3.6.9 NULL mysql_store_result() Return After mysql_query() Success

It is possible for mysql_store_result() to return NULL following a successful call to the server using mysql_real_query() or mysql_query(). When this happens, it means one of the following conditions occurred:

• There was a malloc() failure (for example, if the result set was too large).

• The data could not be read (an error occurred on the connection).

• The query returned no data (for example, it was an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE).

You can always check whether the statement should have produced a nonempty result by calling mysql_field_count(). If mysql_field_count() returns zero, the result is empty and the last query was a statement that does not return values (for example, an INSERT or a DELETE). If mysql_field_count() returns a nonzero value, the statement should have produced a nonempty result. See the description of the mysql_field_count() function for an example.

You can test for an error by calling mysql_error() or mysql_errno().