MySQL 9.3 C API Developer Guide / ... / C API Basic Interface / C API Basic Function Descriptions / mysql_stat()
const char *mysql_stat(MYSQL *mysql)Returns a character string containing information similar to that provided by themysqladmin status command. This includes uptime in seconds and the number of running threads, questions, reloads, and open tables.
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