Welcome to taoPQ

taoPQ is a lightweight C++ client library for accessing a PostgreSQL➚ database. It has no dependencies beyond libpq➚, the C application programmer's interface to PostgreSQL.

Introduction

The library provides support for database connections, transactions, nested transactions, prepared statements, large objects, connection pools, high-speed bulk data transfer, and more. An extensible traits mechanism is used to convert C++ types into SQL statement parameters, and conversely to convert query results into arbitrary C++ types. The following example shows the basic look and feel of the library.

#include <iostream>
#include <tao/pq.hpp>

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

   // execute statements
   conn->execute( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users" );
   conn->execute( "CREATE TABLE users ( name TEXT PRIMARY KEY, age INTEGER NOT NULL )" );

   // prepare statements
   conn->prepare( "insert_user", "INSERT INTO users ( name, age ) VALUES ( $1, $2 )" );

   {
      // begin transaction
      const auto tr = conn->transaction();

      // execute previously prepared statements
      tr->execute( "insert_user", "Daniel", 42 );
      tr->execute( "insert_user", "Tom", 41 );
      tr->execute( "insert_user", "Jerry", 29 );

      // commit transaction
      tr->commit();
   }

   // query data
   const auto users = conn->execute( "SELECT name, age FROM users WHERE age >= $1", 40 );

   // iterate and convert results
   for( const auto& row : users ) {
      std::cout << row[ "name" ].as< std::string >() << " is "
                << row[ "age" ].as< unsigned >() << " years old.\n";
   }
}

Documentation

Contact

For questions and suggestions regarding taoPQ, success or failure stories, and any other kind of feedback, please feel free to open a discussion, an issue or a pull request on GitHub or contact the authors at taocpp(at)icemx.net.

The Art of C++

taoPQ is part of The Art of C++.

License

taoPQ is certified Open Source➚ software. It is licensed➚ under the terms of the Boost Software License, Version 1.0➚ reproduced here.

Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003

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