Where are the MySQL books in your shop?

Yesterday I found out that the MySQL books sold at Foyles in London, England, were not in the ‘Database’ section. Instead they could be found just under and next the Apache and PHP books.

I was rather disappointed. You see a whole rack of Oracle, PostgreSQL, Firebird, DB2, .. but no MySQL where (I guess) most people would first look.

The two guys from Foyles told me that this was already like that before they got there. It was probably because of the LAMP thing, one told me, that the MySQL books end up between the PHP books.

So here’s the question: Where are the MySQL books located in your favorite bookstore?

Comments

Anonymous

Mon Sep 4 2006, 12:35

And what is your favorite book?

And what is your favorite MySQL book? My favorite book is Jeremy Zawodny’s but I only have two MySQL books.

-- Dries

Anonymous

Mon Sep 4 2006, 12:51

My local Ottakers has them placed somewhere in the middle of the Computing section with no obvious labelling as to whether it is for Databases, Web Dev or anything.

Geert Vanderkelen

Tue Sep 5 2006, 04:33

Re: And what is your favorite book?

To be honnest, I never really had books of MySQL but read them partly using O’Reilly’s Safari when needed.

The ‘High Performance MySQL’ looked indeed great. I must say that I was surprised from the certification books MySQL provides. It offers a good introduction and is a good walk through for learning.

mapopa

Tue Sep 5 2006, 05:52

Firebird

That link would be firebirdsql.org :)

And did you actually seen the firebird book in the store ? Just curious http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590592794?v=glance

Anonymous

Tue Sep 5 2006, 05:57

Seems that Foyles do have Fiebird Book

Here is the link http://www.foyles.co.uk/foyles/display.asp?K=184034507143407&sf_01=KEYWORD&st_01=firebird&x=0&y=0&m=19&dc=44

Geert Vanderkelen

Tue Sep 5 2006, 09:53

Re: Firebird

Thanks for that! Somehow I’m double checking all the links I’m putting in, but I even forgot the one for PostgreSQL. I’ve updated my post.

I didn’t take any books i my hand, but I remember black background and yellow letters on the cover or so. That link you show might be the one.

Good that there were so much opensource database books though. Was nice to see.

Anonymous

Tue Sep 5 2006, 23:44

This so cries for the obligatory

bashing comment: why should a book about MySQL be in the Database section…?

Geert Vanderkelen

Wed Sep 6 2006, 07:38

Re: This so cries for the obligatory

Well, it would have been more fun wouldn’t you be a Anonymous coward. If you have had any brains in your head, I’m sure you have at least a few cells, then you would know that MySQL is a DBMS, just like the others I have been mentioning. If one doesn’t understand that, they should consider blowing themselves up to join the other scum walking this earth, or get some education which might help too.

.. Oh, that felt good typing that!

Anyway, there is no reason why MySQL books shouldn’t be in the Database section in bookshops. And apparently they are in most. I wouldn’t like to see PostgreSQL books under ‘Fiction’ either.