# MySQL++ Reference Manual

### 3.1.0

## Getting Started

The best place to get started is the user manual. It provides a guide to the example programs and more.

## Major Classes

In MySQL++, the main user-facing classes are mysqlpp::Connection, mysqlpp::Query, mysqlpp::Row, mysqlpp::StoreQueryResult, and mysqlpp::UseQueryResult.

In addition, MySQL++ has a mechanism called Specialized SQL Structures (SSQLS), which allow you to create C++ structures that parallel the definition of the tables in your database schema. These let you manipulate the data in your database using native C++ data structures. Programs using this feature often include very little SQL code, because MySQL++ can generate most of what you need automatically when using SSQLSes. There is a whole chapter in the user manual on how to use this feature of the library, plus a section in the user manual's tutorial chapter to introduce it. It's possible to use MySQL++ effectively without using SSQLS, but it sure makes some things a lot easier.

## Major Files

The only two header files your program ever needs to include are mysql++.h, and optionally custom.h. (The latter implements the SSQLS mechanism.) All of the other files are used within the library only.

## If You Have Questions...

If you want to email someone to ask questions about this library, we greatly prefer that you send mail to the MySQL++ mailing list, which you can subscribe to here: http://lists.mysql.com/plusplus

That mailing list is archived, so if you have questions, do a search to see if the question has been asked before.

You may find people's individual email addresses in various files within the MySQL++ distribution. Please do not send mail to them unless you are sending something that is inherently personal. Questions that are about MySQL++ usage may well be ignored if you send them to our personal email accounts. Those of us still active in MySQL++ development monitor the mailing list, so you aren't getting any extra "coverage" by sending messages to those addresses in addition to the mailing list.

## Licensing

MySQL++ is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, which you should have received with the distribution package in a file called "LGPL" or "LICENSE". You can also view it here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html or receive a copy by writing to Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.