Thread: Dev C++/mySQL linker errors

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    Tha 1 Sick RAT
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    Question Dev C++/mySQL linker errors

    Not sure exactly what forum this post belongs to but I'm having trouble trying to link library files to compile simple mysql client below is the code I have just to test the mySQL C API funcions.:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <winsock.h>
    #include <mysql.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    MYSQL connection;
    
    int main (void)
    {
    printf ("This is an SQL test.\n\n");
    printf ("Attempting to access mySQL API funcs...\n");
    printf ("Calling mySQL init:\n");
    
    if( !mysql_init(&connection))
    fprintf (stderr, "Initialisation failed. Error: %s\n", mysql_error(&connection));
    
    printf ("Attempting to login....\n");
    
    if ( !mysql_real_connect(&connection, "localhost", "lan", "","test", 0,NULL,0) )
    fprintf (stderr, "Failed to connect to database. Error: %s. \nTry again later.\n", mysql_error(&connection)); 
    
    getchar();
        
    return 0;
    }
    I get errors along the lines of:
    [Linker error] undefined reference to `mysql_real_connect@32'
    at least with anything to do with the mySQL API. I have tried linking in the library file from the mySQL lib folder but the mysqlClient throws so many errors at me that I'm stumped.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Did you make sure to include the library as such: goto project options -> parameters ->add library or object -> mysqlclient ?

    Or did you do it a different way?

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    I actually added it to the project options the way you just specified. 's just the four errors to the mySQL API.
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