X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f7292ebebae552238c50f8009db572edc44a315e..dc92adaf0c8d1d8b71b4a4cabe6f42c3a17f62a1:/docs/latex/wx/tdb.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/tdb.tex b/docs/latex/wx/tdb.tex index b70ebba29d..f679a5211f 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/tdb.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/tdb.tex @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \section{Database classes overview}\label{odbcoverview} -Following is a detailed overview of how to use the wxWindows ODBC classes - \helpref{wxDb}{wxdb} +Following is a detailed overview of how to use the wxWidgets ODBC classes - \helpref{wxDb}{wxdb} and \helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable} and their associated functions. These are the ODBC classes donated by Remstar International, and are collectively referred to herein as the wxODBC classes. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ returned. For each result set, a cursor is maintained (typically by the database) which keeps track of where in the result set the user currently is. Depending on the database, ODBC driver, and how you configured the -wxWindows ODBC settings in setup.h (see \helpref{wxODBC - Compiling}{wxodbccompiling}), cursors can be +wxWidgets ODBC settings in setup.h (see \helpref{wxODBC - Compiling}{wxodbccompiling}), cursors can be either forward or backward scrolling. At a minimum, cursors must scroll forward. For example, if a query resulted in a result set with 100 rows, as the data is read by the client application, it will read row 1, then 2, @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ the datasource will only be available to the user who configured the DSN. Under Unix, iODBC is used for implementation of the ODBC API. To compile the wxODBC classes, you must first obtain iODBC from \urlref{http://www.iodbc.org}{www.iodbc.org} and install it. -(Note: wxWindows currently includes a version of iODBC.) Then you must create the file "~/.odbc.ini" (or optionally create +(Note: wxWidgets currently includes a version of iODBC.) Then you must create the file "~/.odbc.ini" (or optionally create "/etc/odbc.ini" for access for all users on the system). This file contains the settings for your system/datasource. Below is an example section of a odbc.ini file for use with the "samples/db" sample program using MySQL: @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ odbc.ini file for use with the "samples/db" sample program using MySQL: \subsection{wxODBC - Compiling}\label{wxodbccompiling} -The wxWindows setup.h file has several settings in it pertaining to compiling +The wxWidgets setup.h file has several settings in it pertaining to compiling the wxODBC classes. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ either the \helpref{wxDbGetConnection}{wxdbfunctions} or \helpref{wxDb constructor}{wxdbconstr}. The default is 1.} \twocolitem{wxODBC\_BACKWARD\_COMPATABILITY}{Between v2.0 and 2.2, massive renaming efforts were done to the ODBC classes to get naming conventions -similar to those used throughout wxWindows, as well as to preface all wxODBC +similar to those used throughout wxWidgets, as well as to preface all wxODBC classes names and functions with a wxDb preface. Because this renaming would affect applications written using the v2.0 names, this compile-time directive was added to allow those programs written for v2.0 to still compile using the @@ -288,11 +288,9 @@ is 0.} You are required to include the "odbc32.lib" provided by your compiler vendor in the list of external libraries to be linked in. If using the makefiles -supplied with wxWindows, this library should already be included for use with +supplied with wxWidgets, this library should already be included for use with makefile.b32, makefile.vc, and makefile.g95. -You cannot compile the wxODBC classes under Win16 - sorry. - \normalbox{MORE TO COME} {\it Under Unix} @@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ Authorization string (password). A fourth piece of information, a default directory indicating where the data file is stored, is required for Text and dBase drivers for ODBC. -The wxWindows data class wxDbConnectInf exists for holding all of these +The wxWidgets data class wxDbConnectInf exists for holding all of these values, plus some others that may be desired. The 'Henv' member is the environment handle used to access memory for use by the @@ -498,7 +496,7 @@ One final note on creating a connection. When a connection is created, it will default to only allowing cursor scrolling to be either forward only, or both backward and forward scrolling. The default behavior is determined by the setting {\tt wxODBC\_FWD\_ONLY\_CURSORS} in setup.h when you -compile the wxWindows library. The library default is to only support +compile the wxWidgets library. The library default is to only support forward scrolling cursors only, though this can be overridden by parameters for wxDb() constructor or the \helpref{wxDbGetConnection}{wxdbfunctions} function. All datasources and ODBC drivers must support forward scrolling @@ -559,7 +557,7 @@ can specify anywhere from one column up to all columns in the table. \begin{verbatim} table->SetColDefs(0, "FIRST_NAME", DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, FirstName, - SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(name), true, true); + SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(FirstName), true, true); table->SetColDefs(1, "LAST_NAME", DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, LastName, SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(LastName), true, true); \end{verbatim} @@ -828,7 +826,7 @@ connections still using the handle.