MySQL .. getting started

[billytalent]

Hi, I'm sorry if this is the wrong sort of question to be asking here as it isnt a problem that needs solving as such, but as somebody who is a bit daunted on how to get started with MySQL, I was wondering how everyone else got going, whether they learnt from books, from internet tutorials, or in a college environment,
I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips they can pass on from experience of how to be succesful with MySQL?

thanks in advance,
simon

[super kobs]

http://mysql.com