====== mysql_get_client_version ======
<code c>
unsigned long mysql_get_client_version(void)
</code>

==== description of mysql_get_client_version ====
mysql_get_client_version returns the current version of your mysql client
usualy returns the number in the following format XXYYZZ
XX mainversion
YY release level
ZZ current version number

compile with gcc mysql_get_client_version.c -o mysql_get_client_version `mysql_config –cflags –libs` -Wall 
<code c>
#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
#include <mysql/mysql.h>
 
int main( void )
{
  printf("client version: %li\n", mysql_get_client_version());
  return 0;
}
</code>

===== output of mysql_get_client_version c example =====
    client version: 50529