Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days includes: Designing and Creating your First Database, Normalizing your Data, Adding Tables, Columns, and Indexes, MySQL Data Types, Importing and Exporting Data, Locks and Keys, Building a MyODBC Interface, Building a Perl Interface, Letting MySQL Do the Work - Intrinsic Functions, MySQL Database Security, How MySQL Compares, Administering MySQL, Optimizing MySQL, and Troubleshooting MySQL.

The first beginning-intermediate step-by-step tutorial for MySQL

Focuses on practical, usable advice versus the competitor's reference-heavy text

Allows Linux users to transition smoothly into database technology