{

      mysql_close(mysqlconn);

      mysql_server_end();

      return 2;

    }

  (*conn)->mysqlconn = mysqlconn;

  (*conn)->pointlesscheck = SEVENTY_FIVE;

  return 0;

}

int mysqlDisconnect(distrend_mysql_conn_t conn)

{

  /**

     check if this handle is valid

   */

  if(conn->pointlesscheck != SEVENTY_FIVE)

    fprintf(stderr, "warning, I was passed a bad struct distrend_mysql_conn...\n");

  /**

     invalidate handle :-D

   */

  conn->pointlesscheck ++;

  mysql_close(conn->mysqlconn);

  mysql_server_end();

  free(conn);

  return 0;

}

distrend_mysql_result_t mysqlQuery(distrend_mysql_conn_t conn, char *query, MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET expected_columns)

{

  MYSQL_RES *result;

  distrend_mysql_result_t distrenresult;

  MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET num_columns;

  /**

     pointless sanity check

  */

  if(conn->pointlesscheck != SEVENTY_FIVE)

    fprintf(stderr, "warning, I was passed a bad struct distrend_mysql_conn...\n");

  /** make sure that connection is still alive

   */

  if(mysql_ping(conn->mysqlconn))

  fprintf(stderr,"Querying... ");

  if (mysql_query(conn->mysqlconn, query))

     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(conn->mysqlconn));

  fprintf(stderr,"Queried!\n");

  if(!expected_columns)

    return NULL;

  fprintf(stderr,"Getting results... ");

  result = mysql_use_result(conn->mysqlconn);

  num_columns = mysql_num_fields(result);

  if(num_columns != expected_columns)

    {

      fprintf(stderr, "Expected %d columns, got %d for ``%s''\n", expected_columns, num_columns, query);

      mysql_free_result(result);

      return NULL;

    }

  fprintf(stderr,"Done!\n");

  distrenresult = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_mysql_result));

  if(!distrenresult)

    {

      mysql_free_result(result);

      return NULL;

    }

  distrenresult->mysqlresult = result;

  distrenresult->pointlesscheck = FORTY_TWO;

  return distrenresult;

}

int mysqlResultFree(distrend_mysql_result_t result)

{

  size_t counter;

  if(!result)

    return 0;

  if(result->pointlesscheck != FORTY_TWO)

    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: I didn't get the type of handle I wanted\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);

  /**