Connecting to MySQL from C or C++

Question

I need to write a C or C++ program that connects to a MySQL server and displays the global timezone.

Is there any connector needed for doing this? I think mysql.h header file should be included for doing this. Is that right?

Answer 1

If you have to use C/C++, then yes, you need to use a C or C++ connector to query the server.

SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone;

If this is all you want to do, it is much easier to do it in a shell script, Ruby, Python, php, or a myriad of other scripting languages.