ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition is the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of ActionScript. There are hundreds of new code examples to show new Flash MX techniques in the real world. The book's language reference alone has nearly doubled from the first edition, with more than 250 new classes, objects, methods, and properties. You'll find exhaustive coverage of dozens of undocumented, underdocumented, and misdocumented features. The book's Foreword, Preface, and Chapter 13, Movie Clips, are available online.

Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition -- The new edition of this must-have pocket reference boils down the most vital information from Oracle PL/SQL Programming, the bestseller that many consider "the Bible" for PL/SQL development. This concise booklet summarizes features available in Oracle's powerful new Oracle9i, and provides essential information on PL/SQL block structure, fundamental language elements, control statements, and use of procedures, functions, packages, triggers, Oracle objects, external procedures, and methods of calling Java classes from PL/SQL. A Sample Excerpt on Bulk Binds is available online.

sendmail, 3rd Edition has been completely revised to cover sendmail 8.12, a version with more features and fundamental changes than any previous version of the Unix-based email-routing program. Because the latest version of sendmail differs so significantly from earlier versions, a massive rewrite of this best-selling reference was needed. With sendmail, 3rd Edition in hand, you will be able to configure this challenging but necessary utility for whatever needs your system requires. Sample Chapter 2, Build and Install sendmail, is available online.

Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition is a concise and portable quick reference that distills an immense amount of information on several languages and technologies. This book offers a fast-paced introduction, a detailed reference section, and a quick reference guide for each technology, and is packed full of the genuinely useful information a webmaster needs daily. This one-stop resource for HTML, CSS, XML, CGI, JavaScript, HTTP, PHP, and Apache is the book you'll turn to again and again. Sample Chapter 18, Apache Configuration, is available online.

Sequence Analysis in a Nutshell pulls together all of the vital information about the most commonly used databases, analytical tools, and tables used in sequence analysis. The book contains details and examples on using GenBank, EMBL, and SWISS-PROT, as well as the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Feature Table Definitions. It also provides the command-line syntax for Readseq and MEME/MAST, BLAST, ClustalW, and the EMBOSS suite. This book draws together essential information for bioinformaticians in industry, academia, and undergraduate programs. Sample Chapter 7, BLAST, is available online in PDF format.

Mac OS X in a Nutshell offers a thorough treatment of Mac OS X version 10.2, from its BSD Unix foundation to new Aqua interface. The book's "Unix Command Reference" is the most complete coverage of Mac OS X Unix commands you can find anywhere. Each command and option in this section has been painstakingly tested against Jaguar. Serious users who want more from their system will find everything they need to know systematically documented in this book. Sample Chapter 14, Web Publishing with a DAMP System, is available online in PDF format.

Unix CD Bookshelf, Version 3.0 packs a stack of essential Unix books into one comprehensive, immensely convenient, and portable package: Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition; Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition; Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition; Mac OS X for Unix Geeks; Learning the Korn Shell, 2nd Edition; sed & awk, 2nd Edition; and Unix in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition. The CD has a master index, a powerful search engine, and all the text is extensively hyperlinked, so you'll find what you're looking for quickly.

JDBC Pocket Reference offers quick look-ups for all methods of the standard JDBC classes. These include concise reviews of the procedures for common JDBC tasks such as connecting to a database, executing stored procedures, and executing DDL. You'll find documentation on the connect string formats for the most common databases, including Oracle, SQL-Server, and PostgreSQL. You'll even find information on working with large objects, and on using SQL99 user-defined data types to work with object-relational data. A Sample Excerpt, User-Defined Data Types, is available online.

Linux Server Hacks -- This first book in O'Reilly's new Hacks Series shows you how to tune the Linux kernel to make your system run more efficiently, and use CVS and RCS to track revisions to system files. You'll also learn alternative ways to do backups, how to use system monitoring tools to track performance, and a variety of secure networking solutions. Linux Server Hacks also helps you manage large-scale Web installations running Apache, MySQL, and other open source tools. Sample Chapter 3, Backups, is available online.

Java Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition -- Java application performance is heavily tied to the underlying Java Virtual Machine, and the new 1.4 version of Java has significant changes. Revised and expanded, this second edition covers Java 1.4 and adds new coverage of JDBC, NIO, Servlets, EJB, and JavaServer Pages. Learn how to create a tuning strategy, use profiling tools to understand a program's behavior, and avoid performance penalties from inefficient code. You'll end up with code that's robust, maintainable, and fast. Sample Chapter 12, Distributed Computing, is available online.

Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual is written for the novice power user who wants to master XP Pro and get down to work. Coauthored by New York Times technology columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, this crystal clear, jargon-free book uses wit, technical insight, and scrupulous objectivity to demystify Microsoft's newest and most reliable operating system. Anyone who uses XP Pro, including hardcore techies, will find this new system much easier and more fun to digest with this new Missing Manual.

Learning Unix for Mac OS X, 2nd Edition -- This compact book provides a user-friendly tour of your Mac's Unix base. As you explore Terminal and familiarize yourself with the command line, you'll also learn about the hundreds of Unix programs that come with your Mac and begin to understand the power and flexibility of Unix through examples, exercises, and experimentation. Updated to cover Jaguar (Mac OS X, 10.2), this book will keep you current with the latest features of your Mac. Sample Chapter 5, Printing, is available online.