mariadb_connection(3)

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✨ mariadb_connection(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this one's a little function from MariaDB Connector/C — it's short, it's sweet, it's literally just doing a vibe check on your connection 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

mariadb_connection — the function that checks if your client is actually connected to a MariaDB database server, no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <mysql.h>

my_bool mariadb_connection(MYSQL * mysql);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like… this checks whether the client is connected to a MariaDB or a MySQL database server. That's it. That's the whole job. it's giving "are we there yet" but make it C 🚗✨

🍓 PARAMETER 🍓

  • mysql — the mysql handle, bestie. And not just any handle — this one was previously allocated by mysql_init(3) and connected by mysql_real_connect(3). so like, it's been through the whole glow-up journey already 💖

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

Returns a non zero value if it's connected to a MariaDB database server, otherwise zero. periodt. 🔥

Version 3.4 of the MariaDB Connector/C era, and this little page right here is mariadb_connection(3) — mwah, iconic, stan 💅🌈⭐

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