How to get mysql C api working on WINDOWS? - mysql

Question

Below is my small piece of code :
#include <my_global.h>
#include <mysql.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("MySQL client version: %s\n", mysql_get_client_info());
exit(0);
}
As evident, the only objective is to get this small program up and running, so nothing much to boast about.But to my dismay it became a headache for me. First I got an error which I posted as this SO question which I fortunately resolved. Now I am getting a stream of errors as
described below :
-------------- Build: Debug in mysqlconntest (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
gcc.exe -Wall -fexceptions -g -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include" -c C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp -o obj\Debug\main.o
In file included from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:2:0:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:211:19: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef int mode_t'
In file included from c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include/io.h:20:0,
from C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:32,
from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:2:
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include/sys/types.h:99:17: error: 'mode_t' has a previous declaration as 'typedef _mode_t mode_t'
In file included from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:2:0:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:212:19: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t'
In file included from c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include/io.h:20:0,
from C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:32,
from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:2:
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include/sys/types.h:118:18: error: 'ssize_t' has a previous declaration as 'typedef _ssize_t ssize_t'
In file included from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:2:0:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h: In function 'tm* localtime_r(const time_t*, tm*)':
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:644:25: error: 'localtime_s' was not declared in this scope
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h: In function 'tm* gmtime_r(const time_t*, tm*)':
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/my_global.h:650:22: error: 'gmtime_s' was not declared in this scope
In file included from C:\Users\Sajith\Documents\CodeBlocks\mysqlconntest\main.cpp:3:0:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h: At global scope:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:252:3: error: 'NET' does not name a type
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:277:25: error: 'SCRAMBLE_LENGTH' was not declared in this scope
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:415:48: error: use of enum 'enum_session_state_type' without previous declaration
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:419:47: error: use of enum 'enum_session_state_type' without previous declaration
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:441:45: error: use of enum 'mysql_enum_shutdown_level' without previous declaration
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:448:12: error: use of enum 'enum_mysql_set_option' without previous declaration
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:580:28: error: 'NET' has not been declared
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:634:21: error: 'MYSQL_ERRMSG_SIZE' was not declared in this scope
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\include/mysql.h:635:19: error: 'SQLSTATE_LENGTH' was not declared in this scope
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))
15 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))
Below are the things which I have done.
Went through this tutorial to create a libmysql.a file.
Verified my include directoried and linker libraries.
Linkers
Include Directories
This made me think that I didn't do my homework properly before I jumped into MySQL API programming. What am I missing here? What are the very basic things that I should ensure before I compile a MYSQL application. I was able to compile this program in my Linux machine successfuly. So I guess that this is Windows specific problem. Any help appreciated.
Note: I am using Code::Blocks (with MingGW toolchain) for an IDE and Windows 8.1 64Bit for an OS. MySQL is 32 bit and my application too is 32 bit.

Answer 1

With MinGW, you didn't need to create a glue. You could link the lib and dll files from MySQL to your C files. You can do it by adding the directory of the library files and the directory of the MySQL header files in your compilation. You could do it by gcc 'name.c' -o 'output.exe' -L "*Lib Directory*" -I "*Header Files Directory*"