· Several tutorial chapters to help newcomers get started

· Programming language APIs for PHP, Perl, and C

· Brief tutorials at the beginning of each API chapter to help anyone, regardless of experience level, understand and master unfamiliar territory

· New chapters on replication, triggers, and stored procedures

· Plenty of new examples of how MySQL is used in practice

· Useful tips to help you get through the most difficult subjects

Whether you employ MySQL in a mission-critical, heavy-use environment or for applications that are more modest, this book puts a wealth of easy-to-find information at your fingertips, saving you hundreds of hours of trial and error and tedious online searching. If you're ready to take advantage of everything MySQL has to offer, MySQL in a Nutshell has precisely what it takes.