Using MySQL data in Excel

You can do more than just read (SELECT) data using Excel in conjunction with MySQL.  Here’s how.
First of course, you have to install the mysqlODBC 5.1 driver.  Then you use Control Panel | Administrative tools | Data Sources to create the data source for your data. This step is where you put in how to [...]

Transactions in MySQL

Here is a reference to MySQL support for transaction processing. In
multi-user working systems this is the way it should be done, to make
sure the DBMS can preserve the integrity of the data even if crashes
and transaction failures occur.
MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 12.4 MySQL Transactional and Locking Statements
Note the START TRANSACTION and END [...]

Data base Backup

Backup MySQL,MySQL Backup,Backing Up and Restoring A MySQL DatabaseA tutorial

Backing Up and Restoring Your MySQL DatabaseAnother short article with several added pages.

Mysql General Log Help

Usability Report Table Logs – MySQL Forge Wiki

Concurrency control

Multiversion concurrency control – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

mysql Storage Engine

MySQL :: MySQL Storage Engine Architecture, Part 2: An In-Depth Look