Database: SQL, MySQL, LINQ and Java DB 18 It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. --Arthur Conan Doyle Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. --The Holy Bible, Isaiah 30:8 Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. --Mark Twain I like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign. --Mae West Objectives In this chapter, you'll: I Learn fundamental relational database concepts. Learn Structured Query Language (SQL) capabilities for retrieving data from and manipulating data in a database. Configure a MySQL user account. Create MySQL databases. Learn fundamental concepts of Microsoft's Language Integrated Query (LINQ) I I I I