mariadb_reconnect(3)

mariadb_reconnect3

Name

mariadb_reconnect - reconnects to a server

Synopsis

#include <mysql.h>
my_bool  mariadb_reconnect(MYSQL * mysql)

Description

mariadb_reconnect() tries to reconnect to a server in case the connection died due to timeout or other errors. It uses the same credentials which were specified in mysql_real_connect(3).

Return value

The function will return 0 on success, a non zero value on error

Note: The function will return an error, if the option MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT wasn’t set before.

See also

•

mysql_real_connect(3)

•

mysql_optionsv(3)

Releases

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

  1. 12
  2. 13–Arch

History

mariadb_reconnect() was added in MariaDB Connector/C 3.0

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.