O'REILLY: A guide to using stored procedures, functions, and triggers in MySQL; O'Reilly releases "MySQL Stored Procedure Programming"

Now, with the 5.0 release, MySQL has crossed one of the last remaining thresholds for enterprise credibility, observes Guy Harrison, author of "MySQL Stored Procedure Programming" (O'[REILLY]) with Steven Feuerstein. "The ability to create stored procedures, functions, triggers,...

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Published in:M2 Presswire p. 1
Format: Newsletter
Language:English
Published: Coventry Normans Media Ltd 05.05.2006
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Architecture
Java
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Summary:Now, with the 5.0 release, MySQL has crossed one of the last remaining thresholds for enterprise credibility, observes Guy Harrison, author of "MySQL Stored Procedure Programming" (O'[REILLY]) with Steven Feuerstein. "The ability to create stored procedures, functions, triggers, and updateable views removes one of the last remaining objections to using MySQL as a mainstream commercial database," Harrison says. For instance, he notes that prior to the introduction of stored procedures, MySQL couldn't claim Java J2EE certification, because the certification tests included stored procedure routines. There are still many features in the commercial databases that aren't found in MySQL, Harrison agrees, but these features are often superfluous to the needs of mainstream database applications. "We believe that MySQL will continue to grow in significance as the premier open source RDBMS," write Harrison and Feuerstein in the preface to the book, "And that stored programs--procedures, functions, and triggers--will play a major part in the MySQL success story." According to Harrison, the book is written "primarily for MySQL developers who are currently developing applications involving MySQL in other environments, such as PHP, Python, Java, .NET, or Perl. Also MySQL administrators who might want to use stored programs to develop utility programs." He adds, "Stored procedures are new to MySQL and offer new patterns for application development. We hope to provide useful guidance so developers will use them appropriately and effectively."