João Henrique Freitas writes: > char *dbi_get_value(dbi_result *result, int row_number, unsigned int > column_number); > > int dbi_bind_value(dbi_result *result, int row_number, unsigned int > column_number, char *value); >
I'd prefer to model these functions after the existing interface. The names are open for discussion (the f prefix means "force"), but in terms of the functionality I thought about something like: char* dbi_result_fget_string_copy(dbi_result Result, const char* fieldname); char* dbi_result_fget_string_copy_idx(dbi_result Result, unsigned int fieldidx); int dbi_result_fbind_string_copy(dbi_result Result, const char* fieldname, char** bindto); These resemble the dbi_result_get_string_copy() et al. functions. As all values which are not strings will have to be provided in an allocated buffer anyway, this seems the most logical approach to such a function. Obviously, the calling function has to free the returned buffer eventually. In addition, I'd suggest another group of functions that retrieves integers regardless of the storage type: long long dbi_result_fget_longlong(dbi_result Result, const char* filename); long long dbi_result_fget_longlong_idx(dbi_result Result, unsigned int fieldidx); int dbi_result_fbind_longlong(dbi_result Result, const char* fieldname, long long* bindto); These functions would convert and return all numerical values (integers, floats, datetime, even strings if they happen to contain a number) as long long integers which the calling function can cast to whatever it needs. Let me know if that would meet your needs. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Spam-protected email: replace the quadrupeds with "mhoenicka") http://www.mhoenicka.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users
