Steve Hutton <shutton <at> featurecomplete.com> writes:
[Maciej Sobczak wrote:]
The important thing to note about the interface is that the overloaded operators (this is the controversial part) are only syntax sugar over the more traditional interface, so that this:
int i; sql << "select ...", into(i);
is really just a thin wrapper over this:
int i; Statement st(sql); st.alloc(); st.prepare("select ..."); st.exchange(into(i)); st.execute(true);
In other words, SOCI does not force anybody to use the most convenient interface ever invented and always provides the less convenient alternatives. More on this: http://soci.sourceforge.net/doc/reference.html#statement
I'm aware of that but this is not really an alternative: having to remember to perform four function calls in the correct sequence is too error prone. Moreover, for this kind of operation I consider it preferable to submit a single interface to the Standard Committee. Cheers, Nicola Musatti