Boost C++ Libraries

This example demonstrates how to source a .sql script using the multi-queries feature.

Note that commands like DELIMITER won't work, since these are handled by the mysql command line tool, rather than the server.

The example employs synchronous functions with exceptions as error handling. See this section for more info on error handling.

This example assumes you have gone through the setup.

#include <boost/mysql/error_with_diagnostics.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/execution_state.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/handshake_params.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/metadata_collection_view.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/metadata_mode.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/row_view.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/rows_view.hpp>
#include <boost/mysql/tcp_ssl.hpp>

#include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ssl/context.hpp>
#include <boost/system/system_error.hpp>

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>

/**
 * This example runs all command in a .sql file, using multi-queries.
 * Note that special commands that are handled by the mysql command line tool
 * (like DELIMITER) won't work.
 *
 * For this example, we will be using the 'boost_mysql_examples' database.
 * You can get this database by running db_setup.sql.
 * This example assumes you are connecting to a localhost MySQL server.
 *
 * This example uses synchronous functions and handles errors using exceptions.
 */

// Reads a file into memory
std::string read_file(const char* file_name)
{
    std::ifstream ifs(file_name);
    if (!ifs)
        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot open file: " + std::string(file_name));
    return std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
}

void print_column_names(boost::mysql::metadata_collection_view meta_collection)
{
    if (meta_collection.empty())
        return;

    bool is_first = true;
    for (auto meta : meta_collection)
    {
        if (!is_first)
        {
            std::cout << " | ";
        }
        is_first = false;
        std::cout << meta.column_name();
    }
    std::cout << "\n-----------------\n";
}

void print_row(boost::mysql::row_view row)
{
    bool is_first = true;
    for (auto field : row)
    {
        if (!is_first)
        {
            std::cout << " | ";
        }
        is_first = false;
        std::cout << field;
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
}

void print_ok(const boost::mysql::execution_state& st)
{
    std::cout << "Affected rows: " << st.affected_rows()
              << "\n"
                 "Last insert ID: "
              << st.last_insert_id()
              << "\n"
                 "Warnings: "
              << st.warning_count() << "\n\n"
              << std::flush;
}

void main_impl(int argc, char** argv)
{
    if (argc != 5)
    {
        std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <username> <password> <server-hostname> <path-to-script>\n";
        exit(1);
    }

    // Read the script file into memory
    std::string script_contents = read_file(argv[4]);

    // Set up the io_context, SSL context and connection required to
    // connect to the server.
    boost::asio::io_context ctx;
    boost::asio::ssl::context ssl_ctx(boost::asio::ssl::context::tls_client);
    boost::mysql::tcp_ssl_connection conn(ctx.get_executor(), ssl_ctx);

    // Resolve the server hostname to get a collection of endpoints
    boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver resolver(ctx.get_executor());
    auto endpoints = resolver.resolve(argv[3], boost::mysql::default_port_string);

    // The username, password and database to use
    boost::mysql::handshake_params params(
        argv[1],                // username
        argv[2],                // password
        "boost_mysql_examples"  // database
    );

    // We're going to use multi-queries, which enables passing the server
    // a set of semicolon-separated queries. We need to explicitly enable support for it.
    params.set_multi_queries(true);

    // We'll be using metadata strings to print column names, so we need to enable support for it
    conn.set_meta_mode(boost::mysql::metadata_mode::full);

    // Connect to the server using the first endpoint returned by the resolver
    conn.connect(*endpoints.begin(), params);

    // The executed commands may generate a lot of output, so we're going to
    // use multi-function operations (i.e. start_execution) to read it in batches.
    boost::mysql::execution_state st;
    conn.start_execution(script_contents, st);

    // The main read loop. Each executed command will yield a resultset.
    // st.comoplete() returns true once all resultsets have been read.
    for (std::size_t resultset_number = 0; !st.complete(); ++resultset_number)
    {
        // Advance to next resultset, if required
        if (st.should_read_head())
        {
            conn.read_resultset_head(st);
        }

        // Print the name of the fields
        std::cout << "Resultset number " << resultset_number << "\n";
        print_column_names(st.meta());

        // Read the rows and print them
        while (st.should_read_rows())
        {
            boost::mysql::rows_view batch = conn.read_some_rows(st);
            for (auto row : batch)
            {
                print_row(row);
            }
        }

        // Print OK packet data
        print_ok(st);
    }

    // Close the connection
    conn.close();
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    try
    {
        main_impl(argc, argv);
    }
    catch (const boost::mysql::error_with_diagnostics& err)
    {
        // Some errors include additional diagnostics, like server-provided error messages.
        // Security note: diagnostics::server_message may contain user-supplied values (e.g. the
        // field value that caused the error) and is encoded using to the connection's character set
        // (UTF-8 by default). Treat is as untrusted input.
        std::cerr << "Error: " << err.what() << '\n'
                  << "Server diagnostics: " << err.get_diagnostics().server_message() << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
    catch (const std::exception& err)
    {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << err.what() << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
}