[Info-vax] MySql for OpenVMS

[tadamsmar]

On Dec 18, 10:34 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 18-12-2009 11:58, tadamsmar wrote:
>
> > I want to interface to an instrument that uses MySql for TCPIP
> > communications.
>
> > I am downloading MySql for OpenVMS.
>
> > I wonder if I will find a programming interface in the download, or
> > merely a user interface.
>
> > I need a programming interface so I can get data from the instrument
> > into an existing Fortran program.
>
> > (the instrument also has a serial interface, but we would prefer to
> > use ethernet.)
>
> SYS$COMMON:[MYSQL051.INCLUDE]
> SYS$COMMON:[MYSQL051.VMS.LIB]MYSQLCLIENT_MIXED.OLB
> SYS$COMMON:[MYSQL051.VMS.LIB]MYSQLCLIENT_UPPER.OLB
>
> should include a MySQL client lib (MySQL C API).
>
> Arne

Thanks.

Do I need to run the server on VMS to use the client to access this
other system, the instrument that I want to read?

Where is the documentation on the client interface?