This is a release of MySQL, a basically free SQL database server (more
licence information in the PUBLIC file and the licensing node of the
FAQ).

The newest version/information is found at: http://www.tcx.se

To see what it can do see the features node in the FAQ.

For installation instructions see the INSTALL-SOURCE and
INSTALL-BINARY files. For tips on how to port MySQL to new machines
see the PORTING file.

For examples of SQL select queries from a internal test suite see the
EXAMPLE file (Some comments are in Swedish). The complete description
of the syntax is in the FAQ.

For future plans see the TODO file.

New features/bug fixes history is in the NEWS file.

For the currently known bugs (known errors) see the BUGS file.

For more information see the FAQ (this doubles as a technical manual). The
FAQ is available in many different formats. The simplest format is raw text
and it is found under FAQs/mysql-faq.txt. See the FAQs directory for other
formats.

For a user manual see http://www.tcx.se/mysql_docs/toc.html

MySQL is brought to you by: Michael (Monty) Widenius TCX DataKonsulter AB.

For other contributors see the CREDITS file.

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IMPORTANT:

Send bug (error) reports, questions and comments to the mailing list
at mysql@tcx.se

Please use the 'mysqlbug' script when posting bug reports or questions
about MySQL. mysqlbug will gather some information about your system
and start your editor with a form in which you can describe your
problem.

Bugs reported like 'MySQL does not work for me. Why?' may be silently
ignored by the MySQL maintainers.

The mysqlbug script can be found in the 'scripts' directory in the
distribution. That is 'there-you-installed-mysql/scripts'.

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