Thread: no output with MySQL C API

here's my code

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <mysql.h>

MYSQL db;

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
        fprintf( stderr, "hello" );

        mysql_init( &db );

        mysql_real_connect( &db, "host", "user", "passwd", "database", 0, NULL, 0 );

        fprintf( stderr, "%d\n", mysql_ping( &db ) );

        mysql_close( &db );

        return 0;
}

compiles and links without any error

Code:

gcc -c -I/usr/local/mysql4/include/mysql test.c
gcc -o test test.o -L/usr/local/mysql4/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient

When i use gcc to compile a simple C file with no embedded MySQL
and without the above options it runs perfectly.

it's the first time i use gcc and try to work on a Unix environment

any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks

well, perhaps i wasn't clear.

when i say no output i mean that not even the

Code:

...
fprintf( stderr, "hello" );
...

statement works.

The only status the MySQL functions return, as far as i know,
can be checked only through the mysql_errno() and mysql_error()
functions which don't work, too.

thanx