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Practical C Programming
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Practical C Programming

by B. M. Harwani
February 2020
Beginner to intermediate
616 pages
15h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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mysql_real_connect()

This establishes a connection to a MySQL database engine running on the specified host. Here is its syntax:

MYSQL *mysql_real_connect(MYSQL *mysqlObject, const char *hostName, const char *userid, const char *password, const char *dbase, unsigned int port, const char *socket, unsigned long flag)

Here:

  • mysqlObject represents the address of an existing MYSQL object.
  • hostName is where the hostname or IP address of the host is provided. To connect to a local host, either NULL or the string localhost is provided.
  • userid represents a valid MySQL login ID.
  • password represents the password of the user.
  • dbase represents the database name to which the connection has to be established.
  • port is where either value 0 is specified or ...
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ISBN: 9781838641108