On 28 May 2012 13:30, Vadim Zeitlin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 May 2012 11:37:32 +0100 Mateusz Loskot <[email protected]> wrote: > ML> Vadim: > ML> ODBC backend is considered as incomplete. It has been released > ML> as "proof of concept" and IMHO to tell users there is such thing > ML> as SOCI ODBC backend and potentially encourage some contributors to > update it. > ML> I want to say, I'm glad you've arrived :) > > I'm always glad to help any open source project I'm using but I must say > I had a really frustrating experience with SOCI so far. And this > frustration is mostly explained by not realizing that ODBC backend was in > such a bad shape.
Vadim, I can only admit I share your feelings here. Pity the ODBC backend hasn't found much love so far. > The documentation only says this about sqlite3 and odbc > backends: "The following backends are also available, with various levels > of completeness:" but doesn't even hint how broken exactly is it. I > definitely expected some things not to work with ODBC but I also expected > to get errors about them, not buffer overflows and junk being written to > the database. > > I think it would be really better to document the current limitations at > e.g. http://soci.sourceforge.net/doc/backends/index.html. FWIW even after > my changes there are still at least a couple of problems remaining: > > * Binding by name is not supported. > * vector<long long> is still not supported (should be simple to fix, in the > same way as I added support for scalar long long parameters). Feel free to update the docs. If not, I will try to do it soon before the next release. When? Who knows. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Soci-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/soci-users
