Appendix Setting Up the MySQL Database Used in This Book

Topics in This Chapter

• Download and Install MySQL

• Download and Install a JDBC Driver for MySQL

• Create a MySQL Database for Core JSTL Examples

• Populate the MySQL Database Used in Core JSTL Examples

All of the code examples in "Database Actions" on page 356 use the MySQL database management system (DBMS). ^[1] This appendix shows you how to download and install that DBMS and a corresponding JDBC driver, and how to create and populate the database used in this book.

^[1] An exception is the example in "Executing Database Transactions" on page 411.

To configure MySQL for the database examples in this book, you must perform the following steps:

1. Download and install the MySQL database management system

2. Download and install a JDBC driver for MySQL

3. Create the database used in this book's database examples

4. Populate the database created in the preceding step

To run this book's database examples, you must also download the code for those examples. See "The Book's Web Site" on page xiv for information about downloading the code examples discussed in this book.

This appendix discusses each of the preceding steps in the order they are listed.