with MySQL administration, this book will also help you. Knowledge of the basic database concepts is required to get started with this book.

Book MySQL 8 Query Performance Tuning

Download or read book MySQL 8 Query Performance Tuning written by Jesper Wisborg Krogh and published by Apress. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identify, analyze, and improve poorly performing queries that damage user experience and lead to lost revenue for your business. This book will help you make query tuning an integral part of your daily routine through a multi-step process that includes monitoring of execution times, identifying candidate queries for optimization, analyzing their current performance, and improving them to deliver results faster and with less overhead. Author Jesper Krogh systematically discusses each of these steps along with the data sources and the tools used to perform them. MySQL 8 Query Performance Tuning aims to help you improve query performance using a wide range of strategies. You will know how to analyze queries using both the traditional EXPLAIN command as well as the new EXPLAIN ANALYZE tool. You also will see how to use the Visual Explain feature to provide a visually-oriented view of an execution plan. Coverage of indexes includes indexing strategies and index statistics, and you will learn how histograms can be used to provide input on skewed data distributions that the optimizer can use to improve query performance. You will learn about locks, and how to investigate locking issues. And you will come away with an understanding of how the MySQL optimizer works, including the new hash join algorithm, and how to change the optimizer’s behavior when needed to deliver faster execution times. You will gain the tools and skills needed to delight application users and to squeeze the most value from corporate computing resources. What You Will LearnMonitor query performance to identify poor performersChoose queries to optimize that will provide the greatest gainAnalyze queries using tools such as EXPLAIN ANALYZE and Visual ExplainImprove slow queries through a wide range of strategiesProperly deploy indexes and histograms to aid in creating fast execution plansUnderstand and analyze locks to resolve contention and increase throughput Who This Book Is For Database administrators and SQL developers who are familiar with MySQL and need to participate in query tuning. While some experience with MySQL is required, no prior knowledge of query performance tuning is needed.

Book MySQL Stored Procedure Programming

Download or read book MySQL Stored Procedure Programming written by Guy Harrison and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implementation of stored procedures in MySQL 5.0 a hugemilestone -- one that is expected to lead to widespread enterprise adoption ofthe already extremely popular MySQL database. If you are serious aboutbuilding the web-based database applications of the future, you need toget up to speed quickly on how stored procedures work -- and how tobuild them the right way. This book, destined to be the bible of storedprocedure development, is a resource that no real MySQL programmer canafford to do without. In the decade since MySQL burst on the scene, it has become thedominant open source database, with capabilities and performancerivaling those of commercial RDBMS offerings like Oracle and SQLServer. Along with Linux and PHP, MySQL is at the heart of millions ofapplications. And now, with support for stored procedures, functions,and triggers in MySQL 5.0, MySQL offers the programming power neededfor true enterprise use. MySQL's new procedural language has a straightforward syntax, making iteasy to write simple programs. But it's not so easy to write secure,easily maintained, high-performance, and bug-free programs. Few in theMySQL world have substantial experience yet with stored procedures, butGuy Harrison and Steven Feuerstein have decades of combined expertise. In MySQL Stored Procedure Programming, they putthat hard-won experience to good use. Packed with code examples and coveringeverything from language basics to application building to advancedtuning and best practices, this highly readable book is the one-stopguide to MySQL development. It consists of four major sections: MySQL stored programming fundamentals -- tutorial, basicstatements, SQL in stored programs, and error handling Building MySQL stored programs -- transaction handling,built-in functions, stored functions, and triggers MySQL stored programs in applications -- using storedprograms with PHP, Java, Perl, Python, and .NET (C# and VB.NET) Optimizing MySQL stored programs -- security, basic andadvanced SQL tuning, optimizing stored program code, and programmingbest practices A companion web site contains many thousands of lines of code, that youcan put to use immediately. Guy Harrison is Chief Architect of Database Solutions at Quest Softwareand a frequent speaker and writer on MySQL topics. Steven Feuerstein isthe author of Oracle PL/SQL Programming, the classic reference for Oracle stored programming for more than ten years. Both have decades of experience as database developers, and between them they have authored a dozen books.