Installing MySQL Connector/C++ from Source is the title of a Developer Zone article published today. Knowing how to build the driver from source is important to know for users of the MySQL driver for C++. C++ binaries are less portable … Continue reading →

Coming out of the day: I am not at the MySQL Conference and Expo 2009! Andrey, who has developed the majority of the source code of both MySQL Connector/C++ and the MySQL native driver for PHP (mysqlnd), will be giving … Continue reading →

Alpha 2 has been announced. You can download the MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org, an OpenOffice.org extension to connect from OpenOffice.org 3.1 to MySQL 5.1 or newer from ftp://qa-upload.services.openoffice.org/MySQLNative/. OpenOffice.org extensions as easy to install Plug-Ins. Installation instructions can be found at the … Continue reading →

The MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org project is still alive. The code of the alpha version has been "frozen". The Hamburg based Sun OpenOffice.org QA team is testing the alpha builds of the OpenOffice.org extension for OpenOffice.org 3.1. Initial feedback is very promising. … Continue reading →

This is the Who-is-who of the MySQL driver for C++. From top left to bottom right: Andrey Hristov, Edwin Desouza, Lawrenty ”Lawrin” Novitsky (the older guy), Ignacio “Iggy” Galarza, Georg Richter, Kent Boortz, Elizabeth “Liz” Drachnik, Michael “Mike” Frank, Anthony … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I have published a tutorial on building a Connector/C++ client application on Windows using Visual Studio. Its time for a Linux How-To. My I-Do-Everything (IDE) choice on Linux is NetBeans 6.5. NetBeans is open-source and free. … Continue reading →

These materials have been created in April 2009 and are outdated. No promises this still works. Little idiots (culture clash – “Dear, Dummies”), please find a tutorial on how to compile a command line client using the MySQL Driver for … Continue reading →

The first beta version of MySQL Connector/C++ is available for download. The MySQL Driver for C++ offers a convenient API derived from the industrial standard JDBC 4.0. You can use the driver to connect to the MySQL Server 5.1 or … Continue reading →

… is waiting for you at http://de.amiando.com/phpunconference. Hurry up to get a ticket for the PHP Unconference 2009 in Hamburg/Germany (12.-13.09.2009): 26% of the tickets sold during the first 6 hours. I have received the invitation letter via email at … Continue reading →

Ich war selten so ein zufriedener Kunde wie heute! Herr Köln, gar nicht narrisch trotz Faschingszeit, ist der Held des Tages. Herr Köln arbeitet im Hagebaumarkt in Wesseln. Wesseln ist eine kleine Ortschaft, welche die Kreisstadt Heide (Holstein) in den … Continue reading →