MySQL & mSQL
by Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese, and Tim King



Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

Following are the changes made in the 3/00 reprint:



(8) Did read:

        In other words, SQL exposed Minerva to a much wider audience that
        PostQUEL, which was limited to Postgres.

It now reads:

        In other words, SQL exposed Minerva to a much wider audience than
        PostQUEL, which was limited to Postgres.


(118) The last sentence of the third paragraph did read: 

        Free Postgres has continued on and ranks up their in popularity with
        MySQL and mSQL for mid-range database servers.

It now reads:

        Free Postgres has continued on and ranks up there in popularity with
        MySQL and mSQL for mid-range database servers.


(254) Under "value1 LIKE value2," the sentence that did read:

        The is probably the single most used comparison in SQL.

now reads:

        This is probably the single most used comparison in SQL.