Hi friends... trying to connect to MySQL installed as client on my Windows PC using VS2005 ... found this code
Complains about "mysql.h" not found... Where can i get these libraries, including the following?Code:// DB Connection Tools MySQL
#include <stdio.h>
#define W32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <mysql.h>
// change these to suit your setup
#define TABLE_OF_INTEREST "example"
#define SERVER_NAME "mysql_server"
#define DB_USER "root"
#define DB_USERPASS "root"
#define DB_NAME "test"
// prototypes
void showTables(MYSQL*);
void showContents(MYSQL*,const char*);
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
MYSQL *hnd=NULL; // mysql connection handle
const char *sinf=NULL; // mysql server information
hnd = mysql_init(NULL);
if (NULL == mysql_real_connect(hnd,SERVER_NAME,DB_USER,DB_USERPASS,DB_NAME,0,NULL,0))
{
fprintf(stderr,"Problem encountered connecting to the %s database on %s.\n",DB_NAME,SERVER_NAME);
}
else
{
fprintf(stdout,"Connected to the %s database on %s as user '%s'.\n",DB_NAME,SERVER_NAME,DB_USER);
sinf = mysql_get_server_info(hnd);
if (sinf != NULL)
{
fprintf(stdout,"Got server information: '%s'\n",sinf);
showTables(hnd);
showContents(hnd,TABLE_OF_INTEREST);
}
else
{
fprintf(stderr,"Failed to retrieve the server information string.\n");
}
mysql_close(hnd);
}
return 0;
}
void showTables(MYSQL *handle)
{
MYSQL_RES *result=NULL; // result of asking the database for a listing of its tables
MYSQL_ROW row; // one row from the result set
result = mysql_list_tables(handle,NULL);
row = mysql_fetch_row(result);
fprintf(stdout,"Tables found:\n\n");
while (row)
{
fprintf(stdout,"\t%s\n",row[0]);
row = mysql_fetch_row(result);
}
mysql_free_result(result);
fprintf(stdout,"\nEnd of tables\n");
return;
}
void showContents
(
MYSQL *handle,
const char *tbl
)
{
MYSQL_RES *res=NULL; // result of querying for all rows in table
MYSQL_ROW row; // one row returned
char sql[1024], // sql statement used to get all rows
commastr[2]; // to put commas in the output
int i,numf=0; // number of fields returned from the query
sprintf(sql,"select * from %s",tbl);
fprintf(stdout,"Using sql statement: '%s' to extract all rows from the specified table.\n",sql);
if (!mysql_query(handle,sql))
{
res = mysql_use_result(handle);
if (res)
{
numf = mysql_num_fields(res);
row = mysql_fetch_row(res);
fprintf(stdout,"Rows returned:\n\n");
while (row)
{
commastr[0]=commastr[1]=(char)NULL;
for (i=0;i<numf;i++)
{
if (row[i] == NULL)
{
fprintf(stdout,"%sNULL",commastr);
}
else
{
fprintf(stdout,"%s%s",commastr,row[i]);
}
commastr[0]=',';
}
fprintf(stdout,"\n");
row = mysql_fetch_row(res);
}
fprintf(stdout,"\nEnd of rows\n");
mysql_free_result(res);
}
else
{
fprintf(stderr,"Failed to use the result acquired!\n");
}
}
else
{
fprintf(stderr,"Failed to execute query. Ensure table is valid!\n");
}
return;
}
Code:#include "mysql_com.h"
#include "mysql_time.h"
#include "mysql_version.h"
#include "typelib.h"
#include "my_list.h"
