// Optional: connect to a real DB // mysql_real_connect(conn, "localhost", "user", "pass", "db", 3306, nullptr, 0);
#include <iostream> #include <mysql.h> int main() MYSQL* conn = mysql_init(nullptr); if (conn == nullptr) std::cerr << "mysql_init failed" << std::endl; return 1;
aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe Note: Although the URL says "vs/17" (VS2022), this file works for VS2019 (v142) as well because the runtime versions are backward compatible.
Go directly to Microsoft’s official download page for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 (they are binary-compatible for the major versions).
Getting the correct combination of the and the MySQL Connector/C is critical.
std::cout << "MySQL library loaded successfully (x64)!" << std::endl; mysql_close(conn); return 0;
If you are developing a native Windows application that connects to a MySQL database using Visual Studio 2019 on a 64-bit (x64) architecture, you have likely run into the frustrating "Missing DLL" or "VCRUNTIME140_1.dll not found" errors.