Kevin's Book is Released: Get Your Copy Today

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 12, 2001, 10:59

They've been revised and expanded throughout, though the bulk of the new material in the book is contained in chapters 11 and 12. You should also be aware that chapters 5-10 are no longer available on our site; they were removed when the book was published.

**mserms** · Dec 12, 2001, 11:04

I managed to grab a copy before the chapters were removed

. Despite this, I think I'll still go for the book. The turorial was extremely helpful so I'm looking forward to some more of the same.

Keep it up, Kevin.

**scoates** · Dec 17, 2001, 14:53

Hey Kev,

I noticed a typo on page 149, in the last paragraph:

SitePoit.com -> SitePoint.com

Decent book (-:
Where SHOULD we post typos? Here, or somewhere else? (or not at all? (-: )

S

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 17, 2001, 22:40

Now is that an embarassing typo or what?

I'll add it to the errata page immediately.

Notices of typos are very welcome, either on the forums or to my email address: kevin@sitepoint.com.

**cauleyfj** · Dec 18, 2001, 17:53

Where can I get information on connecting to a specific mysql database. Namely Valueweb.

Their technical support point me to all of the generic data.

**Dan_K** · Dec 18, 2001, 21:35

Is there anyway i could use paypal to purchase the book?

-Dan

**Mark Harbottle** · Dec 18, 2001, 21:57

To use PayPal send US$41.90 to order@sitepoint.com and include a shipping address. That's all you have to do.

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 19, 2001, 13:20

Originally posted by cauleyfj
Where can I get information on connecting to a specific mysql database. Namely Valueweb.

Their technical support point me to all of the generic data.

What trouble are you running into? One MySQL server is just like another. All you need is your MySQL username, password, database name, and server address.

**Dan_K** · Dec 20, 2001, 00:13

How long will it take to receive the book using paypal?

-Dan

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 20, 2001, 00:23

I'll process your order first thing in the morning (it's very late here) and it'll ship out tomorrow from our shipping facility in the US. From there, it will take approx. 2 weeks to reach you in Australia.

**cauleyfj** · Dec 20, 2001, 22:42

Originally posted by kyank

What trouble are you running into? One MySQL server is just like another. All you need is your MySQL username, password, database name, and server address.

What I was looking for and finally found by trial and error was the server address which technical support claimed was beyond there scope of help.

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 20, 2001, 23:13

Ahh good old technical support.

**Technosailor** · Dec 20, 2001, 23:23

great book, so far, Kev!

Sketch

**tommatthews** · Dec 20, 2001, 23:33

hmmmm... I gues I have another week to wait for mine.

**=X¥®µ§=** · Dec 25, 2001, 04:30

well just got my copy today (xmas

)
very nice reference material kevin!

**tommatthews** · Dec 27, 2001, 19:49

Yaaa!! My book just arrived (look out world!).
Is there any way of getting a tax receipt for it as the confirmation email says "This is not a tax receipt"?

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 28, 2001, 10:33

The email that was sent to you with subject 'Worldpay credit/debit card purchase: XXXXXXXX' should act as your tax receipt. Where does it say 'this is not a tax receipt'?

**tommatthews** · Dec 28, 2001, 16:54

Yea, I think that email should be good enough. It looks like WorldPay insert "This is not a tax receipt".

**MissingArrow** · Dec 28, 2001, 21:08

Originally posted by tommatthews
Yea, I think that email should be good enough. It looks like WorldPay insert "This is not a tax receipt".

Tape a piece of paper over that line and make a photocopy of it.

**Gerg** · Dec 29, 2001, 13:23

Hi all,

After purchasing the book a few months ago but only now finding the time to sit down and read the book I've run into a small problem on chapter 3 with the samplepage.php page.

I get the following error

Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';'' in /Library/WebServer/Documents/development/samplepage.php on line 6

When I look at line 6 this is what I have...

<?php if ( !isset($name) ): ?>

What am I doing wrong? I tried to get the code samples from the site, but I've deleted my email now with the transcation ID...

Please help

**Kevin Yank** · Dec 31, 2001, 17:26

Gerg,

If you email me with your email address, I should be able to look up your transaction ID.

Have you checked your code against the list of typos in the book on the errata page?

**petesmc** · Jan 1, 2002, 07:34

Are you going to be taking the full version of the article offline from:

http://www.mysql.com/articles/ddws/index.html

...and I know there is another site somewhere that has the article published.

???
-Peter

**Kevin Yank** · Jan 1, 2002, 12:03

The full version will be removed from MySQL.com and replaced with the 4-chapter preview in the near future, yes. If you want a copy of it, better grab it now!

I don't know of any other site that has the full series published. If you can find it, would you please let me know?

**petesmc** · Jan 1, 2002, 16:52

Ok...If i find it I'll let you know, I assumed when I saw it that you'd allowed it.

-Peter

**Gerg** · Jan 3, 2002, 10:19

Kevin,

It was in the errata page on the website. My girlfriend had had enough of me shouting so she managed to find it.

Thanks

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