// Standard C++ includes
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
// Include the Connector/C++ headers
#include "cppconn/driver.h"
#include "cppconn/exception.h"
#include "cppconn/resultset.h"
#include "cppconn/statement.h"
// Link to the Connector/C++ library
#pragma comment(lib, "mysqlcppconn.lib")
// Specify our connection target and credentials
const string server = "tcp://127.0.0.1:3306";
const string username = "root";
const string password = ""; // No password - thanks, WAMP Server!
int main()
{
sql::Driver *driver; // Create a pointer to a MySQL driver object
sql::Connection *dbConn; // Create a pointer to a database connection object
sql::Statement *stmt; // Create a pointer to a Statement object to hold our SQL commands
sql::ResultSet *res; // Create a pointer to a ResultSet object to hold the results of any queries we run
// Try to get a driver to use to connect to our DBMS
try
{
driver = get_driver_instance();
}
catch (sql::SQLException e)
{
cout << "Could not get a database driver. Error message: " << e.what() << endl;
system("pause");
exit(1);
}
// Try to connect to the DBMS server
try
{
dbConn = driver->connect(server, username, password);
}
catch (sql::SQLException e)
{
cout << "Could not connect to database. Error message: " << e.what() << endl;
system("pause");
exit(1);
}
stmt = dbConn->createStatement(); // Specify which connection our SQL statement should be executed on
// Try to query the database
try
{
stmt->execute("USE mysql"); // Select which database to use. Notice that we use "execute" to perform a command.
res = stmt->executeQuery("show tables"); // Perform a query and get the results. Notice that we use "executeQuery" to get results back
}
catch (sql::SQLException e)
{
cout << "SQL error. Error message: " << e.what() << endl;
system("pause");
exit(1);
}
// While there are still results (i.e. rows/records) in our result set...
while (res->next())
{
// ...get each field we want and output it to the screen
// Note: The first field/column in our result-set is field 1 (one) and -NOT- field 0 (zero)
// Also, if we know the name of the field then we can also get it directly by name by using:
// res->getString("TheNameOfTheField");
cout << res->getString(1) << endl;
}
// Clean up after ourselves
delete res;
delete stmt;
delete dbConn;
system("pause");
return 0;
}
