mysql_info

Name

mysql_info - provides information about the last executed statement

Synopsis

#include <mysql.h>

const char * mysql_info(MYSQL * mysql);

Description

The mysql_info() function returns a string providing information about the last statement executed.

Parameter

• mysql - a connection identifier, which was previously allocated by mysql_init() and connected by mysql_real_connect().

Notes

Statements which do not fall into one of the preceding formats are not supported (e.g. SELECT). In these situations mysql_info() will return an empty string.

Return value

Zero terminated information string. The information depends on statement type:

Query type	Example result string
INSERT INTO...SELECT...	Records: 100 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
INSERT INTO...VALUES (...),(...),(...)	Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
LOAD DATA INFILE	Records: 1 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0
ALTER TABLE ...	Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
UPDATE ...	Rows matched: 40 Changed: 40 Warnings: 0

See also

• mysql_affected_rows()
• mysql_warning_count()