#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)  //为了支持windows平台上的编译
#include <windows.h>
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "mysql.h"  //我的机器上该文件在/usr/local/include/mysql下

//定义数据库操作的宏，也可以不定义留着后面直接写进代码
#define SELECT_QUERY "select username from tbb_user where userid = %d"

int main(int argc, char **argv) //char **argv 相当于 char *argv[]
{
    MYSQL mysql,*sock;    //定义数据库连接的句柄，它被用于几乎所有的MySQL函数
    MYSQL_RES *res;       //查询结果集，结构类型
    MYSQL_FIELD *fd ;     //包含字段信息的结构
    MYSQL_ROW row ;       //存放一行查询结果的字符串数组
    char  qbuf[160];      //存放查询sql语句字符串
    
    if (argc != 2) {  //检查输入参数
        fprintf(stderr,"usage : mysql_select <userid>\n\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    
    mysql_init(&mysql);
    if (!(sock = mysql_real_connect(&mysql,"localhost","dbuser","dbpwd","9tmd_bbs_utf8",0,NULL,0))) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Couldn't connect to engine!\n%s\n\n",mysql_error(&mysql));
        perror("");
        exit(1);
    }
    
    sprintf(qbuf,SELECT_QUERY,atoi(argv[1]));
    if(mysql_query(sock,qbuf)) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Query failed (%s)\n",mysql_error(sock));
        exit(1);
    }
    
    if (!(res=mysql_store_result(sock))) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Couldn't get result from %s\n", mysql_error(sock));
        exit(1);
    }
    
    printf("number of fields returned: %d\n",mysql_num_fields(res));
        
    while (row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) {
        printf("Ther userid #%d 's username is: %s\n", atoi(argv[1]),(((row[0]==NULL)&&(!strlen(row[0]))) ? "NULL" : row[0])) ;
        puts( "query ok !\n" ) ;
    }
    
    mysql_free_result(res);
    mysql_close(sock);
    exit(0);
    return 0;   //. 为了兼容大部分的编译器加入此行
}

gcc -o mysql_select ./mysql_select.c -I/usr/local/include/mysql -L/usr/local/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient (-lz) (-lm) 后面两个选项可选，根据您的环境情况

./mysql_select 1

number of fields returned: 1
Ther userid #1 's username is: Michael