I did some extensive testing and it looks like that only the first mysql_ping () fails to reconnect or very possibly returns the wrong result. I am currently using v4.1.14.
Regards, Lefteris ---------------------------------------------------- Begin MySQL is up and running Restart MySQL and hit enter (reconnect: 1)... Error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query Ping 2 Ok! Ping 3 Ok! ---------------------------------------------------- #include <stdio.h> #include <mysql.h> int main () { int i; char c; MYSQL mysql; fprintf (stdout, "Begin\n"); mysql_init (&mysql); if (!mysql_real_connect (&mysql, "127.0.0.1", "root", "", "test", 0, NULL, 0)) fprintf (stderr, "Failed to connect to database: Error: %s\n", mysql_error (&mysql)); else fprintf (stdout, "MySQL is up and running\n"); mysql.reconnect = 1; fprintf (stdout, "Restart MySQL and hit enter (reconnect: %d)...", mysql.reconnect); c = getchar (); (void) putc ('\n', stdout); for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) if (mysql_ping (&mysql)) fprintf (stderr, "Error: %s\n", mysql_error(&mysql)); else fprintf (stdout, "Ping %d Ok!\n", i); return (0); } -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]