init_db(MYSQL **conn)
{
  MYSQL_RES *res;
  MYSQL_ROW row;

  char *server = "127.0.0.1";
  char *user = "root";
  char *password = "pass"; /* set me first */
  char *database = "benchmark";

  *conn = mysql_init(NULL);

  /* Connect to database */
  if (!mysql_real_connect(*conn, server,
                          user, password, database, 0, NULL, 0))
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(*conn));
    exit(1);
  }

  /*
  if (mysql_query(*conn, "show tables"))
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(*conn));
    exit(1);
  }

  res = mysql_use_result(*conn);

  printf("MySQL Tables in mysql database:\n");
  while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) != NULL)
    printf("%s \n", row[0]);

  mysql_free_result(res);
  */
}