Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition

Q1:	I'm not a C programmer. Do I need to know about embedding?
A1:	If it's sufficient for you to be able to run MySQL in client-server mode, as we have done in earlier lessons in this book, then probably not. Embedding MySQL is essential for developers who want to create a single package, including the desired application and powered by a MySQL database server. However, a knowledge of C is required to do this.
Q2:	It says somewhere that I have to pay for MySQL. Is this true?
A2:	You have to pay for a license for each copy of MySQL that you distribute as part of an embedded system. You don't have to pay for MySQL when used as a server, as we've done in the lessons prior to this. The key things that trigger the need to pay are embedding and

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Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition by Tony Butcher