22.2.3.50. mysql_query()
int mysql_query(MYSQL *mysql, const char *query)
Description
Executes the SQL query pointed to by the null-terminated string query. Normally, the string must consist of a single SQL statement and you should not add a terminating semicolon (‘;’) or \g to the statement. If multiple-statement execution has been enabled, the string can contain several statements separated by semicolons. See Section 22.2.9, “C API Handling of Multiple Query Execution”.
mysql_query() cannot be used for queries that contain binary data; you should use mysql_real_query() instead. (Binary data may contain the ‘\0’ character, which mysql_query() interprets as the end of the query string.)
If you want to know whether the query should return a result set, you can use mysql_field_count() to check for this. See Section 22.2.3.22, “mysql_field_count()”.
Return Values
Zero if the query was successful. Non-zero if an error occurred.