C++ store a modified MySQL timestamp as string

Question

I am currently trying to get a DATETIME key value from a MySQL database and save it as a string.

However I dont want the time to be in the usual MySQL format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS but rather in a 12 hour format like this: HH:MM:SS AM/PM

I already figured out how to "convert" the time format in the MySQL database to my desired format by using this:

sql::ResultSet* time = database->Query("SELECT DATE_FORMAT(`lastLogin`, '%r') FROM `users` WHERE `user_id`='%i', id);

the MySQL command is valid and the Query returns the right time format (I tested it directly in MySQL).

Now I want to store the result in a char* array but for some reason he always crashes with a SQL Invalid Command Exception when I try to copy the result in to the array.

time->first();
char* lastLogin = new char[50];

//here are the variants of the commands I tried, every one crashed:
strcpy(lastLogin, time->getString("lastLogin").c_str());
strcpy(lastLogin, time->getString("DATE_FORMAT(`lastLogin`, '%r')").c_str());
strcpy(lastLogin, time->getString("DATE_FORMAT(lastLogin, '%r')").c_str());
strcpy(lastLogin, time->getString(0).c_str());

does anybody know what I am doing wrong? Or is this even possible with MySQL Connector C++?

Answer 1

Try naming the expression in your SQL, giving it an alias:

"SELECT DATE_FORMAT(`lastLogin`, '%r') as last_login_str FROM `users` WHERE `user_id`='%i'"

Then use "last_login_str" to retrieve the value.