mysql_stmt_param_count(3)

✨ mysql_stmt_param_count ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the MariaDB Connector/C manual and today's main character is mysql_stmt_param_count 💅

💖 NAME 💖

mysql_stmt_param_count — literally just returns the number of parameters 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <mysql.h>

unsigned long mysql_stmt_param_count(MYSQL_STMT * stmt);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so what this does is: it returns the number of parameter markers that are present in the prepared statement 🫶

and in case you were wondering what a parameter marker even is — it's the ? (question mark) bestie, that's the whole vibe ✨

🎀 Parameter 🎀

• stmt — a statement handle, which was previously allocated by mysql_stmt_init(3). that's your girl, you gotta have her first 💜

🌈 Return value 🌈

the number of parameter markers in the prepared statement. that's it, that's the tea 👑

⭐ Notes ⭐

• this function will not deliver a valid result until mysql_stmt_prepare()() was called. no cap. don't come for her before she's ready, she needs that prepare first 😭

💀 See Also 💀

• mysql_stmt_prepare()()
• mysql_stmt_field_count(3)

and that's the whole page babes 🧚 this was Version 3.4 of the MariaDB Connector/C manual, mwah 💋 go call mysql_stmt_prepare() first fr fr 🌸🦋💖