Chapter 3. Installing the Software

3.1 Introduction

As already mentioned in the preface, we advise that you replay the examples in this book and do the exercises. This will definitely improve your knowledge of MySQL and pleasure in reading this book.

This chapter describes where to find the required software and the information needed to install all the software necessary. It also indicates how to download the code for the many examples. For practical reasons, we refer frequently to the book’s web site. Here you will find useful information.

3.2 Downloading MySQL

You can download MySQL free from the web site of the vendor, www.mysql.com, where you will find the software for many different operating systems. Choose the version that suits you ...

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