Re: [boost] MySQL ASIO library

El mié., 4 mar. 2020 10:18, Andrey Semashev via Boost escribió:

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 12:32 PM Joseph Van Riper via Boost wrote:

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On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 8:50 PM Ruben Perez via Boost <

boost@lists.boost.org>

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I have been writing an ASIO-based client for MySQL, trying to mimic

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Beast is to HTTP. It currently supports SQL queries and prepared statements. It can be viewed here:

https://github.com/anarthal/mysql-asio

Do you guys think this has the potential to be useful or become part of Boost long term? Any feedback is very welcome.

Why just MySQL?

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I would take more interest in a library capable of supporting many database engines. Or, if not such a variety, at least target ODBC, as you can reach more engines through ODBC drivers.

While I understand many people like MySQL, some use cases call for other engines (like SQLite3, providing a lightweight, simple database file without all the overhead of MySQL). For a boost library, I would hope it would not limit the developer to a single engine.

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I don't see the point of having a Boost wrapper for just one specific backend. People who want that could just use MySQL C or C++ API directly.

Just to clarify, this is *not* a wrapper around the MySQL C API, it is an implementation of the MySQL protocol based in ASIO. I see this as a building block, that can be used by any other bigger, more abstract library providing multiple backends. This library takes the approach of doing a single thing well. It provides no abstraction over MySQL specifics. But it can be seen as a step towards something bigger. The other value I see in this is that it is Asio-based. So it would contribute towards the creation of an Asio-based ecosystem. The aim is to integrate well with any project that uses Asio (e.g. using Beast), which I don't think the MySQL C++ API gives you.

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