PostgreSQL: Up and Running – Get a well-guided grip on this powerful, free database software – #bookreview

PostgreSQL: Up and Running  Regina Obe and Leo Hsu (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) PostgreSQL is both a powerful open source database system and a very flexible application platform. “PostgreSQL allows you to write stored procedures and functions in several programming languages, and the architecture allows you the flexibility to support more languages,” this book’s two authors … Continue reading PostgreSQL: Up and Running – Get a well-guided grip on this powerful, free database software – #bookreview

FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual – A big but easy how-to guide by two experts – #bookreview #database

FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual Susan Prosser and Stuart Gripman (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) The good news is: “FileMaker Pro is the ease-of-use champion.” It avoids common database “jargon words like query, join, and alias.” Instead, the two authors state, it uses “simple concepts like find, sort, and connect.” So, if it’s so simple, … Continue reading FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual – A big but easy how-to guide by two experts – #bookreview #database

PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Edition Kevin Yank (SitePoint, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $29.95) A key measure of a programming book’s usefulness and popularity is how many times it has been revised and reprinted. Kevin Yank’s book first was published in 2001 under a different title. Eleven years later, … Continue reading PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

MySQL Troubleshooting – Tools, steps & advice from an expert – #bookreview

MySQL Troubleshooting By Sveta Smirnova (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $29.99; Kindle edition, list price $14.99) Sveta Smirnova knows how to find and fix MySQL problems. She is a principal technical support engineer in Oracle’s Bug Analysis Support Group and works daily with MySQL support issues and bug fixes. Her new book is structured to help both MySQL … Continue reading MySQL Troubleshooting – Tools, steps & advice from an expert – #bookreview