RE: [Dev-C++] Question about structs...

[Louis G. <lg...@ya...>]

Marc and Per:

Thanks for the dialog from both of you. As a C++ newbie I learned new
ideas about C++ database setup from your discussion of Rob's problem

 
--- Rob Peacock <py...@ea...> wrote:
> At 05:07 PM 10/23/02 +0200, Per Westermark wrote:
> >Well, Rob's original code snippet was strict C, so any use of templates
> >and classes might be outside the scope :-)
> 
> For this project, I would like to keep it as close to ANSI C as possible
> because I know more about C than C++ and I will be attempting to port it
> for use on a Mac as well.
> 
> >Template-based code with multiple sort orders normally requires a
> >smart-pointer implementation, which isn't trivial.
> 
> Since I am fairly new at this, I would like to keep it as simple as
> possible. Maybe after I get more experience I will improve on what I
> already have working. As it is, I already have a challenge ahead of me
> determining how to talk directly to my custom hardware via the serial
> port
> in NT. (Mac is easy by comparison - a couple of calls to the
> Pascal-based
> toolbox.)
> 
> >So in this case, a truly general application should probably store the
> >data in a MySQL database instead, but such a solution is clearly out of
> >scope of the original question...
> 
> If I knew how to interface my program with MySQL, I would certainly do
> it.
> Unfortunately, the only way I know how to interface with MySQL is via
> Apache for building web sites :)
> 
> >/Per W
> 
> >On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Marc Heiligers wrote:
> >> Ultimately , I would prefer to use a CString class for name and other
> string
> >> type properties. Also use TCHAR instead of char, etc. etc. etc.
> CString
> >> classes generally have a copy constructor so the result of GetName()
> would
> >> not be able to change the value in the instance.
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I appreciate your detailed help. It is the attention to details, and the
> use of examples, that helps people learn and understand. Unfortunately,
> I
> am smart enough to realize that most everything you said went clear over
> my
> head :(
> 
> Thank you very much for the assistance.
> 
> Per,
> 
> Once again you have given me something to think about with the MySQL. As
> my
> C instructor once said, there are almost as many ways of doing something
> as
> their are programmers and who is to say who has the 'most correct' way
> of
> solving the problem.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> --->Rob
> 
> 
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