Not a generic introduction to MySql. I have one of those and also a PHP & MySql book.
What's a good one to learn the C/C++ API? Or do I even need a book for that? Maybe it would be overkill?
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Beginning Linux Programming - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Linux-Programming-Neil-Matthew/dp/0470147628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265253105&sr=8-1 covers the C MySQL API among other things - I'm a big fan of this particular book.
There's also: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/c.html the MySQL API reference for C, which shows you pretty much every function you'll need in this area. An example is available here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/is/mysql/c/
Ninefingers
2010-02-04 03:12:26
Speaking as the MySQL++ maintainer, thanks for the link! I'd like to point out that the printable PDF version of the user manual is 92 letter size pages. Reformatted for book size pages with typical book margins would probably double that. So, it counts as a book. :)
Warren Young
2010-02-04 11:20:03
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I would recommend some kind of general book on SQL, and simply use the MySQL connector reference to learn the APIs that are specific to MySQL. Actually, you probably don't even need a SQL book, because W3Schools has an excellent tutorial already available.
Billy ONeal
2010-02-04 03:16:01