.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.5 .\" .TH "mysql_send_query" "3" "" "Version 3.3.1" "MariaDB Connector/C" .hy .SS Name .PP mysql_send_query \- sends a SQL statement without waiting for server response .SS Synopsis .IP .nf \f[C] #include int mysql_send_query(MYSQL * mysql, const char *query, unsigned long length); \f[R] .fi .SS Description .PP Sends a statement to the server, without waiting for the Server OK packet and/or resultset. .SS Parameters .IP \[bu] 2 \f[C]mysql\f[R] \- a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by \f[B]mysql_init(3)\f[R] and connected by \f[B]mysql_real_connect(3)\f[R]. .IP \[bu] 2 \f[C]query\f[R] \- SQL statement .IP \[bu] 2 \f[C]length\f[R] \- length of the SQL statement .SS Notes .IP \[bu] 2 The OK and result set package need to be retrieved by \f[B]mysql_read_query_result(3)\f[R] function .IP \[bu] 2 \f[C]mysql_send_query()\f[R] can be used for semi asynchronous operation. While the function itself is blocking, an event driven application can do other tasks until result set is available. .SS Example .PP For an example how to use \[cq]mysql_send_query()\[ga] in an event driven model, please check Jan Kneschke\[cq]s article \[lq]Async MySQL Queries with C\-API\[rq] (https://jan.kneschke.de/projects/mysql/async-mysql-queries-with-c-api/). .SS See also .IP \[bu] 2 .IP \[bu] 2