Re: [boost] Databases - SOCI 2.0

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-16 06:33:26

Maciej Sobczak wrote:

>2. A plug-in architecture for backends, which allows to target various
>database engines by simply linking with the chosen backend.
>Currently, the following database engines are supported (through their
>respective "native" interface):
>  
>
The library looks very nice, and I might spend more time with it in the 
near future.
I have one main question: what, if any, are the facilities of SOCI to 
hide database-specific details, or how could the current design 
accommodate such facilities?
For example, if I were to write a MySQL backend, there are several 
differences in regards to datatypes from Oracle and the relatively easy 
portable PostgreSQL.

Sebastian Redl