insert2.c

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mysql.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    MYSQL my_connection;
    MYSQL_RES *res_ptr;
    MYSQL_ROW sqlrow;
    int res;

    mysql_init(&my_connection);
    if (mysql_real_connect(&my_connection, "localhost", 
            "root", "root", "test", 0, NULL, 0)) {
        printf("Connection success\n");
        
        res = mysql_query(&my_connection, "insert into children(fname, age) values ('Robot', 7)");
        if (!res) {
            printf("Inserted %lu rows\n", 
                (unsigned long)mysql_affected_rows(&my_connection));
        } else {
            fprintf(stderr, "Insert error %d: %s\n",
                mysql_errno(&my_connection), mysql_error(&my_connection));
        }

        res = mysql_query(&my_connection, "select LAST_INSERT_ID()");
        if (res) {
            printf("select error: %s\n", mysql_error(&my_connection));
        } else {
            res_ptr = mysql_use_result(&my_connection);
            if (res_ptr) {
                while ((sqlrow = mysql_fetch_row(res_ptr))) {
                    printf("We inserted childno %s\n", sqlrow[0]);
                }
                mysql_free_result(res_ptr);
            }
        }
        mysql_close(&my_connection);
    } else {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection failed\n");
        if (mysql_errno(&my_connection)) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Connection error %d: %s\n",
                mysql_errno(&my_connection), mysql_error(&my_connection));
        }
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}