MySQL Cookbook

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The animal on the cover of MySQL Cookbook is a green anole. These common lizards can be found in the Southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and South America. Green anoles dwell in moist, shady environments, such as trees and shrubs. They subsist on small insects such as crickets, roaches, moths, grubs, and spiders.

Green anoles are slight in build, with narrow heads and long, slender tails that can be twice as long as their bodies. The special padding on their feet enables them to climb, cling, and run on any surface. They range from six to eight inches long. Though, as their name implies, green anoles are usually bright green, their color can change to match their surroundings, varying between gray-brown, brown, and green. Male anoles have pink dewlaps that they extend when courting or to protect their territory.

Linley Dolby was the production editor and proofreader for MySQL Cookbook. Colleen Gorman, Jeff Holcomb, Brian Sawyer, and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. John Bickelhaupt wrote the index.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress ...