Using the API without DLL?

[Robert Klerx]

Hi all,

at the moment I'm writing a program that needs to connect to a MySQL database to check some information. This application needs to be extremely portable, therefore I'm developing in Visual C++ 6 MFC. My goal is to only have a single EXE file that you can put on a USB stick and use it anywhere you need it.

I'm not a "real" software developer as I'm more into networking and administration, but I get along quite well up to now. But now I'm kind of stuck as I was wondering how to get the MySQL client functionality into my program without having to use the libmysql.dll (as I only want the single EXE).

I don't want to use cheap tricks like adding the DLL as a resource etc. Does anybody know how to achieve what I need? The required functions would be connecting to a database in the local network, retrieve a single data row for authentication purposes and disconnect afterwards, no need for updating etc.

Thanks for your help and have a nice weekend!

Cheers,
Rob