Latest Misc. Articles

SQLiteTbl, a C++ Class that Provides a CRecordSet-Like Interface to SQLite

By Brad Kremer - Published 12/05/2008

Explore a CRecordSet-like interface to a SQLite database table.

Create MySQL 5.1 Storage Engine Plugins Under Win32

By Ludwig Ertl - Published 11/15/2007

A MySQL Storage engine requires functions that MySQL provides. Therefore, you normally need to link it into mysqld-core under Windows because mysqld.exe doesn't export all required functions (because it's an .exe, not a .dll). So, you're unable to import the required functions in our Plugin. Learn a possible way to circumvent this limitation by using the .map files that are provided with MySQL.

Visual FoxPro: Its Day Has Finally Come

By Bradley Jones - Published 03/14/2007

If you thought the end of Visual FoxPro had already happened, then you are wrong. Its end is now.

News: Don't Embed That Database!

By Bradley Jones - Published 11/09/2006

Did you replace MSDE with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition? Did you make the wrong move?

MySQL UDFs

By Philipp Simon - Published 09/19/2006

Learn how to extend MySQL with your own functions in C/C++.

User-Defined Functions: Powerful Alternatives to Views and Stored Procedures

By Jeffrey Juday - Published 04/14/2006

Table-valued user-defined functions (UDFs) are functionally similar to views but structurally similar to stored procedures, giving them all the important features of views and stored procedures and some additional functionality that they lack.