Embedded MariaDB interface
The embedded MariaDB server, libmysqld
has identical interface as the C client librarylibmysqclient
.
The normal usage of the embedded server is to use the include the normal mysql.h
include file in your application and link with libmysqld
instead of libmysqlclient
.
The intention is that one should be able to move from a server/client version of MariaDB to a single server version of MariaDB by just changing which library you link with.
This means that the embedded C client API only changes when the normal C API changes, normally only between major releases.
The only major changes in your application that if you are going to use the embedded server, you have to call the following functions from your application:
int mysql_library_init(int argc, char **argv, char **groups) void mysql_library_end(void);
This is safe to also do when using the standard C library.
Notes
- libmysqld.so does have a lot of more exported symbols than the C library, to allow one to expose and use more parts of MariaDB. In normal applications one should not use them, as they may change between every release.
See also
- mysql_library_init in the MySQL documentation.