This is an easy to digest 12 step guide on basics of using MySQL. It's a great refresher for those who need it and it work's great for first time MySQL users.

Anyone should be able to get through this without much trouble. Programming knowledge is not required.

Index
  1. What is SQL?
  2. Why MySQL?
  3. Installing MySQL.
  4. Using the MySQL command line interface
  5. Creating databases
  6. Creating Tables
    1. Data types
    2. The
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