database stuff

src/database/base_repository.cpp

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+#include "database/base_repository.h"
+
+MYSQL* base_repository::setup_mysql_connection(database_connection details)
+{
+    MYSQL *connection = mysql_init(NULL);
+
+    // connect to the database with the details attached.
+    if (!mysql_real_connect(connection,details.server.c_str(), details.username.c_str(), details.password.c_str(), details.database.c_str(), 0, NULL, 0)) {
+      printf("Conection error : %s\n", mysql_error(connection));
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    return connection;
+}
+
+MYSQL_RES* base_repository::perform_mysql_query(MYSQL *conn, std::string& query)
+{
+   // send the query to the database
+   if (mysql_query(conn, query.c_str()))
+   {
+      printf("MySQL query error : %s\n", mysql_error(conn));
+      exit(1);
+   }
+
+   return mysql_use_result(conn);
+}