An updated manual for those preparing for the two MySQL certification tests for MySQL 5 covers the principles, concepts, and techniques of the open-source database program to prepare for the core certification examinations, covering such areas as database management, installation, security, optimization, data types, client/server concepts, and disaster prevention. Original. (Advanced)
Paul DuBois is the author of MySQL (Addison-Wesley Professional); MySQL Cookbook, Using csh & tcsh, and Software Portability with imake (O'Reilly); and MySQL and Perl for the Web (New Riders).
There was a lot of repetition, with not much new information in the chapters that were repeating. It was also repeated exactly the same way. Also, the book itself is only 80% of the pages, so there is a lot less actual material.