mariadb_dyncol_check(3)

💖 mariadb_dyncol_check — bestie's guide to the MariaDB Connector/C manual 💖

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for mariadb_dyncol_check from the MariaDB Connector/C docs, and we're gonna get you fluent in it, no cap. ✨

🌸 Name 🌸

mariadb_dyncol_check — checks if a dynamic column has correct format

Like, it's the vibe check for your dynamic column. 🫶

✨ Synopsis ✨

#include <mariadb_dyncol.h>

enum enum_dyncol_func_result
mariadb_dyncol_check(DYNAMIC_COLUMN *str);

literally just that one function, one arg, she's simple and she serves. 💅

💜 Description 💜

so the function mariadb_dyncol_check() checks if a dynamic column has correct format. that's the whole job, that's her main character energy. 👑

you can use it e.g. to check if a blob contains a dynamic column — like a lil "hey bestie, are you actually a dynamic column or are you lying to me" moment. 🦋

🎀 Parameter 🎀

• str — pointer to a DYNAMIC_COLUMN structure. that's it, that's the whole receipt. 🧾

🌈 Return value 🌈

• returns ER_DYNCOL_OK if the dynamic column has correct format — slay, she passed the vibe check ✨
• otherwise returns ER_DYNCOL_FORMAT — not slay, the format is giving chaos 😭

⭐ See also ⭐

• mariadb_dyncol_count(3)

iykyk, go read that one next. 🍓

lowkey important reminder: keep your DYNAMIC_COLUMN pointer valid before you pass it in, because we're not out here guessing at what's in memory. 🙈

okay that's the whole page, you ate it, I'm obsessed. 💖 this was Version 3.4 of mariadb_dyncol_check(3) from the MariaDB Connector/C docs — periodt, go check those dynamic columns, bestie. 🧚 💜