Simple solutions for integrating MySQL with C++? - c++

Question

What solutions are there for making a simple connection to a MySQL database in C++?
I find MySQL Connector from dev.mysql.com hard to integrate.
Anticipated thanks!

Answer 1

Its pretty simple to communicate with MySQL from C/C++ application
you need to include mysql.h header file
three basic APIs to connect and execute query
mysql_connect()
mysql_query()
mysql_close()
Link with mysql library (libMysql)

Answer 2

You could try the ODBC path, with a support library.
Some year ago I used OTL to interface SqlServer and found it efficient. Now I've tried to interface MySql, without any problem so far:
#include <otlv4.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int otl_x_sql_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
otl_connect db; // connect object
otl_connect::otl_initialize(); // initialize ODBC environment
try {
db.rlogon("DRIVER=mysql;DB=...;UID=...;PWD=..."); // connect to ODBC
// parametrized SELECT
otl_stream i(50, "SELECT product_id,model FROM product WHERE product_id >= :f<int> AND product_id < :ff<int>", db);
int product_id;
char model[100];
i << 1000 << 2000; // assigning product_id range
// SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are assigned
while (!i.eof()) {
i >> product_id >> model;
cout << "product_id=" << product_id << ", model=" << model << endl;
}
}
catch(otl_exception& p) { // intercept OTL exceptions
cerr << p.msg << endl; // print out error message
cerr << p.stm_text << endl; // print out SQL that caused the error
cerr << p.sqlstate << endl; // print out SQLSTATE message
cerr << p.var_info << endl; // print out the variable that caused the error
}
return 0;
}