Re: [boost] database library (was Report from Berlin C++ StandardsCommittee meeting)

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-17 11:06:37

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:18:39 -0400, Beman Dawes wrote
> "Steve Hutton" <shutton_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:e1q9j4$t3b$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> > On 2006-04-14, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> "Maciej Sobczak" <prog_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> >> news:443FD653.80702_at_msobczak.com...
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>
> >>>> What exactly are you planning on adding before the Boost
> >>>> submission?
> >>>
> >>> At least one backend allowing to target what is traditionally considered
> >>> to be a Microsoft part of the world. ODBC backend would be most 
> >>> generic...
> >>
> >> Looking at the soci.h header, it also seems the code needs to be 
> >> boostified.
> >> And to find a name that is not tied to a particular vendor. How about
> >> Boost.Database?
> >
> > Personally I was thinking Boost.Sql, partially to leave room for other
> > libraries which take a less sql centric approach.
> 
> Boost.SQL. I like it! (The uppercase wasn't a concious decision - it 
> just came out that way. Maybe my fingers were trying to tell me 
> something:-)

Hmm, I wonder -- seems to me that SOCI goes well beyond just SQL...but I'll
keep an open mind for now.  Just to confuse things there is already
Boost.Database in the sandbox which is in at least some of the same territory...

Jeff