设备连接是C语言连接数据库的第四步，它包括选择适当的驱动程序、设置连接参数和建立实际的连接。

步骤四：设备连接

在连接数据库之前，需要确保已经安装了相应的数据库软件，并且已经创建了数据库和表，接下来，我们将介绍如何通过C语言连接到数据库。

1、包含头文件

在C程序中，我们需要包含一些头文件来使用数据库相关的函数和结构体，这些头文件通常位于数据库软件的安装目录下的include文件夹中，如果我们使用的是MySQL数据库，那么需要包含以下头文件：

 #include  

2、初始化数据库连接

在使用数据库之前，我们需要先初始化一个数据库连接，这可以通过调用mysql_init()函数来实现，该函数需要一个指向MYSQL结构体的指针作为参数，用于存储连接信息。

 MYSQL *conn; conn = mysql_init(NULL); if (conn == NULL) {     fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize MySQL connection: %s ", mysql_error(conn));     exit(1); } 

3、设置连接选项

为了连接到数据库，我们需要设置一些连接选项，如服务器地址、用户名、密码等，这些选项可以通过调用mysql_options()函数来设置，该函数需要一个指向MYSQL结构体的指针和一个指向my_option结构体的指针作为参数。

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