If you have questions about how to do things in MySQL  there is a place to go now for answers.  It is MySQL Blog.   One of the things you will notice when you first arrive at the site is the number of video clips that can be watched.  This is because that the questions that are asked are answered with video clips.  In this way the answers can be given and walked through visually rather than trying to explain them in writing.  I found the expainations easy to follow and when I need to I could stop the video catch up with what I was doing on the screen.