\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}}{Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirTraverser}{wxdirtraverser}}{Class used together with wxDir for recursively enumerating the files/subdirectories}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}}{Low-level file input/output class.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file}
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}}{Class implementing tooltips}
\end{twocollist}
+{\large {\bf Database classes}}
+
+\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
+
+wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
+product. The new version by Remstar, known as wxODBC, is more powerful,
+portable, flexible and better supported, so please use the classes below for
+working with databases:
+
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDb}{wxdb}}{ODBC database connection}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable}}{Provides access to a database table}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbInf}{wxdbinf}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTableInf}{wxdbtableinf}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDef}{wxdbcoldef}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColInf}{wxdbcolinf}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDatatr}{wxdbcoldatatr}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColFor}{wxdbcolfor}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbConnectInf}{wxdbconnectinf}}{}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbIdxDef}{wxdbidxdef}}{}
+\end{twocollist}
+
+The documentation for the older classes is still included, but you should avoid
+using any of them in the new programs:
+
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
+\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
+\end{twocollist}
+
{\large {\bf Miscellaneous}}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQuantize}{wxquantize}}{Class to perform quantization, or colour reduction}
\end{twocollist}
-{\large {\bf Database classes}}
-
-\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
-
-wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
-product. The new version by Remstar is documented in a separate manual.
-The older classes are as follows:
-
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
-\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
-\end{twocollist}
-
\item INFORMIX
\item VIRTUOSO
\item DB2
+\item Interbase
+\item Pervasive SQL
\end{itemize}
An up-to-date list can be obtained by looking in the comments of the function
the wxODBC classes.
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{wxUSE_ODBC}{This must be set to 1 in order for the compiler to
+\twocolitem{wxUSE\_ODBC}{This must be set to 1 in order for the compiler to
compile the wxODBC classes. Without setting this to 1, there will be no
access to any of the wxODBC classes. The default is 0.}
-\twocolitem{wxODBC_FWD_ONLY_CURSORS}{When a new database connection is
+\twocolitem{wxODBC\_FWD\_ONLY\_CURSORS}{When a new database connection is
requested, this setting controls the default of whether the connection allows
only forward scrolling cursors, or forward and backward scrolling cursors
(see the section in "WHERE TO START" on cursors for more information on
cursors). This default can be overridden by passing a second parameter to
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
+\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
classes names and functions with a wxDb preface. Because this renaming would
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 cursors. The default behavior is
-determined by the setting "wxODBC_FWD_ONLY_CURSORS" in setup.h when you
+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
forward scrolling cursors only, though this can be overridden by parameters
for wxDb() constructor or the \helpref{wxDbGetConnection}{wxdbfunctions}
Each of the above parameters are described in detail in the wxDbTable
class' description, but one special note here about the fifth
parameter - queryOnly setting. If a wxDbTable instance is created as
-wxDB_QUERY_ONLY, then no inserts/deletes/updates are able to be performed
+{\tt wxDB\_QUERY\_ONLY}, then no inserts/deletes/updates are able to be performed
using this instance of the wxDbTable. Any calls to \helpref{wxDb::CommitTrans}{wxdbcommittrans}
or \helpref{wxDb::RollbackTrans}{wxdbrollbacktrans} against the datasource
connection used by this wxDbTable instance are ignored by this instance. If
-the wxDbTable instance is created with "!wxDB_QUERY_ONLY" as shown above,
+the wxDbTable instance is created with {\tt !wxDB\_QUERY\_ONLY} as shown above,
then all the cursors and other overhead associated with being able to
insert/update/delete data in the table are created, and thereby those
operations can then be performed against the associated table with this
It is not necessary to define column definitions for columns whose data is
not going to be returned to the client. For example, if you want to query
the datasource for all users with a first name of 'GEORGE', but you only want
-the list of last names associated with those rows (why return the FIRST_NAME
+the list of last names associated with those rows (why return the FIRST\_NAME
column every time when you already know it is 'GEORGE'), you would only have
needed to define one column above.
connected user has at least SELECT privileges for accessing the table,
setting up the requisite cursors, binding columns and cursors, and
constructing the default INSERT statement that is used when a new row is
-inserted into the table (non-wxDB_QUERY_ONLY tables only).
+inserted into the table (non-wxDB\_QUERY\_ONLY tables only).
\begin{verbatim}
if (!table->Open())
\end{verbatim}
The above lines will be used to tell the datasource to return in the result
-all the rows in the table whose column "FIRST_NAME" contains the name
+all the rows in the table whose column "FIRST\_NAME" contains the name
'GEORGE' (note the required use of the single quote around the string
literal) and that the result set will return the rows sorted by ascending
last names (ascending is the default, and can be overridden with the
-"DESC" keyword for datasources that support it - "LAST_NAME DESC").
+"DESC" keyword for datasources that support it - "LAST\_NAME DESC").
Specifying a blank WHERE clause will result in the result set containing
all rows in the datasource.
functionality as the driver can emulate.
\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item Does not support the SQL_TIMESTAMP structure
+\item Does not support the SQL\_TIMESTAMP structure
\item Supports only one cursor and one connect (apparently? with Microsoft driver only?)
\item Does not automatically create the primary index if the 'keyField' param of SetColDef is TRUE. The user must create ALL indexes from their program with calls to \helpref{wxDbTable::CreateIndex}{wxdbtablecreateindex}
\item Table names can only be 8 characters long
\item Maximum row size is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1920 bytes
\end{itemize}
-{\it MY_SQL}
+{\it mySQL}
\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.
{\bf UNICODE with wxODBC classes}
-Currently there is no support for Unicode with the wxODBC classes. In
-fact, Unicode builds must be disabled if wxWindows is compiled with
-wxUSE_ODBC set to 1 in setup.h
-
+The ODBC classes support for Unicode is yet in early experimental stage and
+hasn't been tested extensively. It might work for you or it might not: please
+report the bugs/problems you have encountered in the latter case.
\subsection{wxODBC - Sample Code #1}\label{wxodbcsamplecode1}
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