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MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Russell J. T. Dyer
April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
566 pages
21h 55m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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C API Datatypes

Here is a list of C API data types from the mysql.h header file:

MYSQL

A database handle structure created by mysql_init() and released with mysql_close().

MYSQL_RES

A structure for a results set from an SQL query. This structure is used by fetch functions and is released with mysql_free_result().

MYSQL_ROW

A structure for holding a row of data from a results set. The data is retrieved from this structure by the mysql_fetch_row() function.

MYSQL_FIELD

A structure for holding an array of information about a field of a results set. The array may be set with the mysql_fetch_field() function. The elements include name, table, and def for the default value.

MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET

Used for recording a pointer location for a results set. The offset value can be retrieved by the mysql_row_tell() function and deployed with mysql_row_seek().

my_ulonglong

A variable type for storing the number of rows for functions such as mysql_affected_rows(), mysql_num_rows(), and mysql_insert_id(). To print the value of a variable using this type, copy the value to another variable that uses the unsigned long type.

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