For the last couple of days, I've been programming in C++ using the MySQL C API. I'm helping a professor create "solution programs" to a book he is writing. Contrary to what I was expecting, the API is very straightforward and easy to use. I'm not sure why I was expecting database programming in C to be a horrendous nightmare, but it turns out it isn't so bad. Don't get me wrong, I prefer DB programming in Perl or Java any day of the week, but I found the C API to be quite tractible. I suppose C++ features like "string" help make it less hairy.
Posted by enigma at January 28, 2004 03:14 PM