undefined reference to 'get_driver_instance'

Question

I\'m getting \"undefined reference to \'get_driver_instance\'\" when building even the most simple example from: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-cpp-example

Answer 1

try to add '-lmysqlclient' to the command, i.e.: g++ -o test -Iinclude -Llib -L/usr/lib64/mysql -lmysqlclient main.cpp