Like the bestselling "Understanding the Linux Kernel," this new guide goes to the heart of the MySQL database, another leading open source software project.

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools availab

MySQL remains one of the hottest open source database technologies. As the database has evolved into a product competitive with proprietary counterparts like Or

Stuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The

Although MySQL's source code is open in the sense of being publicly available, it's essentially closed to you if you don't understand it. In this book, Sasha Pa