How this app was created

1. Download the latest tar from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

You should end up with something like: mysql-connector-c-6.1.2-osx10.7-x86_64

2. Drag libmysqlclient.a into your project

Inside the lib folder, you'll see the file libmysqlclient.a. Drag that from the finder into your project, and include it in the Target (main app)

3. Drag mysql.h and other header files into your project

Working through compiler errors, I determined that these are the required files, some of which are in include, include/mysql, and include/mysql/psi:

• psi_base.h
• psi_memory.h
• my_alloc.h
• typelib.h
• plugin_auth_common.h
• mysql.h
• mysql_com.h
• mysql_time.h
• mysql_version.h
• client_plugin.h
• my_list.h

4. Add libc++.dylib to your project.

Click on the topmost item of the project, so you can select your application target. In "Linked Frameworks and Libraries", click the + button, and search for libc++.dylib. In the confirmation, make sure the target is selected.

5. Add 4 MySQLKit*.* files to your project.

Drag them into XCode from the finder:

• MySQLKitDatabase.h
• MySQLKitDatabase.m
• MySQLKitQuery.h
• MySQLKitQuery.m

6. Implement your own database code somewhere

    MySQLKitDatabase* db = [[MySQLKitDatabase alloc] init];
    db.socket = @"/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock";
    db.serverName = @"localhost";
    db.dbName = @"sampledb";
    db.userName = @"root";
    db.password = @"12345";
    db.port = 8889;
    @try{
        [db connect];
        MySQLKitQuery *query = [[MySQLKitQuery alloc] initWithDatabase:db];
        query.sql = @"select * from table1 order by id";
        [query execQuery];
        NSInteger len = query.recordCount;
        for(NSInteger i = 0; i < len; i++){
            NSInteger id1 = [query integerValFromRow:i Column:0];
            NSString *stringV1 = [query stringValFromRow:i Column:1];
            //...
        }
    }
    @catch (NSException *exception) {
        // ...
        [db errorMessage];
    }

7. You should be off to the races now!

Note: credit to http://macbug.org/macosxsample/mysql for helping get us off the ground!