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1 | | -This directory contains libpq++, the C++ language interface to POSTGRESQL. |
2 | | -libpq++ is implemented on of the libpq library. Users would benefit |
3 | | -from reading the chapter on libpq in the PostgreSQL users manual |
4 | | -before using libpq++. |
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6 | | -The initial version of this implementation was done by William Wanders |
7 | | -(wwanders@sci.kun.nl) |
| 2 | +Based on the original work by William Wanders (wwanders@sci.kun.nl) |
| 3 | +and Jolly Chen (jolly@cs.berkeley.edu), this is the first set of |
| 4 | +changes to libpq++ since ~1997. Pgenv has been removed, deprecated |
| 5 | +functions removed and/or updated and error handling rewritten, |
| 6 | +however for the most part it remains as a wrapper around libpq. |
| 7 | +The documentation on libpq is recommended reading to understand |
| 8 | +the function of libpq++. |
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9 | | -This is only a preliminary attempt at providing something useful for |
10 | | -people who would like to use C++ to build frontend applications to |
11 | | -PostgreSQL. The API provided herein is subject to change in later |
12 | | -versions of PostgreSQL. |
| 10 | +The API provided herein is subject to change in later versions of |
| 11 | +PostgreSQL. |
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14 | 13 | For details on how to to use libpq++, see the man page in the man/ |
15 | | -subdirectory and the test programs in the examples/ subdirectory. |
| 14 | +subdirectory and the test programs in the examples/ subdirectory. |
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17 | | -libpq++ has been tested with g++, version 2.7.0 |
| 16 | +** PgConnection has been changed to accept either the environment |
| 17 | +variables or conninfo style strings. See the PQconnectdb in the |
| 18 | +documentation on libpq for details. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +libpq++ has only been tested with g++, version 2.7.2.1 |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Vince Vielhaber (vev@michvhf.com) |
| 23 | +Tue May 18 08:30:00 EDT 1999 |
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19 | | -- Jolly Chen |
20 | | -jolly@cs.berkeley.edu |
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22 | | -Tue Sep 5 11:09:51 PDT 1995 |
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