27.7.12 C API Embedded Server Function Descriptions
MySQL applications can be written to use an embedded server. See Section 27.6, “libmysqld, the Embedded MySQL Server Library”. To write such an application, you must link it against the libmysqld
library by using the -lmysqld
flag rather than linking it against the libmysqlclient
client library by using the -lmysqlclient
flag. However, the calls to initialize and finalize the library are the same whether you write a client application or one that uses the embedded server: Call mysql_library_init()
to initialize the library and mysql_library_end()
when you are done with it. See Section 27.7.5, “C API Function Overview”.