7. Writing MySQL Programs Using C

MySQL provides a client library written in the C programming language that you can use to write client programs that access MySQL databases. This library defines an application programming interface that includes the following facilities:

  • Connection management routines that establish and terminate a session with a server
  • Routines that construct SQL statements, send them to the server, and process the results
  • Status-checking and error-reporting functions for determining the exact reason for an error when an API call fails
  • Routines that help you process options given in option files or on the command line

This chapter shows how to use the C client library to write your own programs, using conventions that are ...

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