Chapter 10 C API Binary Log Interface

Table of Contents

10.1 Overview of the C API Binary Log Interface

10.2 C API Binary Log Data Structures

10.3 C API Binary Log Function Reference

10.4 C API Binary Log Function Descriptions

10.4.1 mysql_binlog_close()

10.4.2 mysql_binlog_fetch()

10.4.3 mysql_binlog_open()

The MySQL client/server protocol includes a client interface for reading a stream of replication events from a MySQL server binary log. This capability uses the MYSQL_RPL data structure and a small set of functions to manage communication between a client program and the server from which the binary log is to be read. The following sections describe aspects of this interface in more detail.