MySQL for an absulute beginner - Need recommandation

[rich3800]

justin at jdjlab.com wrote:

> Barry Yu wrote:
>
>> Would appreciate point me to a place where I could find the info in 
>> learning MySQL as an absolute begginer.
>>
> For the SQL syntax, I learned from 
> http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp.
>
> There are a few MySQL specific commands, but those are easily enough 
> learned from MySQL's homepage after you've got the basics down.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Justin Willmert
>
Try "Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes" by Ben Forta.  Forta's web site 
www.forta.com has example files and scripts that can be downloaded and 
installed to run the book examples.  Some of them apply to MySQL.