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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This examples shows how to customize the mapping between C++ value types
+This examples shows how to customize the mapping between C++ value types
and database types. The example changes the default mapping for the 'bool'
type which is now stored in the database as the "true" or "false" string.
It also maps the user-defined 'date' type to a suitable database date type.
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ person.hxx
'VARCHAR(5)' database type and 'date' to the 'DATE' database type.
traits.hxx
+traits-mysql.hxx
+traits-sqlite.hxx
ODB 'value_traits' template specializations for the 'bool' and 'date'
types. These specializations implement conversion between these types
and their database counterparts.
person-odb.hxx
person-odb.ixx
-person-odb.cxx
+person-odb.cxx
person.sql
The first three files contain the database support code and the last file
contains the database schema for the person.hxx header.
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ person.sql
odb -d <database> --generate-query --generate-schema \
--hxx-prologue '#include "traits.hxx"' person.hxx
-
+
Where <database> stands for the database system we are using, for example,
'mysql'.
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ driver.cxx
headers to gain access to the persistent classes and their database support
code. It also includes database.hxx for the create_database() function
declaration.
-
+
In main() the driver first calls create_database() to obtain the database
instance. It then persists a number of 'person' objects in the database
and executes a query to find objects matching certain criteria.
@@ -62,4 +64,3 @@ Once the database schema is ready, we can run the example (using MySQL as
the database):
./driver --user odb_test --database odb_test
-