Are there any good tutorials c programming with mysql? I only found one promising link, unfortunately they neglect to to show what is in their header files which doesn't help very much.
COKEDUDE 27 Junior Poster in Training
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Jump to PostI went to your link and disagree they didn't show the header files.
Read again the step about $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
So what files are in that package? The very header files called in the example code. I found them at
Jump to PostI worry you didn't try the files at all. Also, contact the author of the original page you linked and ask for a Windows install package.
That is, I find many of today's programmers to struggle if they are tasked to unpack and install from the gzip or tar packages. …
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rproffitt 2,701 https://5calls.org Moderator
I went to your link and disagree they didn't show the header files.
Read again the step about $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
So what files are in that package? The very header files called in the example code. I found them at https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/libmysqlclient-dev/filelist
COKEDUDE 27 Junior Poster in Training
I'm using windows so I installed Pelles like it suggested.
rproffitt 2,701 https://5calls.org Moderator
Pelles or not, I found the header files if you needed them.
COKEDUDE 27 Junior Poster in Training
How do you download them? I only see a list of files.
rproffitt 2,701 https://5calls.org Moderator
So how did I find the files?
- https://www.google.com/search?q=libmysqlclient-dev
- First link was https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libmysqlclient-dev which has downloads.
You might have to use 7Zip to unpack and install.
COKEDUDE 27 Junior Poster in Training
I'm not using Ubuntu. I'm using Windows. Those are deb packages which are for Ubuntu.
rproffitt 2,701 https://5calls.org Moderator
I worry you didn't try the files at all. Also, contact the author of the original page you linked and ask for a Windows install package.
That is, I find many of today's programmers to struggle if they are tasked to unpack and install from the gzip or tar packages. Many are only able to proceed if it's installed for them.
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