I recommend the "MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide" - even though the title says certification study guide, it is a solid reference guide for all things MySQL -Arul On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Can someone point me to a good book on MySql for the Oracle DBA? I found a > couple, but all they talked about was SQL programming, and frankly adding > another SQL variant isn't what you call difficult for me these days. > > What I need is something that talks about the MySql equivalent of > tablespaces and data files, backup and recovery, configuration, user account > management, schema management (the one useful piece of knowledge I found in > the books is that MySql calls a schema a database), and other general DBA > tasks, > > -- > Andrew W. Kerber > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' > -- Arul