Re: Anyone know of a good ODBC Database Class?

From: Victor Bazarov (v.Abazarov_at_comAcast.net)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 03:23:32 GMT

"Randy Yates" <yates@ieee.org> wrote...
> "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> writes:
>
>> "Randy Yates" <yates@ieee.org> wrote...
>>> I'm looking for something that is completely independent of the MSVC++
>>> Dev Studio environment, something that will compile and run under
>>> win32 using the mingw distribution. A class that allows schema
>>> definitions to be made and recordsets to be queried and updated would
>>> be wonderful. It doesn't have to include the kitchen sink!
>>> Simplificity and functionality are the prime desires.
>>
>> These things are better discussed in a database programming newsgroup.
>> I am not trying to chase you away, I just think that there you will
>> find more information and higher quality of it.
>
> Victor,
>
> I find myself strangely torn between wanting to agree with you
> and argue with you. What if I had asked (as previously) for
> a good date/time class? Would you want me to go to a "date/time
> programming newsgroup"???

Don't be ridiculous. Date/time functionality is built into the
standard library. While there _might_ be a better place for it,
discussing getting date/time and/or wrapping it into a class is
absolutely topical here.

> What if I went to a database
> newsgroup and asked the same question

Did you? If you did, what did they say? If you didn't, there is
NOTHING to talk about.

> and they said, "These
> things are better discussed in a programming group."???

What if I had a million dollars? Would I be hanging out here
with you? What if Bin Laden died when he was 6 years old?
Stop playing a fool (unless you're not playing already). I said
"database _programming_ newsgroup". If they, in a database
_programming_ newsgroup suggest going to a _programming_ newsgroup,
you go to comp.programming. Or to Google.

And you know what? I dare you to find a database programming NG
that would refuse to discuss a "good ODBC Database class".

> There
> is some limit somewhere on the atomicity of topicality.

"Atomicity of topicality"? What does that mean? ODBC is NOT
topical here because C++ language Standard makes _no_mention_ of
it *whatsoever*. Atomicity or not.

>
> In any case, got any suggestions on which group?

Nope. I don't do databases, so I don't know of any. Try looking
for 'odbc' in the name, maybe. There is, like, a ton of forums
with "comp.databases" in the name. Why not there?

V

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