Re: Proposing a MySQL client library for inclusion in Boost

From: Matthijs Möhlmann (matthijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-03-31 18:32:25

On 31/03/2022 17:28, Ruben Perez wrote:
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> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 16:55 Matthijs Möhlmann, <matthijs_at_[hidden]> 
> wrote:
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>     On 31/03/2022 16:29, Ruben Perez wrote:
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>>     On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 16:09 Matthijs Möhlmann,
>>     <matthijs_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>>         Wow, together with sqlpp11 (https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11) this becomes
>>         a killer combination ;-)
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>>     Yes, this library can be used to write a sqlpp11 connector to
>>     access MySQL and MariaDB. It is a good use case.
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>>     From what I've read (I'm not an expert on sqlpp11, not even a
>>     regular user), this library doesn't support async operations, so
>>     you wouldn't be employing the full power of this library. Still,
>>     it is a fully valid use case.
>     I am a regular user of sqlpp11, in my opinion it should be
>     possible to support async operations.
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> Could you please point me to the relevant documentation describing the 
> asynchronous connector API for sqlpp11?
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> Thanks.
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I just took a look at 
https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11/tree/main/connector_api

And I guess there is no async connector API for sqlpp11 yet.

I'm going to take a look and see if I can come up with something nice 
for the integration
into sqlpp11.

Regards, Matthijs

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>>         I dont know if my endorsement will help, but in any case I endorse this library.
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>>     Thank you so much.
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>>         Regards, Matthijs
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>>         On 30/03/2022 23:00, Ruben Perez via Boost wrote:
>>>         Hi all,
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>>>         I would like to propose my MySQL client library for inclusion in Boost. The
>>>         library features asynchronous communication with MySQL and MariaDB servers,
>>>         allowing the user to use txt queries and prepared statements. The library
>>>         is based on Boost.Asio and follows its asynchronous model (in a similar way
>>>         Boost.Beast does).
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>>>         The library is specific to MySQL and MariaDB systems, and is not intended
>>>         as a SQL framework or ORM. It fits use cases like HTTP servers (possibly
>>>         already using Beast), ETL pipelines or any other application that needs to
>>>         access a MySQL database and wants to benefit from Asio's asynchrony.
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>>>         Please note that the library is a full implementation of MySQL wire
>>>         protocol and does not use libmysqlclient under the hood.
>>>
>>>         I'm looking for people who officially endorse the library.
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>>>         You can see the code in this GitHub repository
>>>         <https://github.com/anarthal/mysql>  <https://github.com/anarthal/mysql>, and the documentation is here
>>>         <https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/index.html>  <https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/index.html>.
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>>>         Many thanks,
>>>         Ruben.
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