MySQL Reference Manual

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Jeffrey Holcomb was the production editor for MySQL Reference Manual . Audrey Doyle was the copyeditor. Jane Ellin provided quality assurance. Phil Dangler and David Chu provided production assistance. Michael “Monty” Widenius, David Axmark, and MySQL AB wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book, with thanks to Hanna Dyer and Ellie Volckhausen. The cover image is a public domain engraving from The Clip Art Book, published in 1990 by Crescent Books. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe’s Formata and Helvetica fonts.

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