This book provides a quick reference to MySQL statements and functions, the administrative utilities, and the most popular APIs. The first few chapters are designed to help you get started with MySQL. Each chapter on an API also starts with a tutorial.
When this book was written, Version 4.1 of MySQL was released, and early releases of the development Version of 5.0 were available but not yet stable. As a result, you will find mostly features from Version 4.x, along with some from Version 5.x, in this book. Features that appear only in newer versions are noted as such.