What is the best online resource for information about MySQL?

What is the best online resource for information about MySQL?

The MySQL website has a complete reference manual with search capabilities available on their website:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

The manual covers everything from basic installation, SQL syntax, to advanced usage like replication and clustering. Additionally there are translations of the reference manual in German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian available as well.

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