With the recent release of the MySQL 5.0 beta, the people at MySQL have releases a series of four PDF documents outlining and explaining some of the great new features in this popular open-source database server:
The articles contain lots of code examples to get you started with this new version. As you have probably heard by now there is quite a lot of difference in MySQL 5.0 relative to earlier versions, so taking time out to look at exactly what some of the changes are it is probably time well spent for anyone who deals with databases on a regular basis.
