From: Warren Young
Date: June 14 2005 9:36pm
Subject: Re: C++ API vs C API
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Ger Hayden wrote:
> Is there a mysql++ api equivalent of functions like sqlstate that are
> present in the standard C API mysql.h.

No, but patches to implement them will be thoughtfully considered.

Now is exactly the right time to provide them: work on v2.0 is under way.

> On that note what are the significant differances between the two?

Damn near "apples and oranges", if you're using it correctly.  Don't 
think of MySQL++ as a C++ version of the C API.  Think of it as a C++ 
database API that happens to use the MySQL C API underneath.