Re: MySQL ASIO library

From: Julien Blanc (julien.blanc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-03-05 07:02:06

Le mercredi 04 mars 2020 Ã  16:06 +0000, Paul A Bristow via Boost a
écrit :
> > 
> > It seems a no-brainer to me that a well maintained means of
> > efficiently doing so
> > would be a positive addition to boost.
> 
> By itself, this is a reasonably convincing case, but what would quiet
> some of
> doubters would be to have at least an outline of connecting to
> another database.
> Showing reasonable confidence that extension to other databases is
> feasible
> would be a big plus IMO.

I expect a more versatile db library to rely on underlying low-level
backends such as this one, so i tend to disagree here: trying to handle
multiple database here will greatly increase complexity with few
additional value for the user: differences in SQL dialects and
supported types, for example, will anyway prevent any simple backend
switch for the user.

Having a common shared design for the different backends, however, will
indeed be useful in building a higher level db abstraction, though (not
sure if it was your point).

Regards,

Julien