I really enjoy cookbooks because of their no nonsense organization. This MySQL book exactly fits that description. Chances are just scanning the table of contents you'll find the question you are asking with the answer and explanation at your fingertips. Nuggets of information I found... more info
Customer Review: David Loshin has been writing and consulting on MDM for years, and he used this experience to write the most comprehensive, ambitious and valuable book on MDM. Companies are struggling to understand what their data means across applications and systems, but the impulse to view MDM as just "the next... more info
Customer Review: this book is a very completed and updated quick look to database world and optimal reference book for sql/mySQL primer.
Stefano Gallozzi
Customer Review: This book clearly covers stored procedure programming well. Of course, it goes over basic syntax and provides examples, but it also goes much farther than that. This book discusses optimization of MySQL queries regardless of the use - in or out of sprocs. It also did a very nice job of discussing... more info
When I picked up this text, I kind of expected it to be a bit sparse in some areas. After all, it's an ambitious book. With individual chapters on every database from DB2, Oracle and Sybase to MySQL, Postgres and SQL Server. In addition he also covers OS backups on Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX,... more info
Customer Review: This is the book I've been looking for, I can easily find the information I need with detailed explanation and personal comment from the author, not only description of terms and collection of screens capture. This book shows that the author has a hands on experience in BI reporting. I recomment... more info
Customer Review: I've never found these type of books all that useful (certainly not something you read cover to cover), but this one does have great organization and an emphasis on the project management aspect (not just some techie jibber jabber which is out of date in a year). I use it mostly to help me... more info
Customer Review: This is the book I used to introduce myself to data mining as graduate student in computer science. At the time I thought it was a very well organized and self contained book. Since then I have been studying machine learning full time and I still use this book to get really great explanations of key... more info
Customer Review: While Gerald & Co's book may look like a good introduction to Oracle's manufacturing & supply chain management modules, it will make little sense to those who have never used the system or don't have access to it. Because I had three years of hands-on experience with Oracle's E-Business... more info
Customer Review: Believe me, you need the slow pace and limited complexity when you just started MDX, otherwise, the complexity of MDX will soon overwhelm you and kill your interest in learning MDX. I started with MDX solutions. It's a serious mistake. Try this book first and you will soon be on your way enjoying... more info
