Amen.
Which to me means, there is still a huge demand for
someone to publish 2 things,
1) the manual, now available on line, (but it really
tough to manage the keyboard and monitor while studing
on the john, so I prefer a hardcopy manual)
2) a newbis, how to get started manual, with examples
of what to expect, and indicators that tell ou what to
do with messages like the dreaded 2002 Error. (not to
mention how to trouble shoot an install that
unfortunately I still haven't gotten the bugs plucked
from.
Thanks Derek for pointing that out. It's not that I
wasted my money on the MySQL book, it just that the
MySQL book did not go far enough to imbrase those of
us who actually need to start without loads of
background. It needs more examplse and some
explanations of what to expect when things do not go
exactly as the books author thinks they should have.
so say I, a cowboy trapped inside the beltway,....
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Derek Sivers wrote:
>>> Just in case there are some other total MySQL newbies like me on this
> list...
>>>
>>> That book "MySQL + mSQL" on O'Reilley books that was just released this
> month,
>>> is NOT for dummies.
>>>
>>> It doesn't have any "1-2-3 How to get started with MySQL on Linux"
> examples.
>>>
>>> It seems to be more of a reference manual for intermediate level people.
>>> Especially written towards people who know other datbase languages and want
> to
>>> know how MySQL compares to those.
>>>
>>> SO - back to DevShed I go, to learn this thing from scratch...
>>>
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> - Derek
>>>
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