MySQL

Client 2—Adding Error Checking

Our second client will be like the first one, but it will be modified to take into account the possibility of errors occurring. It seems to be fairly common in programming texts to say "Error checking is left as an exercise for the reader," probably because checking for errors is—let's face it—such a bore. Nevertheless, I prefer to promote the view that MySQL client programs should test for error conditions and respond to them appropriately. The client library calls that return status values do so for a reason, and you ignore them at your peril. You end up trying to track down obscure problems that occur in your programs due to failure to check for errors, users of your programs wonder why those programs behave ...