mysql_stmt_bind_named_param() sets up unnamed and named (query attributes) bind parameters for prepared statements.

This function supersedes the old mysql_stmt_bind_param() function, which supported only unnamed parameters, and which has since been removed.

Arguments:

mysql_stmt_bind_named_param() requires an input of array MYSQL_BIND structures and the matching names array. It succeeds without any effect (in corner cases) if the bind argument count parameter is zero or if the bind array pointer is NULL. It fails if an invalid MYSQL_BIND type is used for any bind parameter arguments.

To store both named and unnamed bind user variables, call mysql_stmt_bind_named_param() after mysql_stmt_prepare(). Subsequent to binding the variables, you can set and change them repeatedly.

Additional actions to consider are:

For a description of the members of the MYSQL_STMT and MYSQL_BIND structure and how they should be set to provide input values, see Section 6.2, “C API Prepared Statement Data Structures”.

Zero for success. Nonzero if an error occurred.

The following example demonstrates binding one unnamed and one named parameter. The unnamed parameter has NULL in a matching names array slot:.

// Compile example on Linux with a command similar to:
// gcc example.c --std=c99 -I/usr/local/mysql/include -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -o example

#include <mysql.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

  // variable declarations
  MYSQL *mysql;
  MYSQL_STMT *stmt;
  int int_data = 4;              // unnamed input parameter value
  int int_parentid = 1329494394; // named ('traceparent') input parameter value
  MYSQL_BIND params[2];
  const char *names[2] = {NULL, "traceparent"};
  int rc;

  MYSQL_BIND rbind[1];
  int result_val;

  // connect to the database server
  mysql = mysql_init(NULL);
  if (mysql == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(mysql));
    return 1;
  }
  if (mysql_real_connect(mysql, "127.0.0.1", "root", "password", NULL, 0, NULL,
                         0) == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(mysql));
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  // create a prepared statement
  stmt = mysql_stmt_init(mysql);
  if (stmt == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(mysql));
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }
  const char *query = "SELECT POW(?,2) AS square";
  if (mysql_stmt_prepare(stmt, query, strlen(query))) {
    mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  // bind the prepared statement parameters
  memset(params, 0, sizeof(params));

  params[0].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;
  params[0].buffer = (char *)&int_data;
  params[0].length = NULL;
  params[0].is_null = NULL;

  params[1].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;
  params[1].buffer = (char *)&int_parentid;
  params[1].length = NULL;
  params[1].is_null = NULL;

  rc = mysql_stmt_bind_named_param(stmt, params,
                                   sizeof(params) / sizeof(params[0]), names);
  if (rc != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(mysql));
    mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  // execute the prepared statement
  rc = mysql_stmt_execute(stmt);
  if (rc != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "[%d] %s\n", mysql_stmt_errno(stmt),
            mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
    mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  // bind and fetch the result parameter
  memset(rbind, 0, sizeof(rbind));
  rbind[0].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;
  rbind[0].buffer = (char *)&result_val;
  rc = mysql_stmt_bind_result(stmt, rbind);
  if (rc != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "[%d] %s\n", mysql_stmt_errno(stmt),
            mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
    mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  rc = mysql_stmt_fetch(stmt);
  if (rc != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "[%d] %s\n", mysql_stmt_errno(stmt),
            mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
    mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
    mysql_close(mysql);
    return 1;
  }

  // expect POW(4, 2), i.e. 4 squared being 16
  if (result_val != 16) {
    printf("Unexpected result!\n");
  } else {
    printf("Success!\n");
  }

  mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
  mysql_close(mysql);
  return 0;
}

After executing, binding the results, and fetching data, the result of the statement on success is 16 (that is, 4 squared).

See mysql_stmt_send_long_data() for sending long text or blob data in pieces. Refer to the file tests/mysql_client_test.c for complete examples. This file can be obtained from a MySQL source distribution or from the source repository (see Installing MySQL from Source).