C++ bindings for MySQL

Question

I\'m running OSX(10.4.11) & I\'m trying to get a decent C(preferably C++) binding for MySQL figured out. I have some data in an offsite database I want to analyze.

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Answer 1

Personally I've used mymysql in the past (still do if I'm working in C++) it's a lightweight wrapper around the C api and ties memory management to object lifetimes.

It can be found here: http://www.redi.uklinux.net/mymysql/

Despite the warnings on the site, it's still not a bad library. It was actually written by a former colleague and despite him not really maintining it anymore it's still in fairly good shape.