mysql_shutdown(3)

mysql_shutdown3

Name

mysql_shutdown - Sends shutdown message to server

Synopsis

#include <mysql.h>
int mysql_shutdown(MYSQL * mysql,
                   enum mysql_enum_shutdown_level);

Description

This function is deprecated. Instead please use SQL SHUTDOWN command.

Sends a shutdown message to the server.

Parameter

•

mysql - a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by mysql_init(3) and connected by mysql_real_connect(3).

•

mysql_enum_shutdown_level - currently only one shutdown level, SHUTDOWN_DEFAULT is supported.

Notes

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To shutdown the database server, the user for the current connection must have SHUTDOWN privileges.

Return value

Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure.

See also

Releases

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

  1. 12
  2. 13–Arch

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