MySQL is a popular open source database product that supports key subsets of SQL on Linux and Unix systems. If you want to build database-backed web pages or other database applications, Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition has everything you need to get started. It takes you through the whole process from installation and configuration to programming interfaces and database administration. Also included is an introduction to SQL and to relational databases. This second edition has a greatly enhanced administration chapter, and new chapters on security and extending MySQL. Ample tutorial material is included throughout. Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition contains chapters on the programming language interfaces for C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, and PHP, as well as a complete reference section with specific function calls for each language. The reference section also includes details of the SQL language, as well as MySQL system variables, programs, and utilities. New to the second edition is a reference chapter describing the internal MySQL tables.