mysql_affected_rows

my_ulonglong mysql_affected_rows(MYSQL *mysql)

Returns the number of the last UPDATE , DELETE, INSERT. Can be called for UPDATE, DELETE, or INSERT statements directly to mysql_query(). In SELECT statements, mysql_affected_rows() works like mysql_num_rows().

compile with gcc mysql_affected_rows.c -o mysql_affected_rows `mysql_config –cflags –libs` -Wall

#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,"username");
sprintf(pass,"password");
 
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");
  }
 
mysql_select_db(my,"test");
mysql_query(my, "INSERT INTO `test`.`collection`"
	        " (`id`, `name`, `title`, `published`)"
		" VALUES (NULL, 'Demian', 'Debian 6.0', '2013-02-14');");
 
 
printf("MySQL affected rows: %ld\n", (long) mysql_affected_rows(my));
 
 
mysql_close(my);
return 0;
}

  Login correct
  MySQL affected rows: 1