MySQL 5.6 C API Developer Guide
my_bool mysql_stmt_bind_result(MYSQL_STMT *stmt, MYSQL_BIND *bind)
mysql_stmt_bind_result()
is
used to associate (that is, bind) output columns in the result
set to data buffers and length buffers. When
mysql_stmt_fetch()
is called
to fetch data, the MySQL client/server protocol places the
data for the bound columns into the specified buffers.
All columns must be bound to buffers prior to calling
mysql_stmt_fetch()
.
bind
is the address of an array of
MYSQL_BIND
structures. The client library
expects the array to contain one element for each column of
the result set. If you do not bind columns to
MYSQL_BIND
structures,
mysql_stmt_fetch()
simply
ignores the data fetch. The buffers should be large enough to
hold the data values, because the protocol does not return
data values in chunks.
A column can be bound or rebound at any time, even after a
result set has been partially retrieved. The new binding takes
effect the next time
mysql_stmt_fetch()
is called.
Suppose that an application binds the columns in a result set
and calls mysql_stmt_fetch()
.
The client/server protocol returns data in the bound buffers.
Then suppose that the application binds the columns to a
different set of buffers. The protocol places data into the
newly bound buffers when the next call to
mysql_stmt_fetch()
occurs.
To bind a column, an application calls
mysql_stmt_bind_result()
and
passes the type, address, and length of the output buffer into
which the value should be stored.
Chapter 9, C API Prepared Statement Data Structures,
describes the members of each MYSQL_BIND
element and how they should be set to receive output values.
The conversion is not supported. Possibly the
buffer_type
value is invalid or is not
one of the supported types.
Out of memory.
An unknown error occurred.
See the Example in Section 11.11, “mysql_stmt_fetch()”.