Re: [boost] SOCI 2.2.0 - The C++ Database Access Library

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-07 17:00:10

james.jones_at_[hidden] wrote:
> From: Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
>> Austin Bingham wrote:
>>> Or how about Boost.Database, following the lead of Boost.Filesystem? They 
>>> both do the same kind of thing.
>> Boost.Database seems exactly right to me.

Unfortunately there's already an abandoned Boost.Database in the sandbox -- so 
that might be confusing.

> It's an improvement on SOCI or DAL, but it doesn't quite work for me. 
> I can imagine thinking that this might be a database library more like 
> Sleepycat or cdb rather than an interface to backend databases.

How about database access abbreviated to dba -- hmm that kinda has a nice ring :-)

> What about BDBC - Boost Database Connectivity? (Which intentionally mirrors ODBC...) 
> The mascot can be Twiki from Buck Rogers. :) BDBDBDBDBDB...C

I'm sorry to say that I got this joke.  But really BDBC is an awful mouthful. 
..dbc might be ok.

Jeff