Welcome to taopq

taopq is a light-weight C++ client library for accessing a PostgreSQL database, providing a modern wrapper for libpq. It has no dependencies beyond a C++17 compatible compiler and the PostgreSQL libpq client library.

Documentation

• Version 1.x (requires C++17)

Example

Here is a small "getting started" example. The library has many more features and possibilities to offer. The "best practice" often diverges from the style of this introductory example.

#include <tao/pq.hpp>

#include <cassert>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  // open a connection
  const auto conn = tao::pq::connection::create( "dbname=template1" );

  // execute statements directly
  conn->execute( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taopq_example" );
  conn->execute( "CREATE TABLE taopq_example ( a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, b INTEGER, c TEXT NOT NULL )" );

  // preparing a statement is optional, but often recommended
  conn->prepare( "insert", "INSERT INTO taopq_example VALUES ( $1, $2, $3 )" );

  // use a transaction if needed
  {
    const auto tr = conn->transaction();

    // execute statement with parameters directly
    tr->execute( "INSERT INTO taopq_example VALUES ( $1, $2, $3 )", 1, 42, "foo" );

    // execute prepared statement with parameters
    tr->execute( "insert", 2, tao::pq::null, "Hello, world!" );

    tr->commit();
  }

  // insert/update/delete statements return a result which can be queried for the rows affected
  {
    const auto res = conn->execute( "insert", 3, 3, "drei" );
    assert( res.rows_affected() == 1 );
  }

  // queries have a result as well, it contains the returned data
  const auto res = conn->execute( "SELECT * FROM taopq_example" );
  assert( res.size() == 3 );

  // iterate over a result
  for( const auto& row : res ) {
    // access fields by index or (less efficiently) by name
    std::cout << row[ 0 ].as< int >() << ": " << row[ "c" ].as< std::string >() << std::endl;
  }

  // or convert a result into a container
  const auto v = res.vector< std::tuple< int, std::optional< int >, std::string > >();
}

Contact

taopq is part of The Art of C++.

For questions and suggestions about taopq please contact the authors at taocpp(at)icemx.net.

License

taopq is certified Open Source software. It may be used for any purpose, including commercial purposes, at absolutely no cost. It is distributed under the terms of the MIT license reproduced here.

Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Daniel Frey

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