passing struct as reference

[ltcabral]

Hey im trying to pass a struct by reference to change one of its variables inside the void function. There is my code:

typedef struct info_{
	MYSQL*	p_Conn;
	char* 	Host;
	char* 	User;
	char* 	Password;
	char* 	Database;
}info;

int main(){
        ....
        info 	ConnInfo;
        Initiate_mysql(&ConnInfo);
}

void Initiate_mysql(info *ConnInfo){
	(*ConnInfo).p_Conn = mysql_init(NULL);
	...	
}

im getting an error in execution because of ConnInfo declaration... do i have to allocate something?

[laserlight]

You use p_Connection but declared p_Conn. Also, are you sure that mysql_init() returns a MYSQL object instead of a MYSQL pointer?

[ltcabral]

My bad... already corrected these mistakes... but thats not the main problem... i wanna know why i cant even start the struct,

mysql_init(): Allocates or initializes a MYSQL object suitable for mysql_real_connect(). If mysql is a NULL pointer, the function allocates, initializes, and returns a new object. Otherwise, the object is initialized and the address of the object is returned.

[laserlight]

i wanna know why i cant even initialize the struct

Without referring to the MySQL API docs, your code looks okay. The problem probably lies in those dots. You should post the smallest and simplest compilable program that demonstrates the error, and state what exactly is the error.

[Elysia]

You realize it's possible to do
ConnInfo->p_Conn
instead of
(*ConnInfo).p_Conn
Right?

And I find it better to say "pass by pointer" rather than "by reference," since IMO, reference is limited only to C++.

[ltcabral]

This was my last code, using a double pointer as parameter, thats exactly what i want my structure to do:

int main(){        

	MYSQL	*p_Connection;
        ...
        Initiate_mysql(&p_Connection);
        ...
}

void Initiate_mysql(MYSQL** p_Connection){
	const char*	Host = "xxxx";
	const char*	User = "xxxx";
	const char*	Password = "xxxx";
	const char*	Database = "xxxx";
	
	*p_Connection = mysql_init(NULL);
	
	...
	
}

can u tell if my first code is doing the same as this one? im not sure if the
(*ConnInfo).p_Conn = mysql_init(NULL);
is doing exactly what i want since i cant execute to test it...

You realize it's possible to do
ConnInfo->p_Conn
instead of
(*ConnInfo).p_Conn
Right?

thx ill change that also

[Elysia]

The first code was also right...

[laserlight]

can u tell if my first code is doing the same as this one?

No, since only you know what's with the dots....

However, I can say that this:

int main() {
    MYSQL *p_Connection;
    Initiate_mysql(&p_Connection);
}

void Initiate_mysql(MYSQL** p_Connection) {
    *p_Connection = mysql_init(NULL);
}

is functionally equivalent to:

typedef struct info_ {
    MYSQL *p_Connection;
} info;

int main() {
    info ConnInfo;
    Initiate_mysql(&ConnInfo);
}

void Initiate_mysql(info *ConnInfo) {
    ConnInfo->p_Connection = mysql_init(NULL);
}