Sep 262010
Connect MySQL server using C
Answer:
Below show a code sample for how to connect to MySQL server using C programming language.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "mysql.h"
MYSQL mysql;
MYSQL_RES *res;
MYSQL_ROW row;
void exiterr(int exitcode)
{
fprintf( stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(&mysql) );
exit( exitcode );
}
int main()
{
uint i = 0;
if (!(mysql_connect(&mysql,"host","username","password")))
exiterr(1);
if (mysql_select_db(&mysql,"payroll"))
exiterr(2);
if (mysql_query(&mysql,"SELECT name,rate FROM emp_master"))
exiterr(3);
if (!(res = mysql_store_result(&mysql)))
exiterr(4);
while((row = mysql_fetch_row(res))) {
for (i=0 ; i < mysql_num_fields(res); i++)
printf("%s\n",row[i]);
}
mysql_free_result(res);
mysql_close(&mysql);
}