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[ophir prusak]

Hi Paul,

It also depends on your current knowledge.
If you have previous experience with databases and server side web development
(perl, cold fusion, asp, etc) then the online reference manuals should
be enough.
If databases are new to you, I cannot emphasise enough the need for a
good SQL book (like http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201447878/)

With some more info on your current knowledge, I could be more specific
regarding books.

hope that helps,
Ophir

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Ophir Prusak
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---- "jahmon :-)" <jahmon at jahmon.com> wrote:
> My suggestion is as follows:
> 1) www.php.net -- probably your best source of documentation
> 	a)you can find stuff easy if you kinda know what you're looking
> for 
> 	e.g. (www.php.net/mysql)
> 2) www.mysql.com -- same as 1...for mysql
> 3) get a book (I can't advise you on which one. I've read a few...none
> 	really stand out. I'm sure someone else can assist you w/ that)
> 4) play around w/ ideas...try new things....it will speed up the process.
> 5) if you can...look at other people's code. down load some open source
> 	stuff from freshmeat.net just to look at it...it will show
> you how to write
> 	better code (hopefully -- there is a lot of bad code out there
> -- [but
> 	you'll notice it when you see it])
> hope that helps.
> good luck...and welcome.
> 
> jahmon ;-)
> 
> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:11:31PM -0400, The Geek wrote:
> > Hello to all
> > 
> > I am new to both Mysql and PHP.  I found this list by accident and
> have 
> > been lurking for about a week.  As a newbie I am in search for good
> 
> > basic and fundamental information.  Books, websites, How to's that
> sort 
> > of thing.  If there are specifics that stand out above the rest or
> are 
> > considered a must read please tell me.  I hate to buy books only
> to find 
> > then poorly written latter.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Paul Guba
> > 
> > 
> 
>