Re: Endorsement, review manager sought for Boost.Mysql

From: Matthijs Möhlmann (matthijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-03-11 07:41:29

On 09/03/2021 23:04, Ruben Perez via Boost wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to propose a MySQL client library for Boost (under the
> original name of Boost.Mysql). It is a full implementation of the MySQL
> client protocol, based on Boost.Asio. It requires C++11.
>
> The library is at https://github.com/anarthal/mysql and the documentation
> is at https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/. Examples under
> https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/mysql/examples.html.
>
> The purpose of this library is to provide a low-level building block for
> applications or other libraries to interact with MySQL, in the same way
> Boost.Beast provides a way to interact with HTTP. It complies with
> Boost.Asio universal asynchronous model, and provides the usual sync and
> async overloads for every network operation.
>
> Some notes:
>
>     - The scope of this library is limited to MySQL. Its value proposition
>     is implementing the client protocol in an Asio-compliant way. Supporting
>     any database other than MySQL is not in scope of this library.
>     - This library does NOT make use of MySQL libmysqlclient C API. It
>     provides a from-the-ground-up implementation of the MySQL client protocol.
>
> Features:
>
>     - Text queries and server-side prepared statements.
>     - Sync and async functions, following Boost.Asio's universal async
>     model. You may use callbacks, Boost coroutines, futures, C++20 coroutines,
>     or any completion handler that Asio adds support for.
>     - Can be used with any Stream including TCP sockets, UNIX sockets and
>     Boost.Beast TCP streams.
>     - Supports MySQL 5.x, MySQL 8.x and MariaDB.
>
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Hi,

I am still wondering how this compares to sqlpp11 
(https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11).

Niall already stated that this library uses a variant for the resultset.

Is it for example possible to hook the connector part into sqlpp11 as a 
seperate connector?

I am a huge fan of sqlpp11 in which I can map a SQL type to a C++ type.

Regards, Matthijs