Giuseppe Maxia and Sheeri K. Cabral give an introduction to what MySQL is. A PDF of the slides can be downloaded at http://technocation.org/files/doc/2009_04_Tour.pdf (21 Mb). Links referred to in the presentation, or related to the presentation: The MySQL forge can be found at http://forge.mysql.com, which contains the Wiki (http://forge.mysql.com/wiki) as well as the worklog, code snippets and tools for use with MySQL. Planet MySQL is an aggregate of MySQL-related blogs, including Giuseppe's and mine -- http://planet.mysql.com The website for the 2009 MySQL User Conference and Expo is at http://mysqlconf.com. MySQL Camp is a free conference at the same time as the User Conference. The details, including the schedule, are at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLCamp2009Sessions. A collection of User Group videos is at http://technocation.org/category/areas/user-group. All the videos, including User Group ones, are at http://technocation.org/category/areas/presentationsvideos. The videos from the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo are at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008Notes The videos from the 2007 MySQL User Conference and Expo are at http://www.technocation.org/content/2007-mysql-user-conference-and-expo-presentations-and-videos Episodes of the MySQL podcast can be found at http://technocation.org/category/areas/podcasts Learn more about MySQL University, a free, drop-in, weekly in-depth session of technical issues (such as MySQL internals) at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_University. MySQL Proxy information, including a getting started guide, can be found at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Proxy.