The dbixx library is a C++ wrapper for [LibDBI](http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/) C library. It is strongly recommended to read [LibDBI documentation](http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/docs.html) as well. |
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For quick start you may want to read [Introduction to DbiXX](/wikipp/en/page/tut_into_dbixx) |
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## General |
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The major include file of DbiXX library is: |
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#include <dbixx/dbixx.h> |
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All classed are placed inside `dbixx` namespace. In order to link with this library you need to add `-ldbixx` compiler flag. |
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## Classes |
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### Main Classes |
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- [dbixx::session](/wikipp/en/page/ref_dbixx_session) -- the major session object. It holds connection to the library. |
- [dbixx::row](/wikipp/en/page/ref_dbixx_row) -- stores single row of output. |
- [dbixx::result](/wikipp/en/page/ref_dbixx_result) -- stores the output row set of queries. |
- [dbixx::dbixx\_error](/wikipp/en/page/ref_dbixx_error) is thrown in case of different errors. |
- [dbixx::transaction](/wikipp/en/page/ref_dbixx_trans) is the class that allows execution of exception safe transactions. |
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### Auxiliary classes |
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- `dbixx::exec` and `dbixx::null` used for "syntactic sugar" operations. |
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## Other libraries |
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DbiXX was build as useful wrapper for libdbi, however it is not the only library that may provide similar functionality. |
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It is not connected directly for CppCMS functionality, but it was build to be useful for web development. |
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There are another libraries like [SOCI](http://soci.sourceforge.net/) that provide similar functionality. For the record, dbixx had took many ideas from SOCI. |
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If you plan to use any library different from DbiXX I recommend you to take in account following points: |
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1. Does it provide auto-escaping? This is most important feature. It should be straightforward operation. Otherwise, you may be victim of SQL Injections. |
2. Is it exception safe and provides exception safe transactions? |
3. Does it support more then single database? Is this support good enough? |
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In my opinion, there are very important points that should be taken in consideration. |
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The first two are mandatory for web development with CppCMS, the third one would prevent from you vendor lock-in. |
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