I am writing a small program in C++ that accepts data on a socket connection from SBC's. The SBC's send data in the following format: Unit Name,1,2. 1 is the unit number, and 2 is the number of cycles on that unit. I want to automatically create a table for each Unit Name that I receive. Here is what I have so far: Code: #include "ServerSocket.h" #include "SocketException.h" #include <string> #include <iostream> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <ctype.h> #include <mysql/mysql.h> int main ( int argc, int argv[] ) { try { // Create the socket ServerSocket server ( 14036 ); while ( true ) { ServerSocket new_sock; server.accept ( new_sock ); try { while ( true ) { std::string data; new_sock >> data; new_sock << data; using namespace std; string trainid(data); std::string unit_name, unit_num, num_cycles; std::string::size_type pos = trainid.find(','); if (pos != std::string::npos) { ride = trainid.substr(0,pos); cout << unit_name << endl; } trainid = trainid.substr(pos+1); pos = trainid.find(','); if (pos != std::string::npos) { unit_num = trainid.substr(0,pos); cout << unit_num << endl; } num_cycles = trainid.substr(pos+1); cout << num_cycles << endl; MYSQL db_conn; MYSQL_RES *result; MYSQL_ROW row; MYSQL_FIELD *fields; unsigned int numrows; unsigned int numfields; int c; char user[] = "user"; char password[] = "password"; char host[] = "localhost"; char dbname[] = "TrainID"; char buffer[BUFSIZ]; mysql_init(&db_conn); // Attempt to connect to the database. if (mysql_real_connect(&db_conn, host, user, password, dbname, 0, NULL, 0) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Could not connect to mysql server. Error %s\n", mysql_error(&db_conn)); } // Create a table for the ride if it doesn't already exist. string create_table1 = "CREATE TABLE "; string create_table2 = " (Unit INT PRIMARY KEY, Cycles BIGINT);"; string create_table3 = create_table1 + unit_name + create_table2; if (!mysql_query(&db_conn, create_table3) == 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Could not create the table. Error %s\n", mysql_error(&db_conn)); } } } catch ( SocketException& ) {} } } catch ( SocketException& e ) { std::cout << "Exception was caught:" << e.description() << "\nExiting.\n"; } return 0; } I try to compile and get the following error: Code: [root@automation Devel]# make g++ -c -o ServerSocket.o ServerSocket.cpp g++ -c -o Socket.o Socket.cpp g++ -c -o TrainID.o TrainID.cpp TrainID.cpp: In function `int main(int, int*)': TrainID.cpp:76: error: cannot convert `std::string' to `const char*' for argument `2' to `int mysql_query(MYSQL*, const char*)' make: *** [TrainID.o] Error 1 I understand what is happening here, but what do I need to do? I can't seem to find an answer. Am I going to run into the same thing when I try to insert values into my columns? Thanks! Chris