mariadb_get_infov(3)

  Name

mariadb_get_infov - retrieves generic or connection related 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_TLS_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_TLS_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_CONNECTION_TLS_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 handshake 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_TLS_VERSION
Retrieves the TLS protocol version used in literal format.

•   MARIADB_CONNECTION_TLS_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)