manual.texi minor tweaks/fixups to charset section.

format

@item

The @code{ctype} array takes up the first 257 words. The

@code{to_lower}, @code{to_upper} and @code{sort_order} arrays take up

@code{to_lower[]}, @code{to_upper[]} and @code{sort_order[]} arrays take up

256 words each after that.

@end itemize

functions.

Right now the best documentation on this is the character sets that are

already implemented.  Look at the euc_kr, gb2312, gbk, sjis and ujis

character sets for examples. These are implemented in the

@code{ctype-'charset'.c} files in the @file{strings} directory.

already implemented.  Look at the @code{euc_kr}, @code{gb2312},

@code{gbk}, @code{sjis}, and @code{ujis} character sets for

examples. These are implemented in the @file{ctype-'charset'.c} files

in the @file{strings} directory.

You must specify the @code{mbmaxlen_MYSET=N} value in the special

comment at the top of the source file.  @code{N} should be set to the

by hand the name of any missing character sets.

@end itemize

For MyISAM tables, you can check the character set name and number for a

For @code{MyISAM} tables, you can check the character set name and number for a

table with @code{myisamchk -dvv table_name}.

@item @strong{Parameter} @tab @strong{Default value} @tab @strong{Comment}

@item user @tab ODBC (on Windows) @tab The username used to connect to MySQL.

@item server @tab localhost @tab The hostname of the MySQL server.

@item database @tab @tab The default database

@item database @tab @tab The default database.

@item option @tab 0 @tab A integer by which you can specify how @code{MyODBC} should work. See below.

@item port @tab 3306 @tab The TCP/IP port to use if @code{server} is not @code{localhost}.

@item stmt @tab @tab A statement that will be executed when connection to @code{MySQL}.

@item stmt @tab @tab A statement that will be executed when connecting to @code{MySQL}.

@item password @tab @tab The password for the @code{server} @code{user} combination.

@item socket @tab @tab The socket or Windows pipe to connect to.

@end multitable

@end example

By using @code{mysql_options()} the MySQL library will read the

@code{[client]} and @code{your_prog_name} sections in the @file{my.cnf}

@code{[client]} and @code{[your_prog_name]} sections in the @file{my.cnf}

file which will ensure that your program will work, even if someone has

set up MySQL in some non-standard way.

Note that upon connection, @code{mysql_real_connect()} sets the @code{reconnect}

flag (part of the MYSQL structure) to a value of @code{1}. This flag indicates,

in the event that a query cannot be performed because of a lost connection, to

try reconnecting to the server before giving up.

flag (part of the @code{MYSQL} structure) to a value of @code{1}. This

flag indicates, in the event that a query cannot be performed because

of a lost connection, to try reconnecting to the server before giving up.

@node mysql_real_escape_string, mysql_real_query, mysql_real_connect, C API functions