MySQL Documentation: Other MySQL Documentation

MySQL Help Tables

Title	Version	Download
MySQL Help Tables	5.7	Gzip \| Zip
MySQL Help Tables	5.6	Gzip \| Zip
MySQL Help Tables	5.5	Gzip \| Zip

To use: Download, uncompress, then load into MySQL with this command: mysql mysql < file_name

Example Databases

Title	Download DB	HTML Setup Guide	PDF Setup Guide
employee data (large dataset, includes data and test/verification suite)	Launchpad	View	US Ltr \| A4
world database (MyISAM version, used in MySQL certifications and training)	Gzip \| Zip	View	US Ltr \| A4
world database (InnoDB version, used in MySQL certifications and training)	Gzip \| Zip	View	US Ltr \| A4
sakila database (requires MySQL 5.0 or later)	TGZ \| Zip	View	US Ltr \| A4
menagerie database	TGZ \| Zip

Meta Documentation

Title	HTML Online	PDF	EPUB	HTML Download
Guide to MySQL Documentation	View	US Ltr \| A4	EPUB	TGZ \| Zip
MySQL Documentation Formatting Guide		US Ltr \| A4	EPUB	TGZ \| Zip
MySQL Documentation Style Guide		US Ltr \| A4	EPUB	TGZ \| Zip

Documentation Toolset

Title	Download
mysqldoc-toolset (support tools)	TGZ

Community Documentation

Title	HTML Online	PDF
MySQL Development Cycle	View	US Ltr \| A4
MySQL++ Manual	View

Printed Books

Additional Resources

Additional documentation for other products is available using the options (Workbench, Topic Guides, etc.) in the navigation bar. For other documentation, including example databases and help tables, see Other Docs.

Using EPUB files

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Using PDF files

We recommend reading our PDF files with Adobe Reader 7.0 or better, kpdf or Okular (Linux), or Preview (Mac OS X).

Installing the Eclipse documentation plugin

You can install the Eclipse documentation plugin by extracting the Eclipse package and dropping the directory into your Eclipse plugins directory.