So if you want a lucrative programming career (even the lowest paid SQL developers make upwards of $60,000 a year), it’s imperative that you learn a database programming language like SQL.

How to Insert Commas & Quotes in MySQL. Special characters require the MySQL escape character to indicate to the server that you want to insert the characters without executing any secondary code.

Book Review: "Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours," by Ryan K. Stephens and Ron Plew, is an excellent primer for mastering the relational database model and all its intricacies.

Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

Nearly 950 pages and more than 2″ thick, MySQL Cookbook is a book that every serious MySQL programmer should have on his/her shelf.