Download or read book Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days written by Anthony Butcher and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide teaches readers how to design and implement their an open source database. Topics include designing and creating a database; normalizing data; adding tables, columns and indexes; importing and exporting data; administering, optimizing and troubleshooting My SQL; and locks and keys.