MYSQL mysql;

        mysql_init(&mysql);

        mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "voicelog");

        if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql,"localhost","voicelog","voicelog","voicelog",0,NULL,0))

        {

            WriteToLog("Invalid database connection");

            sleep(5);

            continue;

        }

                // return results to user

                std::string results = output_str(ctx, pcmf32s);

                MYSQL_STMT* gUpdateStmt = mysql_stmt_init(&mysql);

                if (gUpdateStmt == NULL) {

                    WriteToLog("Init stmt failed");

                    continue;

                }

                std::cout << "Initialized statement\n";

                char statement[] = "UPDATE voicelog SET transcription = ? WHERE id = ?";

                int result = mysql_stmt_prepare(gUpdateStmt, statement, strlen(statement));  

                if (result != 0) {

                    WriteToLog("prepare stmt failed");

                    continue;

                }

                std::cout << "Prepared statement\n";

                /* Get the parameter count from the statement */

                int param_count = mysql_stmt_param_count(gUpdateStmt);

                std::cout << "Total parameters in UPDATE: " << param_count << "\n";

                MYSQL_BIND bind[2];

                memset(bind, 0, sizeof(bind));

                bind[0].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_STRING;

                bind[0].buffer = (char *) results.c_str();

                bind[0].is_null = 0;

                unsigned long resultLength = results.length();

                bind[0].length = &resultLength;

                bind[0].buffer_length = resultLength + 1;

                bind[1].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;

                const int id = atoi(row[1]);

                bind[1].buffer = (char *) &id;

                bind[1].is_null = 0;

                bind[1].length = 0;

                result = mysql_stmt_bind_param(gUpdateStmt, bind);

                if (result != 0) {

                    WriteToLog("bind stmt bind failed");

                    continue;

                }

                std::cout << "Bound '" << results << "', " << id << "\n";

                result = mysql_stmt_execute(gUpdateStmt); 

                if (result != 0) {

                    WriteToLog("execute stmt update failed");

                    std::cerr << mysql_stmt_error(gUpdateStmt) << "\n";

                    continue;

                }

                int affected_rows = mysql_stmt_affected_rows(gUpdateStmt);

                std::cout << "Executed " << affected_rows << "\n";