2014-09-23 14:46 AEST by Arthur Barrett - use the mysql c++ connector instead of the old C connector?

required MySQL 5 or later.

MySQL Connector/C++ Benefits
MySQL Connector/C++ offers the following benefits for C++ users compared to the MySQL C API (MySQL 
client library):

Convenience of pure C++; no C function calls required

Supports JDBC 4.0, an industry standard API

Supports the object-oriented programming paradigm

Reduces development time

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