Name

mariadb_get_infov - retrieves generic or connection releated information

Synopsis


#include <mysql.h>
int mariadb_get_infov(MYSQL * mysql,
                      enum mariadb_value value,
                      void * arg,
                      ...);

Description

Retrieves generic or connection specific information. arg (and further arguments) must be a pointer to a variable of the type appropriate for the value argument. The following table shows which variable type to use for each value.

Variable Type	Values
unsigned int	MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION_ID, MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT, MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS, MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR_ID, MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT, MARIADB_CONNECTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ID, MARIADB_CONNECTION_PVIO_TYPE, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_STATUS, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION_ID, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_VERSION_ID
unsigned long	MARIADB_CONNECTION_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES, MARIADB_CONNECTION_EXTENDED_SERVER_CAPABILITIES, MARIADB_CONNECTION__SERVER_CAPABILITIES
size_t	MARIADB_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET, MARIADB_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH
const char *	MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION, MARIADB_SSL_VERSION, MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR, MARIADB_CONNECTION_HOST, MARIADB_CONNECTION_INFO, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SCHEMA, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_TYPE, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SQLSTATE, MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_CIPHER, MARIADB_CONNECTIONSSL_VERSION, MARIADB_CONNECTUION_UNIX_SOCKET, MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER,
const char **	MARIADB_CLIENT_ERRORS
const *MY_CHARSET_INFO	MARIADB_CHARSET_NAME, MARIADB_CONNECTION_CHARSET_INFO
my_socket	MARIADB_CONNECTION_SOCKET

Value types

Generic information

For these information types parameter mysql needs to be set to NULL.

•: MARIADB_CHARSET_NAME

Retrieves the charset information for a character set by it’s literal representation.

•: MARIADB_CLIENT_ERRORS

Retrieve array of client errors. This can be used in plugins to set global error messages (which are not exported by MariaDB Connector/C).

•: MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION

The client version in literal representation.

•: MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION_ID

The client version in numeric format.

•: MARIADB_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET

Retrieves value of maximum allowed packet size.

•: MARIADB_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH

Retrieves the length of net buffer.

•: MARIADB_SSL_LIBRARY

The TLS library MariaDB Connector/C is compiled against.

Connection related information

For these information types parameter mysql must be represent a valid connection handle which was allocated by mysql_init(3).

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT

Retrieves the timeout for non blocking calls in seconds.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS

Retrieves the timeout for non blocking calls in milliseconds.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_CHARSET_INFO

Retrieves character set information for given connection.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES

Returns the handshak capability flags] of the client.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR

Retrieves error message for last used command.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR_ID

Retrieves error number for last used command. *MARIADB_CONNECTION_EXTENDED_SERVER_CAPABILITIES

Returns the extended capability flags of the connected MariaDB server

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_HOST

Returns host name of the connected MariaDB server

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_INFO

Retrieves generic info for last used command.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT

Retrieves the port number of server host.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ID

Retrieves the protocol version number.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_PVIO_TYPE

Retrieves the pvio plugin used for specified connection.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SCHEMA

Retrieves the current schema.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_CAPABILITIES

Retrievrs the capability flags of the connected server.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_STATUS

Returns server status after last operation.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_TYPE

Retrieves the type of the server.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION

Retrieves the server version in literal format.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION_ID

Retrieves the server version in numeric format.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SOCKET

Retrieves the handle (socket) for given connection.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SQLSTATE

Retrieves current sqlstate information for last used command.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_CIPHER

Retrieves the TLS/SSL cipher in use.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_VERSION

Retrieves the TLS protocol version used in literal format.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_VERSION_ID

Retrieves the TLS protocol version used in numeric format.

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_UNIX_SOCKET

Retrieves the file name of the unix socket

•: MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER

Retrieves connection’s user name.

Returns

Returns zero on success, non zero if an error occurred (e.g. if an invalid option was specified),

Source file


## History
This function was added in MariaDB Connector/C 3.0,
## Examples

/* get server port for current connection / unsigned int port; mariadb_get_infov(mysql, MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT, (void )&port);

/* get user name for current connection / const char user; mariadb_get_infov(mysql, MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER, (void )&user); ``` ## See also mysql_get_optionv(3)