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I don't know how often this might come up for others, but here's a tip for those times you have to specify a path for the data directory (or other args) in server_args at runtime.

mysql_server_init apparently does not copy the strings you supply it. It simply makes use of the pointers. Be sure that any string variables you put in place of the server arguments persist throughout your program or some functions may fail. Here's an example:

char Data[] = "--datadir=c:/blah/blah/blah/";

const char *server_args[] =
{
"this_program",
Data,
"--skip-innodb"
};

mysql_server_init(etc...);

Now the function ends and the 'Data' var is obliterated. mysql_server_init will execute correctly, but later, in a different function mysql_real_connect will fail mysteriously, claiming it can't find the specified database.

Seems simple, even obvious. I won't mention how long it took me to trace the problem in my program...