Installing and running MySQL -- Creating and loading databases -- Introduction to SQL -- Simple SQL retrieval -- Retrieving data from more than one table : joins -- Advanced retrieval operations -- Calculations and grouping queries -- Data modification -- Schemas and tables -- Views, temporary tables, and indexes -- Users, sessions, and transaction control -- Embedded SQL -- Dynamic SQL -- Unimplemented SQL-92 features -- Object-oriented features of the SQL: 1999 standard.