Whether merging technologies or making a complete migration to MySQL, there are definite design and language differences to consider for the Oracle professional. This session is designed to help ease the burden by walking through major paradigm shifts to the MySQL world. Topics covered will include: - Things which may be missed, such as packages and DB links. - Alternative design patterns to make up for the lack of encapsulation. - What MySQL can do... just differently. - "Gotcha's" and caveats