MySQL Cookbook

MySQL’s popularity has brought a flood of questions about how to solve specific problems, and that's where this Cookbook is essential. Designed as a handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, the book offers dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of worked-out examples for programmers of all levels who don't have the time (or expertise) to solve MySQL problems from scratch.

This third edition has been updated to cover new APIs in Python and PHP, as well as powerful new features in MySQL 5.6 and older versions still in common use. Recipes use the mysql client program as well as Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby APIs.

Set up simple replication scenarios

Sort rows in common ways and use aggregate functions to summarize rows

Find matches or mismatches between rows in two tables

Determine intervals between dates or times, including age calculations

Store images into MySQL and retrieve them for display in web pages

Use strict mode to prevent entry of bad data into your database

Copy a table or a database to another server

Create database events that execute according to a schedule