MySQL Documentation

The MySQL Reference Manual covers most areas of MySQL use. This manual is for both MySQL Community Server and MySQL Enterprise Server. If you cannot find the answer(s) from the manual, you can get support by purchasing MySQL Enterprise, which provides comprehensive support and services. MySQL Enterprise also provides a comprehensive knowledge base library that includes hundreds of technical articles resolving difficult problems on popular database topics such as performance, replication, and migration. Learn more about MySQL Enterprise »

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MySQL Reference Manual

Excerpts from the Reference Manual

MySQL GUI Tools

Expert Guides

MySQL Help Tables

To use: Download, uncompress, then load into MySQL with this command: mysql mysql < file_name

Example Databases

Meta Documentation

Community Contributed Documentation

• MySQL section at FAQTs.com
• HOWTO provide Microsoft Access-like functionality on Linux with open-source tools - OpenOffice.org 1.0, unixODBC, and MySQL
• MySQL++ Manual

Printed Books

• MySQL 5.1 Cluster Certification Study Guide (December 2007)
• Das offizielle MySQL 5-Handbuch (German, November 2006)
• MySQL Reference Manual, second edition (April 2006)
• MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide (August 2005)
• More books published by MySQL Press ...

Additional Resources

• ThoutReader™ format
• Technical articles about MySQL
• Whitepapers
• Press releases and business-related articles about MySQL
• Technical presentations about MySQL
• MySQL Mailing List Archives