Re: [INTERFACES] Can PostgreSQL be used in a C++ application

At 07:01 09/09/99 -0700, you wrote:

I do not have experience in C++ but I feel very confortble with C. I´m
using Libpq to make WWW applications but now I have to write an application
for Windows!!

Most user interfaces are in C++ (MFC and Qt), so can I mix C++ (MFC or Qt)
with C functions (maybe Libpq and my own functions)??? Could you give-me
samples???

Thank you???

>Wenhao,
>
> The short answer to your question is "yes and no." The slighly longer
>answer is learning how a database application goes together.
>
> There are three major components to a database application. From the top
>down they are:
>
> 1.) The user interface (UI). In your case, you are using gtk+.
>
> 2.) The middleware. This is the glue which connects the UI to the database
>engine. In your case it's C++.
>
> 3.) The database engine. This is where postgres resides. It is the back
>end of your application and works with almost any front end and middleware.
>
> Plan your application so that each component is handled separately. You
>can develop the postgres back end and the UI front end completely
>independently of each other. Your middleware (C++ for you, C for me) is the
>glue which connects the two.
>
>HTH,
>
>Rich
>
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