mariadb_reconnect(3)

  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.

  History
mariadb_reconnect() was added in MariaDB Connector/C 3.0

  See also

•   mysql_real_connect(3)

•   mysql_optionsv(3)