Understanding MySQL Internals
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Can you say "under the hood"? That's what Understanding MySQL Internals is supposed to teach, "in a nutshell" to coin a phrase. To quote part of the back cover, "MySQL's source code is open in the sense of being publicly available, but it's essentially closed to you if you don't understand it". Good point and one we tend to forget in the context of "open source". MySQL or any other open source code might as well be locked up in a vault and administered by Microsoft if you don't know what the code is and how to work with it. As a former member of the MySQL Development Team, Sasha Pachev is (or should be) positioned to take the reader on a guided tour of the inner workings of MySQL. Let's see how he does.
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Don't get excited. This book isn't just for anyone. The "Who This Book is For" section of the
front matter cites developers, DBAs and computer science students. You have to want to understand
several hundred thousand lines of code or at least not be intimidated by the prospect. To read and understand the
underlying MySQL database kernel is to try and understand the developers who wrote it. Staring at the raw
source code would be a challenge. Sasha Pachev's book was written to blaze the trail for the reader
and provide a meaningful context for what you are trying to learn. Full Story |
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