MySQL Documentation

The MySQL manual covers most of the areas of MySQL use. If you cannot find the answer(s) from the manual, you can get support by purchasing MySQL support or browsing our mailing list archives.

MySQL Reference Manual

• Books published by MySQL Press
• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP
• PDF (US letter)
• PDF (A4)
• Windows HTML Help (CHM)
• ThoutReader™ format

MySQL Cluster

• MySQL Cluster

MySQL GUI Tools

• MySQL Administrator
  • HTML, viewable online
  • PDF (US letter)
  • Windows HTML Help (CHM)
• MySQL Query Browser
  • HTML, viewable online
  • PDF (US letter)
  • Windows HTML Help (CHM)

MySQL Connectors

• MySQL Connector/J
  • HTML, viewable online
  • HTML (tar.gz)
  • HTML (ZIP)
• MySQL Connector/Net
  • PDF (US letter)
  • Windows HTML Help (CHM)

MaxDB by MySQL

• MaxDB Online Library
• Download of English version (3.1MB, HTML)
• Download of English version (2.8MB, CHM)
• Additional documentation

Mailing Lists

• MySQL Mailing List Archives

Examples

• World database
• World database Setup (HTML)
• World database Setup (PDF)

White Papers

• Filemaker Pro to MySQL migration kit

Articles

• Articles about MySQL
• Press releases and business-related articles about MySQL

Presentations

• MySQL Presentations

Books

• Books about MySQL

MySQL Reference Manual Translations

German

• Softcover book, published by MITP
• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP
• PDF (US letter)
• PDF (A4)
• Windows HTML Help (CHM)

French

• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP
• PDF (US letter)
• PDF (A4)
• Windows HTML Help (CHM)
• Translation by Nexen.net

Japanese

• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP

Portuguese

• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP
• PDF (US letter)
• PDF (A4)
• Windows HTML Help (CHM)

Russian

• Searchable, with user comments
• HTML, one page per chapter, tarball
• HTML, one page per chapter, ZIP
• HTML, all on one page, tarball
• HTML, all on one page, ZIP
• PDF (US letter)
• PDF (A4)
• Windows HTML Help (CHM)

3rd party MySQL 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++ API Documentation

• MySQL++ Manual
• Download alternate formats

MySQL Connector/ODBC (MyODBC) Documentation

• Connector/ODBC section of the Reference Manual

MySQL Connector/J Documentation

• HTML, all on one page