MySQL's popularity has brought a flood of questions about how to solve specific problems, and that's where this cookbook is essential. When you need quick solutions or techniques, this handy resource provides scores of short, focused pieces of code, hundreds of worked-out examples, and clear, concise explanations for programmers who don't have the time (or expertise) to solve MySQL problems from scratch. Ideal for beginners and professional database and web developers, this updated third edition covers powerful features in MySQL 5.6 (and some in 5.7). The book focuses on programming APIs in Python, PHP, Java, Perl, and Ruby. With more than 200+ recipes, you'll learn how to:Use the mysql client and write MySQL-based programsCreate, populate, and select data from tablesStore, retrieve, and manipulate stringsWork with dates and timesSort query results and generate summariesUse stored routines, triggers, and scheduled eventsImport, export, validate, and reformat data. Perform transactions and work with statisticsProcess web input, and generate web content from query resultsUse MySQL-based web session managementProvide security and server administration.