MySQL Stored Procedure
Programming by Steven Feuerstein
Mysql Stored Procedures, In Depth
The implementation of stored procedures in MySQL 5.0 a huge milestone
-- one that is expected to lead to widespread enterprise adoption of the
already extremely popular MySQL database. If you are serious about
building the web-based database applications of the future, you need to
get up to speed quickly on how stored procedures work -- and how to build
them the right way. This book, destined to be the bible of stored procedure
development, is a resource that no real MySQL programmer can afford to
do without. In the decade since MySQL burst on the scene, it has become
the dominant open source database, with capabilities and performance
rivaling those of commercial RDBMS offerings like Oracle and SQL Server.
Along with Linux and PHP, MySQL is at the heart of millions of
applications. And now, with support for stored procedures, functions, and
triggers in MySQL 5.0, MySQL offers the programming power needed for
true enterprise use. MySQLs new procedural language has a
straightforward syntax, making it easy to write simple programs. But its not
so easy to write secure, easily maintained, high-performance, and bug-
free programs. Few in the MySQL world have substantial experience yet
with stored procedures, but Guy Harrison and Steven Feuerstein have
decades of combined expertise. In MySQL Stored Procedure

Programming, they put that hard-won experience to good use. Packed with
code examples and covering everything from language basics to
application building to advanced tuning and best practices, this highly
readable book is the one-stop guide to MySQL development. It consists of
four majorsections: MySQL stored programming fundamentals -- tutorial,
basic statements, SQL in stored programs, and error handling Building
MySQL stored programs -- transaction handling, built-in functions, stored
functions, and triggers MySQL stored programs in applications -- using
stored programs with PHP, Java, Perl, Python, and .NET (C# and VB.NET)
Optimizing MySQL stored programs -- security, basic and advanced SQL
tuning, optimizing stored program code, and programming best practices
A companion web site contains many thousands of lines of code, that you
can put to use immediately. Guy Harrison is Chief Architect of Database
Solutions at Quest Software and a frequent speaker and writer on MySQL
topics. Steven Feuerstein is the author of Oracle PL/SQL Programming,
the classic reference for Oracle stored programming for more than ten
years. Both have decades of experience as database developers, and
between them they have authored a dozen books.
Personal Review: MySQL Stored Procedure Programming by
Steven Feuerstein
I have been working with MySQL for several years as a database back-
end for Java, Ruby and C# programming projects. After upgrading to
version 5, I have been meaning to look into MySQL's support for stored
procedures.
The MySQL Stored Procedure Programming book was my first read on the
subject and I found it quite useful. It covers not only stored procedures, but
also functions and triggers, collectively called 'stored programs' in the
book. While there are many books on MySQL, this book is dedicated to the
stored programs domain and provides a lengthy treatment of the subject.
During the introduction, the authors provide a veritable laundry list of
MySQL resources including many books and websites. The basic tools for
creating stored programs in MySQL are visited and help set the
groundwork for a 'read, type in the example and run it' feedback loop.
Throughout the book, the examples are clear and easy to follow.
The introduction is followed by a brief tutorial, highlighting stored
procedures, functions and triggers. What follows is two sections of
chapters, over 200 pages in length, diving into the details of the stored
procedure language fundamentals, blocks, conditional statements, iterative
programming, error handling, the creation and maintenance of stored
programs, transaction management, MySQL built-in functions, stored
functions and triggers.
The next section of the book is of particular value to software developers
that use MySQL in their applications. Over 150 pages showing you how to
use MySQL stored programs from PHP, Java, Perl, Python and .NET. The

Java section even shows the basics of using stored procedures with
Hibernate and Spring.
After that, you'll be greeted with a 110 page medley of options to help you
optimize your MySQL stored programs. The subject of tuning your SQL is
addressed over the course of three chapters, from basic through advanced
tuning topics. Additional optimization techniques such as reducing network
traffic with stored programs, optimizing loops, recursion, cursors, trigger
overhead and more are found in the final chapter of this section.
The book closes out with a chapter on best practices in MySQL stored
program development. MySQL Stored Procedure Programming has
earned a space on the MySQL shelf of my technical library. It's a fine book
that will help you take your MySQL programming experience to another
level.
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