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[Fez]

I would stick this in Free Discussion but this is a programming forum and C is programming XD

I am trying to create a program the can connect to a MySQL Database. I have downloaded the thing from MySQL and have the libs and includes. I have stuck them inside the Dev C++ includes and libs folders and the program builds when include mysql header. Then when I tried to use the connect to mysql function it said it could not be found.

I then read the docs and found u also need to include another header called my_sys. When I included it it came up with a whole load of errors with the header file. Does anyone know whats wrong, and have any of u done MySQL with C WIN32 API yet?

[Andreas B]

a whole load of errors with the header file.

..is not very descriptive. I don't see any code either

I'll just give you a tip, to check out http://www.sqlite.org/ unless you must use MySQL.

[Fez]

OK ill just get the errors now XD and the code.

Also I dont care what kind of database I use. Im jsut used to mySQL from my days with PHP XD

[kucalc]

Did the MySQL library come as a Dev-C++ package or did you manually extract an archive?

[Fez]

I manually extracted it. I had to download the full MySQL zip file from MySQL and then I took the includes and libs.

[kucalc]

Hmmm, where did you get this library? Does it say it's meant to be used with GCC tools or Microsoft tools?

[Fez]

http://dev.mysql.com.../5.0.html#win32
I got the mysql-5.0.51a-win32 pack.

I read that it needed to be extracted in C:/ but i just needed the library and includes.

Did I get the wrong one. If I did do u know where I can get the proper one from? XD

[kucalc]

Well, I Googled around and found a good tutorial for setting up Dev-C++, ODBC and MySQL:

http://www.sptk.net/...evcpp/mysql.htm

[Fez]

thanx XD.

I will give that a go. And thanx again XD