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hackedx

How does MYSQL and C++ work together? I understand how to use MYSQL to make database, tables, users, etc, but i don't understand how they work together? Whats the purpose of using C++ with MYSQL, what can you do. If you wanted to make an mmo using C++ would you be required to use MYSQL as a database to get players connected and sharing information? I'm just looking for a little help here ;x

Z0MBiE

My guess is it would be something along the lines of using a client made in C++ to connect to a MYSQL database or whatever, you pretty much answered your own question.

smartgear

You would use C++ or PHP, etc. to programmatically insert, update, and select data from MySQL. If you plan on using C++ to gather data from MySQL, I'd check out the following documentation on C++ MySQL libs.

http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/doc/

Also, if you built an mmo with C++ you don't necessarily have to use MySQL to store player info .. you could use text files, xml, etc. But MySQL would be a better choice.

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Glitch0r

True but try not to use text files, take too much space, and slow to mantain when mysql is very easy to maintain if you also code a cool script to do that also in C++.

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Grofit

As mentioned earlier the reason you use C++ is to interact with the database. MySQL is basically a big file full of data that has a program that can quickly read out certain parts of that file, rather than having to parse the entire thing.

MySQL like most other DB Engines also uses SQL, which is the language it uses to understand queries that you send it, so you would need to learn that as well as C++ if you are unsure about them both.

In C++ you would use a MySQL connector to communicate with this program to insert or retrieve rows, as mentioned by a previous poster. C++ is a programming language so it can do anything from assembly code to making applications, so accessing databases is just like reading a text file. So i wouldnt base a game around being some C++ code that communicates with a database, you will need ALOT more than that to have something classed as a game...

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Gauge

C++ can control it's own databases. mySQL is for web based databasing. i'm sure something exists, but a better question is ..... why?

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