Beginning MySQL Database Design and Optimization: From Novice to Professional - Paperback

by Chad Russell (Author), Jon Stephens (Author)

MySQL Database Design and Optimization, shows you how to identify, overcome, and avoid gross inefficiencies, and demonstrates how to maximize the many data manipulation features that MySQL has built-in. MySQL Database Design and Optimization explains how to include tests and branching in your queries, how to normalize your database, and how to issue concurrent queries to boost performance, among many other design and optimization topics. If you're building or maintaining any significant application and are using MySQL, this book is for you.

Author Biography

Chad Russell is a programmer and network administrator who owns his own Internet hosting company. He previously has written on MySQL, PHP, and other topics.