If you are looking to learn MySQL for the first time, you may find some frustration in the fact that this reads more like a reference book and that the sample tables used throughout arent very realistic. The book also gives good examples of how to use mysql with various programming languages. Otherwise, programmers who use mysql will find this a great reference to have. Hopefully this will be updated to reflect newer versions of the MySQL language.

Great if you’re truly interested in the videos, but it would have been perfect if it had included all the other oddities that made the orginal Tooth and Nail video compilations worth buying in the first place. Otherwise this is a pretty good representation of the label’s history, and work with videos.

Songs that make this comp worthwile:

Colson – Lately
House of Heroes – Mercedes Baby
Morroco – A beautiful life
Embraced – Saratoga
Boywunder – Reflections that pale in comparison
The Uriah Omen – Maybe the butler did it
Matthew Tissien and the Earthquakes – Poison Ivy

I first heard this album played on a pirate radio station—supposedly they were using the original 4 LP version too. Got totally hooked on it.

Why This? That’s easy. It’s Creed’s best hands down. Their other albums dont even come close…

Another underrated solid state classic. Be sure to check out the cover of Threatened, originally by living sacrifice.

Very far removed from the bands first and second efforts, but very good.

This album is quite possibly the best combination of all things melodic and heavy. A must have.

Quite possibly their best effort next to Absolutes.

... but it barely scratches the surface of what php is capable of. May have been good back when it was initally published, but you’re better off looking elsewhere if you really want to learn php. The only redeeming quality in this book is the excercises…