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T. ValentineDatabase-Driven Web Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5970-2_3

3. Essential MySQL Skills

Thomas Valentine1  
(1)
Selkirk, MB, Canada
 

Before we start delving into the scripts that make up the project for this book, we should first cover a few bases. In this chapter, we’ll review the skills necessary in order to make sense of what is to come. You may already be familiar with these concepts, but it is always a good idea to review a skill before having to apply it to a live, functioning script.

In this chapter, we’ll work through the functions that will be used in the project. We’ll cover only those functions that will be used in the project – we won’t cover all of the abilities that the DBI module offers, ...

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