Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, 2nd Edition

What This Book Is Not

Before reading this book, you should know what it won’t cover.

This Is Not an Installation Guide

Installing the databases in this book is sometimes easy, sometimes a bit of a challenge, and sometimes downright frustrating. For some databases, you’ll be able to use stock packages or tools such as apt-get (on many Linux systems) or Homebrew (if you’re a Mac OS user) and for others you may need to compile from source. We’ll point out some useful tips here and there, but by and large you’re on your own. Cutting out installation steps allows us to pack in more useful examples and a discussion of concepts, which is what you really came for anyway, right?

Administration Manual? We Think Not

In addition to installation, this ...