} \subsection{wxODBC - Known Issues}\label{wxodbcknownissues} -As with creating wxWindows, writing the wxODBC classes was not the simple +As with creating wxWidgets, writing the wxODBC classes was not the simple task of writing an application to run on a single type of computer system. The classes need to be cross-platform for different operating systems, and they also needed to take in to account different database manufacturers and @@ -897,7 +895,7 @@ functionality as the driver can emulate. \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt \item If a column is part of the Primary Key, the column cannot be NULL. \item Cannot support selecting for update [\helpref{wxDbTable::CanSelectForUpdate}{wxdbtablecanselectforupdate}]. Always returns false. -\item Columns that are part of primary or secondary keys must be defined as being NOT NULL when they are created. Some code is added in \helpref{wxDbTable::CreateIndex}{wxdbtablecreateindex} to try to adjust the column definition if it is not defined correctly, but it is experimental (as of wxWindows v2.2.1) +\item Columns that are part of primary or secondary keys must be defined as being NOT NULL when they are created. Some code is added in \helpref{wxDbTable::CreateIndex}{wxdbtablecreateindex} to try to adjust the column definition if it is not defined correctly, but it is experimental (as of wxWidgets v2.2.1) \item Does not support sub-queries in SQL statements \end{itemize} @@ -922,111 +920,207 @@ report the bugs/problems you have encountered in the latter case. Simplest example of establishing/opening a connection to an ODBC datasource, binding variables to the columns for read/write usage, opening an -existing table in the datasource, setting the query parameters +existing table in the datasource, inserting a record, setting query parameters (where/orderBy/from), querying the datasource, reading each row of the -result set, then cleaning up. +result set, deleting a record, releasing the connection, then cleaning up. -NOTE: Not all error trapping is shown here, to reduce the size of the -code and to make it more easily readable. +NOTE: Very basic error handling is shown here, to reduce the size of the +code and to make it more easily readable. The HandleError() function uses the wxDbLogExtendedErrorMsg() function for retrieving database error messages. \begin{verbatim} -wxDbConnectInf *DbConnectInf = NULL; +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// HEADERS +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +#include "wx/log.h" // #included to enable output of messages only +#include "wx/dbtable.h" + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// FUNCTION USED FOR HANDLING/DISPLAYING ERRORS +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Very generic error handling function. +// If a connection to the database is passed in, then we retrieve all the +// database errors for the connection and add them to the displayed message +int HandleError(wxString errmsg, wxDb *pDb=NULL) +{ + // Retrieve all the error message for the errors that occurred + wxString allErrors; + if (!pDb == NULL) + // Get the database errors and append them to the error message + allErrors = wxDbLogExtendedErrorMsg(errmsg.c_str(), pDb, 0, 0); + else + allErrors = errmsg; + + // Do whatever you wish with the error message here + // wxLogDebug() is called inside wxDbLogExtendedErrorMsg() so this + // console program will show the errors in the console window, + // but these lines will show the errors in RELEASE builds also + wxFprintf(stderr, wxT("\n%s\n"), allErrors.c_str()); + fflush(stderr); + + return 1; +} -wxDb *db = NULL; // The database connection -wxDbTable *table = NULL; // The data table to access -wxChar FirstName[50+1]; // buffer for data from column "FIRST_NAME" -wxChar LastName[50+1]; // buffer for data from column "LAST_NAME" +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// entry point +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +int main(int argc, char **argv) +{ +wxDbConnectInf *DbConnectInf = NULL; // DB connection information -bool errorOccured = false; +wxDb *db = NULL; // Database connection -const wxChar tableName[] = "CONTACTS"; -const UWORD numTableColumns = 2; // Number of bound columns +wxDbTable *table = NULL; // Data table to access +const wxChar tableName[] = wxT("USERS"); // Name of database table +const UWORD numTableColumns = 2; // Number table columns +wxChar FirstName[50+1]; // column data: "FIRST_NAME" +wxChar LastName[50+1]; // column data: "LAST_NAME" -FirstName[0] = 0; -LastName[0] = 0; +wxString msg; // Used for display messages -DbConnectInf = new wxDbConnectInf(NULL,"MyDSN","MyUserName", "MyPassword"); +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// DEFINE THE CONNECTION HANDLE FOR THE DATABASE +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +DbConnectInf = new wxDbConnectInf(NULL, + wxT("CONTACTS-SqlServer"), + wxT("sa"), + wxT("abk")); +// Error checking.... if (!DbConnectInf || !DbConnectInf->GetHenv()) { - wxMessageBox("Unable to allocate an ODBC environment handle", - "DB CONNECTION ERROR", wxOK | wxICON_EXCLAMATION); - return; -} + return HandleError(wxT("DB ENV ERROR: Cannot allocate ODBC env handle")); +} -// Get a database connection from the cached connections + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// GET A DATABASE CONNECTION +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- db = wxDbGetConnection(DbConnectInf); -// Create the table connection -table = new wxDbTable(db, tableName, numTableColumns, "", - !wxDB_QUERY_ONLY, ""); +if (!db) +{ + return HandleError(wxT("CONNECTION ERROR - Cannot get DB connection")); +} + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// DEFINE THE TABLE, AND THE COLUMNS THAT WILL BE ACCESSED +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +table = new wxDbTable(db, tableName, numTableColumns, wxT(""), + !wxDB_QUERY_ONLY, wxT("")); // // Bind the columns that you wish to retrieve. Note that there must be -// 'numTableColumns' calls to SetColDefs(), to match the wxDbTable definition +// 'numTableColumns' calls to SetColDefs(), to match the wxDbTable def // // Not all columns need to be bound, only columns whose values are to be // returned back to the client. // -table->SetColDefs(0, "FIRST_NAME", DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, FirstName, - SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(name), true, true); -table->SetColDefs(1, "LAST_NAME", DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, LastName, - SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(LastName), true, true); +table->SetColDefs(0, wxT("FIRST_NAME"), DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, FirstName, + SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(FirstName), true, true); +table->SetColDefs(1, wxT("LAST_NAME"), DB_DATA_TYPE_VARCHAR, LastName, + SQL_C_CHAR, sizeof(LastName), true, true); -// Open the table for access -table->Open(); -// Set the WHERE clause to limit the result set to only -// return all rows that have a value of 'GEORGE' in the -// FIRST_NAME column of the table. -table->SetWhereClause("FIRST_NAME = 'GEORGE'"); +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// CREATE (or RECREATE) THE TABLE IN THE DATABASE +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +if (!table->CreateTable(true)) //NOTE: No CommitTrans is required +{ + return HandleError(wxT("TABLE CREATION ERROR: "), table->GetDb()); +} + + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// OPEN THE TABLE FOR ACCESS +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +if (!table->Open()) +{ + return HandleError(wxT("TABLE OPEN ERROR: "), table->GetDb()); +} + + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// INSERT A NEW ROW INTO THE TABLE +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +wxStrcpy(FirstName, wxT("JULIAN")); +wxStrcpy(LastName, wxT("SMART")); +if (!table->Insert()) +{ + return HandleError(wxT("INSERTION ERROR: "), table->GetDb()); +} + +// Must commit the insert to write the data to the DB +table->GetDb()->CommitTrans(); + + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// RETRIEVE ROWS FROM THE TABLE BASED ON SUPPLIED CRITERIA +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Set the WHERE clause to limit the result set to return +// all rows that have a value of 'JULIAN' in the FIRST_NAME +// column of the table. +table->SetWhereClause(wxT("FIRST_NAME = 'JULIAN'")); // Result set will be sorted in ascending alphabetical // order on the data in the 'LAST_NAME' column of each row -table->SetOrderByClause("LAST_NAME"); +table->SetOrderByClause(wxT("LAST_NAME")); // No other tables (joins) are used for this query -table->SetFromClause(""); +table->SetFromClause(wxT("")); // Instruct the datasource to perform a query based on the // criteria specified above in the where/orderBy/from clauses. if (!table->Query()) { - wxMessageBox("Error on Query()","ERROR!", - wxOK | wxICON_EXCLAMATION); - errorOccured = true; + return HandleError(wxT("QUERY ERROR: "), table->GetDb()); } -wxString msg; - -// Start and continue reading every record in the table -// displaying info about each record read. +// Loop through all rows matching the query criteria until +// there are no more records to read while (table->GetNext()) { - msg.Printf("Row #%lu -- First Name : %s Last Name is %s", - table->GetRowNum(), FirstName, LastName); - wxMessageBox(msg, "Data", wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION, NULL); + msg.Printf(wxT("Row #%lu -- First Name : %s Last Name is %s"), + table->GetRowNum(), FirstName, LastName); + + // Code to display 'msg' here + wxLogMessage(wxT("\n%s\n"), msg.c_str()); } -// If the wxDbTable instance was successfully created -// then delete it as I am done with it now. -if (table) + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// DELETE A ROW FROM THE TABLE +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Select the row which has FIRST_NAME of 'JULIAN' and LAST_NAME +// of 'SMART', then delete the retrieved row +// +if (!table->DeleteWhere(wxT("FIRST_NAME = 'JULIAN' and LAST_NAME = 'SMART'"))) { - delete table; - table = NULL; + return HandleError(wxT("DELETION ERROR: "), table->GetDb()); } + +// Must commit the deletion to the database +table->GetDb()->CommitTrans(); -// If we have a valid wxDb instance, then free the connection + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// TAKE CARE OF THE ODBC CLASS INSTANCES THAT WERE BEING USED +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// If the wxDbTable instance was successfully created +// then delete it as we are done with it now. +wxDELETE(table); + +// Free the cached connection // (meaning release it back in to the cache of datasource // connections) for the next time a call to wxDbGetConnection() // is made. -if (db) -{ - wxDbFreeConnection(db); - db = NULL; -} +wxDbFreeConnection(db); +db = NULL; + +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// CLEANUP BEFORE EXITING APP +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // The program is now ending, so we need to close // any cached connections that are still being // maintained. @@ -1034,8 +1128,13 @@ wxDbCloseConnections(); // Release the environment handle that was created // for use with the ODBC datasource connections -delete DbConnectInf; +wxDELETE(DbConnectInf); +wxUnusedVar(argc); // Here just to prevent compiler warnings +wxUnusedVar(argv); // Here just to prevent compiler warnings + +return 0; +} \end{verbatim} \subsection{A selection of SQL commands}\label{sqlcommands}