The MySQL Tutorial

 
Recently, I've been learning
MySQL. For this reason, I'm
starting this blog. This is
the first post.

The best way to Learn MySQL?
MySQL comes with documentation.
I've been using the MySQL documentation
to learn MySQL.

Of course, documentation is not
always the best way to learn
something new. Most of us need
an easy entry point.

The easy entry point in the
documentation is found in chapter
3. This is where the MySQL tutorial
for beginner's is found. It is
here, in Chapter 3 of the MySQL 5.1
Reference Manual:

Chapter 3. Tutorial

Chapter 3 of the MySQL 5.1 Reference
Manual consists of nothing but a
beginner's tutorial. It is excellent!
It gives all kinds of hints and examples
to help you get started.

For this reason, I think of it as
The MySQL Tutorial. In a
sense, it is. It is the official
MySQL tutorial.

Based on what I've seen so far, this
is an excellent starting place if
your desire is to learn MySQL.

There's a basic principle here. If
you want good information, get as
close as possible to the original
fountainhead for that information.
The closer, the better.

In this case, the fountainhead is
the people who provide MySQL to the
rest of us. You can't get any closer
than that.

Ed Abbott