ODB C++ ORM 1.2.0 adds support for Boost, embedded database schemas

[boris kolpackov]

I am pleased to announce the release of ODB 1.2.0.

ODB is an open-source object-relational mapping (ORM) system for C++. It allows you to persist C++ objects to a relational database without having to deal with tables, columns, or SQL and without manually writing any of the mapping code.

Major new features in this release:

* Boost profile providing persistence support for Boost smart pointers, containers, and value types. For example:

#pragma db object
class employee
{
  ...

  boost::gregorian::date born_;
  boost::unordered_set<std::string> emails_;                                      
  boost::shared_ptr<employer> employer_;
};

* Support for embedding the database schema into the generated C++ code, in addition to generating the schema as a standalone SQL file.

* Support for transparent database reconnection.

* Support for handling recoverable exceptions (connection_lost, timeout, and deadlock).

A more detailed discussion of the major new features can be found in the following blog post:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/~boris/blog/2011/03/16/odb-1-2-0-released/

For the complete list of new features in this version see the official release announcement:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/pipermail/odb-announcements/2011/000002.html

ODB is written in portable C++ and you should be able to use it with any modern C++ compiler. In particular, we have tested this release on GNU/Linux (x86/x86-64), Windows (x86/x86-64), Mac OS X, and Solaris (x86/x86-64/SPARC) with GNU g++ 4.2.x-4.5.x, MS Visual C++ 2008 and 2010, and Sun Studio 12.

More information, documentation, source code, and pre-compiled binaries are available from:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/products/odb/

Enjoy,
Boris