error C2259 on Visual C++ Express 2008

[Ricardo Ferreira]

Hey all,

This is the first time I'm trying to use MySQL with C++. As I have used a MySQL connector before (.NET) I decided to use this new one, since I read it was completely revamped to use with C++. The problem (or problems) is actually trying to "include" the API itself. I have read all of the tutorials, installed the Connector through the msi installer, linked statically and dynamically, then I s started getting this error: error C2259: 'sql::Connection' : cannot instantiate abstract class

ok so I checked the header files, and noticed that the class was completely abstract! I then discovered the drivers directory, which contained the definitions of the functions for these abstract classes. Ok so I thought I had solved the problem, but then it gave me an error that the symbol "Connection" was ambiguous. After searching the header files again, I noticed it was being double (actually, fourtuple or whatever) defined! I started writing #ifndefs and such untill I thought I solved the problem, but it didn't... It was still ambiguous. I reinstalled everything, now I always get error C2259: 'sql::Connection' : cannot instantiate abstract class...

So, my problem is, everyone seems just to include the mysql_driver.h and mysql_connection.h and it magically works! Could anyone help me?