MySQL Cookbook

Appendix A. Obtaining MySQL Software

Many of the table definitions and programs discussed in this book are available online so that you can avoid typing them in yourself. To run the examples, you’ll also need access to MySQL, of course, as well as the appropriate MySQL-specific interfaces for the languages you wish to use. This appendix describes where to get the software you need.

Obtaining Sample Source Code and Data

The examples in this book are based on source code and sample data from three distributions. Two of these (the recipes and mcb-kjv distributions) are available at the MySQL Cookbook companion web site, which you can visit at this address:

http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-cookbook/

The recipes distribution is the primary source of examples. It’s available as a compressed tar file (recipes.tar.gz) or as a ZIP file (recipes.zip). Either distribution format when unpacked will create a directory named recipes.

The recipes distribution contains programs as shown in the book, but in many cases also includes implementations in additional languages. For example, a recipe shown in the book using Python may be available on the site in Perl, PHP, or Java as well. This may save you some translation effort should you wish to convert a program as shown in the book to a different language. I expect to update the distribution from time to time, so you may want to check back occasionally for updates. If you would like to contribute a translation for inclusion into the distribution, let ...