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MySQL and mSQL
by Yarger, Randy Jay / Reese, George /et al.
$34.95; paper; 500 pages
O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1565924347

Even a small organization or Web site has uses for a database. Perhaps you keep track of your customers and find that your information is outgrowing the crude, flat-file format you started with. Or you want to ask visitors to your Web site for their interests and preferences and put up a fresh Web page that tallies the results.

Unlike commercial databases, MySQL and mSQL databases are affordable and easy to use. If you know basic C, Java, Perl, or Python, you can quickly write a program to interact with your database.

This book is all you need to make use of MySQL or mSQL. It takes you through the whole process from installation and configuration to programming interfaces and basic administration. Includes reference chapters and ample tutorial material.

Learning Perl, Second Edition
by Schwartz, Randal L./ Christiansen, Tom
$29.95; paper; 269 pages
O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1565922840

In this update of a bestseller, two leading Perl trainers teach you to use the most universal scripting language in the age of the World Wide Web. Now current for Perl version 5.004, this hands-on tutorial includes a lengthy new chapter on CGI programming, while touching also on the use of library modules, references, and Perl's object-oriented constructs.

Programming Perl, Second Edition
by Wall, Larry/ Schwartz, Randal L./ Christiansen, Tom
$39.95; paper; 645 pages
O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN 1565921496

Programming Perl, second edition, is the authoritative guide to Perl version 5, the scripting utility that has established itself as the programming tool of choice for the World Wide Web, UNIX system administration, and a vast range of other applications. Version 5 of Perl includes object-oriented programming facilities. The book is coauthored by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl.

Perl is a language for easily manipulating text, files, and processes. It provides a more concise and readable way to do many jobs that were formerly accomplished (with difficulty) by programming with C or one of the shells. Perl is likely to be available for your website (installed by your provider on their server). And if it isn't, you can get it and install it easily and free of charge.

This heavily revised second edition of Programming Perl contains a full explanation of the features in Perl version 5.003.