[Info-vax] MySql for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 28-12-2009 12:39, tadamsmar wrote:
> 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).

> 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?

I would not think so.

> Where is the documentation on the client interface?

It is online at:
   http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/c.html

Arne