MySQL Admin Cookbook
Published on 15. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-1-84719-796-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book uses the approach of a cookbook, presenting solutions to problems in the form of recipes. Each recipe provides the reader with easy step-by-step descriptions of the actions necessary to accomplish a specific task. Example values and code samples are used throughout the recipes, which makes adaptation for individual needs easy Administrators of all skill-levels will find step-by-step instructions for practical approaches to MySQL configuration, maintenance, and optimization topics. Each recipe uses a concrete example for easy understanding. This book is for ambitious MySQL users as well as professional data center database administrators. Beginners as well as experienced administrators will profit from this cookbook and get fresh ideas to improve their MySQL environments. Detailed background information will enable them to widen their MySQL horizon. It does not cover SQL basics, how to install MySQL servers, or how to design a relational database schema. Readers are expected to have a basic understanding of the SQL language and database concepts in general.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84719-796-2 (9781847197962)
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Persons
Daniel Schneller works as a software developer, database administrator, and general IT professional for an independent software vendor in the retail sector. After successfully graduating from the University of Cooperative Education in Heidenheim, Germany with a degree in Business Computer Science, he started his career as a professional software developer, focused on the Microsoft technology stack. In 2002 he started focusing on enterprise-level Java development and has since gained extensive knowledge and experience implementing large scale systems based on Java EE and relational databases, especially MySQL since version 4.0. Currently he is mostly involved with the ongoing development of framework-level functionality, including customization and extension of an ORM-based persistence layer. He is involved in different open source projects such as FindBugs, Eclipse, and Checkstyle and infrequently blogs about Java, MySQL, Windows, Linux and other insanities at http://www.danielschneller.com. Udo Schwedt is head of the Java architecture team and deputy head of the Java development department at the IT service provider for Germany's market leader in the Do-It-Yourself sector. After finishing his studies at RWTH Aachen, Germany with a degree in Computer Science, he started his career as a professional Java developer in a leading software company in the banking sector. In 2003, he joined his current company as a framework developer, subsequently taking the role of a lead architect. Both authors are involved in a large scale international software project, which encompasses development of a Java-based merchandise management software solution. This decentralized multi-platform environment is based on more than 500 decentralized MySQL server instances with more than 5,500 replication slaves. Daniel and Udo are responsible for configuration and management of this infrastructure.