QSqlDriver Class Reference
[sql module]
The QSqlDriver class is an abstract base class for accessing
SQL databases.
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#include <qsqldriver.h>
Inherits QObject.
List of all member functions.
Public Members
enum
DriverFeature { Transactions, QuerySize, BLOB, Unicode, PreparedQueries, NamedPlaceholders, PositionalPlaceholders }
QSqlDriver ( QObject * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
virtual QStringList
tables ( const QString & user ) const
virtual QSqlIndex
primaryIndex ( const QString & tableName ) const
virtual QSqlRecord
record ( const QString & tableName ) const
virtual QSqlRecord
record ( const QSqlQuery & query ) const
virtual QSqlRecordInfo
recordInfo ( const QString & tablename ) const
virtual QSqlRecordInfo
recordInfo ( const QSqlQuery & query ) const
virtual QString
formatValue ( const QSqlField * field, bool trimStrings = FALSE ) const
virtual bool
hasFeature ( DriverFeature f ) const = 0
virtual bool
open ( const QString & db, const QString & user = QString::null, const QString & password = QString::null, const QString & host = QString::null, int port = -1 ) = 0
virtual void
close () = 0
Protected Members
Detailed Description
The QSqlDriver class is an abstract base class for accessing
SQL databases.
This class should not be used directly. Use QSqlDatabase instead.
See also Database Classes.
Member Type Documentation
QSqlDriver::DriverFeature
This enum contains a list of features a driver may support. Use
hasFeature() to query whether a feature is supported or not.
- QSqlDriver::Transactions - whether the driver supports SQL transactions
- QSqlDriver::QuerySize - whether the database is capable of reporting the size
of a query. Note that some databases do not support returning the size
(i.e. number of rows returned) of a query, in which case
QSqlQuery::size() will return -1
- QSqlDriver::BLOB - whether the driver supports Binary Large Object fields
- QSqlDriver::Unicode - whether the driver supports Unicode strings if the
database server does
- QSqlDriver::PreparedQueries - whether the driver supports prepared query execution
- QSqlDriver::NamedPlaceholders - whether the driver supports usage of named placeholders
- QSqlDriver::PositionalPlaceholders - whether the driver supports usage of positional placeholders
More information about supported features can be found in the
Qt SQL driver documentation.
See also hasFeature().
Member Function Documentation
QSqlDriver::QSqlDriver ( QObject * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
Default constructor. Creates a new driver with parent parent,
called name.
QSqlDriver::~QSqlDriver ()
Destroys the object and frees any allocated resources.
bool QSqlDriver::beginTransaction () [virtual]
Protected function which derived classes can reimplement to begin
a transaction. If successful, return TRUE, otherwise return FALSE.
The default implementation returns FALSE.
See also commitTransaction() and rollbackTransaction().
void QSqlDriver::close () [pure virtual]
Derived classes must reimplement this abstract virtual function in
order to close the database connection. Return TRUE on success,
FALSE on failure.
See also setOpen().
bool QSqlDriver::commitTransaction () [virtual]
Protected function which derived classes can reimplement to commit
a transaction. If successful, return TRUE, otherwise return FALSE.
The default implementation returns FALSE.
See also beginTransaction() and rollbackTransaction().
QSqlQuery QSqlDriver::createQuery () const [pure virtual]
Creates an empty SQL result on the database. Derived classes must
reimplement this function and return a QSqlQuery object
appropriate for their database to the caller.
QString QSqlDriver::formatValue ( const QSqlField * field, bool trimStrings = FALSE ) const [virtual]
Returns a string representation of the field value for the
database. This is used, for example, when constructing INSERT and
UPDATE statements.
The default implementation returns the value formatted as a string
according to the following rules:
- If field is NULL, nullText() is returned.
- If field is character data, the value is returned enclosed
in single quotation marks, which is appropriate for many SQL
databases. Any embedded single-quote characters are escaped
(replaced with two single-quote characters). If trimStrings is
TRUE (the default is FALSE), all trailing whitespace is trimmed
from the field.
- If field is date/time data, the value is formatted in ISO
format and enclosed in single quotation marks. If the date/time
data is invalid, nullText() is returned.
- If field is bytearray data, and the driver can edit binary
fields, the value is formatted as a hexadecimal string.
- For any other field type toString() will be called on its value
and the result returned.
See also QVariant::toString().
bool QSqlDriver::hasFeature ( DriverFeature f ) const [pure virtual]
Returns TRUE if the driver supports feature f; otherwise
returns FALSE.
Note that some databases need to be open() before this can be
determined.
See also DriverFeature.
bool QSqlDriver::isOpen () const
Returns TRUE if the database connection is open; otherwise returns
FALSE.
bool QSqlDriver::isOpenError () const
Returns TRUE if the there was an error opening the database
connection; otherwise returns FALSE.
QSqlError QSqlDriver::lastError () const
Returns a QSqlError object which contains information about the
last error that occurred on the database.
QString QSqlDriver::nullText () const [virtual]
Returns a string representation of the NULL value for the
database. This is used, for example, when constructing INSERT and
UPDATE statements. The default implementation returns the string
"NULL".
bool QSqlDriver::open ( const QString & db, const QString & user = QString::null, const QString & password = QString::null, const QString & host = QString::null, int port = -1 ) [pure virtual]
Derived classes must reimplement this abstract virtual function in
order to open a database connection on database db, using user
name user, password password, host host and port port.
The function must return TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.
See also setOpen().
QSqlIndex QSqlDriver::primaryIndex ( const QString & tableName ) const [virtual]
Returns the primary index for table tableName. Returns an empty
QSqlIndex if the table doesn't have a primary index. The default
implementation returns an empty index.
QSqlRecord QSqlDriver::record ( const QString & tableName ) const [virtual]
Returns a QSqlRecord populated with the names of the fields in
table tableName. If no such table exists, an empty record is
returned. The default implementation returns an empty record.
QSqlRecord QSqlDriver::record ( const QSqlQuery & query ) const [virtual]
This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
Returns a QSqlRecord populated with the names of the fields in the
SQL query. The default implementation returns an empty record.
QSqlRecordInfo QSqlDriver::recordInfo ( const QString & tablename ) const [virtual]
Returns a QSqlRecordInfo object with meta data about the table tablename.
QSqlRecordInfo QSqlDriver::recordInfo ( const QSqlQuery & query ) const [virtual]
This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
Returns a QSqlRecordInfo object with meta data for the QSqlQuery
query. Note that this overloaded function may return less
information than the recordInfo() function which takes the name of
a table as parameter.
bool QSqlDriver::rollbackTransaction () [virtual]
Protected function which derived classes can reimplement to
rollback a transaction. If successful, return TRUE, otherwise
return FALSE. The default implementation returns FALSE.
See also beginTransaction() and commitTransaction().
void QSqlDriver::setLastError ( const QSqlError & e ) [virtual protected]
Protected function which allows derived classes to set the value
of the last error, e, that occurred on the database.
See also lastError().
void QSqlDriver::setOpen ( bool o ) [virtual protected]
Protected function which sets the open state of the database to o. Derived classes can use this function to report the status of
open().
See also open() and setOpenError().
void QSqlDriver::setOpenError ( bool e ) [virtual protected]
Protected function which sets the open error state of the database
to e. Derived classes can use this function to report the
status of open(). Note that if e is TRUE the open state of the
database is set to closed (i.e. isOpen() returns FALSE).
See also open().
QStringList QSqlDriver::tables ( const QString & user ) const [virtual]
Returns a list of tables in the database. The default
implementation returns an empty list.
Currently the user argument is unused.
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