i want to learn MYSQL. where do i learn it from. I downloaded the manual from their home-site, but could not grasp anything from that..
can anybody tell me any-other links that give me a detailed tutorial or a book of MYSQL..
I want those that are free.. hope i will get that since MYSQL itself is free..
Thanx in advance....

Good Morning Gajaykrishnan!

What specific questions do you need answered? "How do I use it" is very broad for a product like MySQL.

I know of no free tutorials for mysql, but the documentation in that product rocks! I suggest you tutor yourself like this. Imagine a simple problem. For example, create a database of students, teachers, courses and grades. Well, you have to create tables for the teachers, so look up the examples for creating a table in the manual and create one. Then look at the examples for adding data to the table and add some. Write some queries using the examples for that in the manual. If you get stuck on certain issues, post messages to the mysql mailing list or in the software questions here. Best of luck! It's a really cool piece of software.

dthacker

but how do i come to know of all the functions that are provided with mysql... are all the in-built functions that are available in mysql given in the manual..??

As dthacker posted the MySQL documentation is great. Check out their website. It is available in various formats, also for download. The documentation also contains a tutorial for the first steps (how to log in, create databases/tables, the basic commands like insert/select/update, and so on). If you go through that you will know enogh to use and work with MySQL. If you need special functions or features later, you can look in the documentation again. If you want to go into further detail I would recommend to buy a book. MySQL (New Riders) by Paul DuBois is a great, if not the best., one.