Description

       Retrieves generic or connection specific information.  arg (and further arguments) must be
       a pointer to a variable of the type appropriate for the  value  argument.   The  following
       table shows which variable type to use for each value.

       Variable Type                         Values
       ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       unsigned int                          MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION_ID,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR_ID,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ID,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_PVIO_TYPE,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_STATUS,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION_ID,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_TLS_VERSION_ID
       unsigned long                         MARIADB_CONNECTION_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_EXTENDED_SERVER_CAPABILITIES,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_CAPABILITIES
       size_t                                MARIADB_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET,
                                             MARIADB_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH
       const char *                          MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION,     MARIADB_TLS_VERSION,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_HOST,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_INFO,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SCHEMA,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_TYPE,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SQLSTATE,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_CIPHER,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_TLS_VERSION,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTUION_UNIX_SOCKET,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER,
       const char **                         MARIADB_CLIENT_ERRORS
       const *MY_CHARSET_INFO                MARIADB_CHARSET_NAME,
                                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_CHARSET_INFO
       my_socket                             MARIADB_CONNECTION_SOCKET

   Value types
   Generic information
       For these information types parameter mysql needs to be set to NULL.

       • MARIADB_CHARSET_NAME
       Retrieves the charset information for a character set by it’s literal representation.

       • MARIADB_CLIENT_ERRORS
       Retrieve array of client errors.  This can be used in plugins to set global error messages
       (which are not exported by MariaDB Connector/C).

       • MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION
       The client version in literal representation.

       • MARIADB_CLIENT_VERSION_ID
       The client version in numeric format.

       • MARIADB_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET
       Retrieves value of maximum allowed packet size.

       • MARIADB_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH
       Retrieves the length of net buffer.

       • MARIADB_SSL_LIBRARY
       The TLS library MariaDB Connector/C is compiled against.

   Connection related information
       For these information types parameter mysql must be represent a  valid  connection  handle
       which was allocated by mysql_init(3).

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT
       Retrieves the timeout for non blocking calls in seconds.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS
       Retrieves the timeout for non blocking calls in milliseconds.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_CHARSET_INFO
       Retrieves character set information for given connection.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES
       Returns the handshak capability flags] of the client.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR
       Retrieves error message for last used command.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_ERROR_ID
       Retrieves         error         number         for        last        used        command.
       *MARIADB_CONNECTION_EXTENDED_SERVER_CAPABILITIES
       Returns the extended capability flags of the connected MariaDB server

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_HOST
       Returns host name of the connected MariaDB server

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_INFO
       Retrieves generic info for last used command.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT
       Retrieves the port number of server host.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ID
       Retrieves the protocol version number.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_PVIO_TYPE
       Retrieves the pvio plugin used for specified connection.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SCHEMA
       Retrieves the current schema.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_CAPABILITIES
       Retrievrs the capability flags of the connected server.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_STATUS
       Returns server status after last operation.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_TYPE
       Retrieves the type of the server.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION
       Retrieves the server version in literal format.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SERVER_VERSION_ID
       Retrieves the server version in numeric format.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SOCKET
       Retrieves the handle (socket) for given connection.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SQLSTATE
       Retrieves current sqlstate information for last used command.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_SSL_CIPHER
       Retrieves the TLS/SSL cipher in use.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_TLS_VERSION
       Retrieves the TLS protocol version used in literal format.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_TLS_VERSION_ID
       Retrieves the TLS protocol version used in numeric format.

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_UNIX_SOCKET
       Retrieves the file name of the unix socket

       • MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER
       Retrieves connection’s user name.

   Returns
       Returns zero on success, non zero if an error occurred  (e.g. if  an  invalid  option  was
       specified),

   Source file
              ## History
              This function was added in MariaDB Connector/C 3.0,

              ## Examples

       /*  get  server  port for current connection / unsigned int port; mariadb_get_infov(mysql,
       MARIADB_CONNECTION_PORT, (void )&port);

       /* get user name for  current  connection  /  const  char  user;  mariadb_get_infov(mysql,
       MARIADB_CONNECTION_USER, (void )&user); ``` ## See also  mysql_get_optionv(3)