====== mysql_get_server_info ======
<code c>
const char *mysql_get_server_info(MYSQL *mysql)
</code>

==== description of mysql_get_server_info ====
returns current remote server information 

compile with gcc mysql_get_server_info.c -o mysql_get_server_info `mysql_config –cflags –libs` -Wall 
<code c>
#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */ 
#include <mysql/mysql.h>
 
MYSQL *my;
 
int main( void ){
char host[20];
char user[20];
char pass[20];
 
my = mysql_init(NULL);
 
 
sprintf(host,"localhost");
sprintf(user,"user");
sprintf(pass,"pass");
 
if (my == NULL ) {
printf("Cant initalisize MySQL\n");
return 1;
}
 
if( mysql_real_connect (my,host,user,pass,NULL,0,NULL,0)  == NULL) {
  printf("Error cant login\n");
  } else {
  printf("Login correct\n");
  }
 

printf("Server information: %s\n", mysql_get_server_info(my));

mysql_close(my);
return 0;
}
</code>

===== output of mysql_get_server_info c example =====
    Login correct
    Server info: 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.2