Dealing with SQL/ODBC

[TheNavigator]

Hi there guys. I'm an algorithm C/C++ coder. I'm currently developing an application that's much wider than the algorithm zone. I require having a connection between the app and SQL or some sort of property lists (I got that from Objective-C. I'm an Objective-C developer).

As I worked before with servers, I've always known that SQL is extreme better in speed and efficiency. I've got 2 ways to get this working. The first way is to implement it through C++, and the second way to make an Objective-C library that C++ can implement. I've searched for it and I guess that C++ implementation for SQL is better.

I googled C++ ODBC. I've found really complicated and hard-to-read tutorials, but the best thing I found was here.

http://simpledb.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html

The point is, I still don't understand where do we specify the file directory and what are those lines

SimpleDB::IntColumn intCol;
SimpleDB::Column * columns[1] = {&intCol};
query.bind(columns, 1);

What is the bind function/method responsible for and why does it take columns, 1 as the arguments?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[kbw]

the file directory

?

The DB Connection details are in the ODBC Connection String.

[TheNavigator]

Sorry but what's that?

[kbw]

It's the string you pass to the ODBC driver that tells it how to connect to the database. I just found this which you might find useful.
http://www.connectionstrings.com/