Which books to buy

So I'm a newbie and I'm going in over my head, but what other way is there to do it? I've taken on a little project. I'm designing a website running an an Apache server that will use PERL to write to, read from, edit, query, and parse data from a MySQL database running on a Mandrake 8.0 Linux box. I only know a little bit about PERL, a little more about Linux, less than that about Apache, and basically nothing about MySQL. So if you could recommend a good book, I would REALLY appreciate it. Some advice about where the hell to start would be nice too. I've actually gotten most of the web pages designed, dynamically I might add, to cover most of the "add info" bases. I don't really need help with Linux, and Apache seems to be running okay. But this whole PERL/MySQL stuff is killing me. Thanks.

Hello,

CGI 101 by Jacqueline Hamilton. 200 pages. Excellent little book and web site.
www.cgi101.com

Beginning Perl. Simon Cozens. 630 pages. Excellent big book.

Very good tutorials.
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Perl/

Very good tutorials.
http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/...theWeb/toc.html

I have several other perl books but these are my favorites.

Good Luck,
Paul

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