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Now Available: MariaDB Crash Course

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MariaDB is a fork (offshoot) of MySQL, one of the most popular database management systems in the world. MariaDB was created by the creator of MySQL to address some of the limitations and shortcomings in MySQL, and is intended to be a drop in replacement for MySQL as well. At the request of Monty Widenius, creator of MySQL and MariaDB, I ported my best-selling MySQL Crash Course to focus specifically on MariaDB. The new book, MariaDB Crash Course, was just released and is now available for purchase. Note: As already noted, MariaDB is based on MySQL. Indeed, it can be thought of as MySQL plus new features and improvements. In other words, if you have used MySQL then you already know how to use MariaDB. As such, if you have a copy of my MySQL Crash Course or my Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes, then you'll likely NOT want a copy of this new title.

MariaDB Crash Course Available For Pre-Order

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At the request of Monty Widenius, creator of MySQL and now MariaDB, I ported my MySQL Crash Course to create a new book entitled MariaDB Crash Course. The book won't be out for a couple of months, but it is now available for pre-order.

Manually Creating The MariaDB Windows Service

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I've been doing quite a bit of work with MariaDB, a drop-in replacement for MySQL (forked from the MySQL codebase by Monty Widenius, the creator of MySQL). One issue I ran into is that the current Windows installer does not create the Windows service that you generally would want to use. And because I had to (yet again) dig around today for the solution, I am posting it here for the next time I need it. At a command prompt, go to the bin folder under the MariaDB installation folder, and then run: mysqld --install You should see a message telling you that the service (named MySQL by default) was created.

Sams Teach Yourself Book Tops Amazon.com Lists

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A reader just pointed out to me that my my Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes is in Amazon.com's Top 10 lists in the databases, SQL, DBMSs, and databases categories. It's also #1 in the Relational Databases category! Cool! :-)

Sams Teach Yourself SQL OpenOffice Base Database

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At the request of a reader, I created an OpenOffice Base version of the example database used in my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes. The file can be downloaded from the book page. To use this, you'll obviously need OpenOffice. And as it turns out, Base is actually a really nice database to experiment with, as it features a built-in screen that lets you simply enter and execute SQL. So, once you have OpenOffice installed, here's what you need to do:

• Open the book database with OpenOffice Base
• Select the Query tab on the left
• Click the "Create Query in SQL View" task to display the Query Design screen
• Type your SQL in the window
• Click the Run Query button (it has an image of a green check mark on top of 2 documents) to execute your SQL, you can also just press F5 to run
• Your results will be shown above your SQL code (unless you generate an error)

Thank you Roy (no last name provided) for the inspiration.

New SQL Books Translations Into Chinese And Korean

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I just received three new translations of my books, two into Simplified Chinese and one into Korean:

• Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL In 10 Minutes is now available in Simplified Chinese
• MySQL Crash Course is now available in Simplified Chinese
• Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes is now available in Korean

Links to the new translated versions, as well as all other translations, are on the specific book pages. I am particularity excited about the Korean translation, as this is my first book in Korean, bringing the number of languages that my books have been translated into to 16. Here is a full list of all the translations (that I am aware of).

Adobe Developer Center On ColdFusion And SQL Injection Attacks

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I've discussed SQL injection attacks several times on this blog. But, judging by how many sites fall victim to these attacks, it's one of those topics that we can never discuss enough. Which is why I want to point out a new Adobe Developer Center article by Adobe Enterprise Developer Support Consultant Ryan Wagener entitled Secure your ColdFusion application against SQL injection attacks.

SQL And Regular Expression Books Published In Chinese

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My Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes and Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions In 10 Minutes have both been published in Chinese by Turing Book. Links are on the books pages. And here is a full list of all book translations.

MySQL Crash Course Now In Its Seventh Printing

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It's been two and a half years since I published my MySQL Crash Course (a MySQL specific adaptation of my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes), and during this time the book has proven to be incredibly popular, especially with MySQL beginners. And today I was informed that MySQL Crash Course is now in its seventh printing! Seven printings in two and a half years, I think that's my new personal record. (BTW, it's the same edition, so no need to buy another copy if you have one already).

George Poulose Releases 64bit Query Tools

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George Poulose's Query Tools have long been a core part of my SQL tools and utilities collection. And George just let me know that he has released new Windows 64bit versions of his ODBC and ODO tools.

Adobe Joins SQLite Consortium

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SQLite is a vital core component of newly released AIR, providing a local SQL data store for your desktop AIR applications. Dave McAllister has announced that Adobe has joined the SQLite Consortium, supporting the continued growth and improvements in SQLite.

Amazon.com ColdFusion 8 Book Page

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Amazon.com has created a feature page highlighting the 3 new ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit books (as well as SQL books that may be of interest to ColdFusion developers).

Microsoft To Start Selling My SQL Server Book

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The Microsoft bookstore (on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA) has only sold Microsoft Press books to date. But, starting next week they will be selling select books published by other publishers. And apparently my Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes is one that they have selected to sell. So, any of you working for (or visiting) Microsoft, feel free to pick up a copy! :-)

MySQL Releases New Driver With Built In ColdFusion Specific Optimizations

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MySQL has released a beta of a new version of their Java driver. As per this post, MySQL Connector/J 5.1.2 is a Type-IV pure-Java JDBC driver that is suitable for use with any MySQL version including MySQL-4.1, MySQL-5.0, MySQL-5.1 beta or the MySQL-6.0 Falcon alpha release. And this new driver contains code that automatically detects ColdFusion and then adjusts settings to optimize performance for ColdFusion use. Thank to Tom Jordahl for bringing this one to my attention.

Check Out SQL Authority

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Pinalkumar Dave is a DBA with extensive SQL Server (and ColdFusion) experience. I just stumbled upon his blog SQL Authority (via a link in a comment on my own blog) and am more than impressed by some of his SQL Server related posts. If you use SQL Server, then this is one blog you should add to your regular reading list.