mysql_error(3)

mysql_error3

Name

mysql_error - returns the last error message for the most recent function call

Synopsis

#include <mysql.h>
const char * mysql_error(MYSQL * mysql);

Description

Returns the last error message for the most recent function call that can succeed or fail. An empty string means no error occurred.

Parameter

•

mysql is a connection identifier, which was previously allocated by mysql_init(3) and connected by mysql_real_connect(3).

Notes

•

Client error codes are listed in errmsg.h header file, server error codes are listed in mysqld_error.h header file of the server source distribution.

•

Client error messages can be obtained by calling mariadb_get_infov(3) and passing the parameter MARIADB_CLIENT_ERRORS

See also

•

mysql_errno(3)

•

mysql_sqlstate(3)

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13–Arch

From mariadb 13.0.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by mariadb-lts. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.