Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Hey, all. I've been using databases clear back to xBase days; that being
> said, I've never had a solid foundation for relational databases. While I
> can muddle by in SQL, I really don't have a good understanding of exactly
> how keys are set up, the underpinnings of indexing, and, oh, lots of
> ground-level stuff. Call me a "user", and you'd be right -- an
> administrator of databases? Not so much.
>
> So, any suggestions -- books, courses, web sites, what-have-you -- that I
> should be hitting up so I can have a better grasp of what's going on
> behind the scenes?
>
I recently attended Sun's MySQL DBA course
(http://www.mysql.com/training/schedule.php?class=5200) which I can
heartily recommend. The course covers the kind of things you're after,
including indexing, how the engines work (ie pros and cons), backups, etc.
Cheers,
Gary
