Topics in This Chapter
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.
To configure MySQL for the database examples in this book, you must perform the following steps:
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. |