Re: error C2259 on Visual C++ Express 2008

[Ulf Wendel]

You are not supposed to instantiate sql::Connection directly, sql::Connection is abstract. sql::mysql::MySQL_Connection is not. However, the driver's class connect() method should be used to obtain a connection object.

There are several examples in the source download package ( http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-connector-cpp/trunk/files/head%3A/examples/ ). Please grab a source download and have a look at them.

For example, the standalone one http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-connector-cpp/trunk/annotate/head%3A/examples/standalone_example.cpp should work fine as a starting point.

Ulf