2.2 Asking questions or reporting bugs

Before posting a bug report or question, please do the following:

• Start by searching the MySQL online manual at:

  http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html
  

  We try to keep the manual up to date by updating it frequently with solutions to newly found problems!
• Search the MySQL mailing list archives:

  http://www.mysql.com/doc.html
  

• You can also use http://www.mysql.com/search.html to search all the web pages (including the manual) that are located at http://www.mysql.com/.

If you can't find an answer in the manual or the archives, check with your local MySQL expert. If you still can't find an answer to your question, go ahead and read the next section about how to send mail to