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This chapter covers the MySQL architecture, locking and concurrency, and transactions. It also discusses how to select the right engine and looks at each of MySQL's storage engines in detail. (From the book High Performance MYSQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication and Load Balancing, by Jeremy Zawodny and Derek Balling, ISBN: 0596-003064, O'Reilly Media, 2004.)

Do you need to change your web host or switch your database server? This is probably the only time when you really think of backing up your MySQL data. If you've got a website with a database or your custom database running for your applications, it is imperative that you make regular backups of the database. In this article, I will outline two easy ways of backing up and restoring databases in MySQL.

This chapter from High Performance MySQL by Jeremy Zawodny and Derek J. Balling. (O'Reilly Media, ISBN: 0-596-00306-4, April 2004) talks about binary distributions, the sections in a configuration file, and some SHOW commands that provide a window into what’s going on inside MySQL. This book is for the MySQL administrator who has the basics down but realizes the need to go further.

Ever wonder how you can query a database and display the result set in something other than a one record per row layout? Keeping in mind that the simple answer is always the best one, I found a solution that keeps to that premise and solves an issue that seemed impossible not long ago. In a word, the answer, lies in the loop. An additional one, that is. But first, lets define and explain the general look and functionality of our project.

In this chapter, Vikram discusses how to obtain, install, configure, and test the MySQL server on Unix and Windows. It also explains the differences between the different MySQL sever versions available, with a view to helping you select the right one for your needs. This excerpt comes from chapter three of MySQL: The Complete Reference, by Vikram Vaswani (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, ISBN 0-07-222477-0, 2004).

In this part Frank will explain how to code the photo album using PHP and MySQL. This is the second part of his series and focuses on building the user interface.

This article is the first part of a four part series about saving money and space when it comes to showing off your pictures. Frank will be using PHP, MySQL and GD in this series.

In this article Mauricio shows us some examples of how to use the date/time features with MySQL and PHP including the UNIX timestamp and the PHP date_diff() function.

In this article, Vikram gives us a sneak-peek under the hood of MySQL to see what makes it tick, all the while explaining the various MySQL subsystems and how they interact with each other. This excerpt comes from Chapter two of MySQL: The Complete Reference (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, ISBN 0-07-222477-0, 2004).

In today's article Michael takes a look at using Navicat (a MySQL management tool) to quickly and easily import/export data to and from MySQL.

Today, Vikram shows us the basics of a database and are introduced to concepts like Database Management Systems and Relational Database Management Systems. We are also given a thorough overview of MySQL and its features. This excerpt comes from chapter one of MySQL: The Complete Reference, by Vikram Vaswani (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, ISBN 0-07-222477-0, 2004).

Stop writing insert and update SQL statements and cut the time you spend writing simple SQL in half while focusing on the more complicated things. Leave it up to OOP to help you out. We will make a class that goes out and looks for the values for us and builds a SQL statement on the fly. All we have to do is make sure the column names in the database correspond with the field names in the HTML form. Believe me when I say it saves TONS of time. I never write applications that don't use it.

This concluding segment looks at the MySQL transactional model in a multi-user scenario, illustrating some of the data corruption problems that are likely to arise and explaining how to control them using MySQL's various isolation levels. It also includes a sample Perl application demonstrating transaction usage at the application level, and shows you how to emulate transactions with non-transactional MyISAM tables.

One of the most-requested MySQL features - transactions - is finally available in MySQL 4.0. In this first segment of a two-part article, learn about the theory behind the transactional model, find out how it can make your SQL applications more robust, and find out how to implement a transactional environment with MySQL's InnoDB table handler.

In this concluding segment of our MySQL subquery tutorial, find out how to do more with subqueries, including check for matching values with the IN operator, check for valid result sets with the EXISTS operator, derive new "virtual" tables for use in the FROM clause of outer queries, and UPDATE and DELETE records selectively.