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 MYSQL * link = NULL;
 mysql_init(link);
 if (!mysql_real_connect(link, host, user, pass, NULL, 0, NULL, 0))
     throw Exception("Error connecting to database!");

 DataBase db(link); // OO approach
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 If it bothers you that
 much, talk to her.  `,,,
  Explain how you     '..        OO
   feel and all.      .||.      .||.
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         ...

       Another experiment          Yeah. And as always, Mandy was
         gone bad?   `,,,          ,   there to add insult to
                      '..        OO    injury. I -hate- that!
          ...

                 ,,,                        Tee hee!
                 '..             OO                `~^^
                  ||            ((                   >>
             ____ |\ ___________ bb...

   OK, cool... But..             Aw crap. One of these must be one of
   It's not working.           the regular LEGO blocks I added to make
               `,,,             ,  the heap look more impre...

                              Here we go.. I'm connecting a processor,
               ,,,            ,  a small screen, and this block that's
               '..          OO     hardwired to print "Hel...

       OK... What's            Computer components from which you can
      that, exactly?           build a computer as easily as putting
              `,,,             ,  two blocks of LEGO together...

  What's this heap of stuff?        You, my friend, are looking at my
 Your computer exploded again?      newest invention. It's USB LEGO!
          `,,,                      ,
           '..         ...

 If you were, you'd also be
 the biggest -opponent- of         NNNGGGK!
 both beliefs, which must            ,        Keep going! Maybe we can
 be totally impossible. `        ///          ,  make his...