Changes between Version 90 and Version 91 of LibrariesUnderConstruction

Timestamp:

Nov 27, 2009, 4:12:57 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

viboes

Comment:

Added Boost.RDB

LibrariesUnderConstruction

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  # if applicable, the results of the call are serialized and sent back over the network to the client
 
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+== Boost.RDB ==
+ * '''Author(s):''' Jean-Louis Leroy
+ * '''Version:'''
+ * '''State:''' 
+ * '''Last upload:''' 2009 November 25
+ * '''Links:''' [http://www.boostpro.com/vault/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=boost_rdb_0.2.02.zip&directory=Database& Boost Vault]
+ * '''Categories:''' [#Database Database] 
+ * '''Description:''' C++ is a statically typed language. sql is also a statically typed language. It looks like they should play ball together.
+
+So how comes that most C++/sql bindings make it possible to write and compile code that contains not-so-subtle errors ?
+They could be caught at compile time since all the necessary information is there.
+
+Well this is just what this library does.
+
+Boost.RDB provides bindings to various relational database systems. It supports creating and executing
+SQL statements and retrieving the results by means of C++ objects. Most of the time the resulting syntax
+is very close to plain SQL. Moreover, Boost.RDB is a good citizen of the type-rich C++ world: all constructs
+are statically checked, which eliminates the risks of type errors. If your RDB code compiles, then it
+generates correct SQL. Since everything happens at compile-time, the library delivers performance that is
+close to hand-written code.
+
+What it's not
+
+Boost.RDB does /not/ hide the database behind an abstraction layer. On the contrary, it ambitions
+to make the pecularities of each system readily accessible. However, SQL is standardized, and while it's
+true that few vendors - if any - comply to the standard in every small detail, most of the SQL code uses constructs
+that are portable between vendors.
+
+Boost.RDB neither attempts to add extra functionality on top of the database (like object-relational mapping).
+These tasks belong to higher-level libraries, possibly built on top of Boost.RDB.
 
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-== Database ==
+== Databases ==
  * '''Suggested by:''' elfring
  * '''Categories:''' [#Database Database]
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 == Database ==
  * [#RTL RTL]
+ * [#Boost.RDB Boost.RDB]
 
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