11 Nov
2013
11 Nov
'13
5:39 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Roland Bock
Result rows are currently to be returned from the connector's result object as const char**, see database_api/api.h.
IIRC, when debate was taking place on whether SOCI should be accepted, there was concern regarding the lack of binary format communications between the client and server. Adding a binary communications layer to SOCI was non-trivial at the time. How hard would it be to use binary transports? (when available, of course) In performance critical scenarios, this is a major benefit. Rodrigo Madera