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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">
<a name="connection"></a>Connections & commands</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaConnection.html">GdaConnection</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — A connection to a database</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaSqlParser.html">GdaSqlParser</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — SQL parser</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaSqlBuilder.html">GdaSqlBuilder</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Factory object for statements</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaStatement.html">GdaStatement</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Single SQL statement</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="libgda-5.0-GdaRepetitiveStatement.html">GdaRepetitiveStatement</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Execute the same statement several times with different values</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaBatch.html">GdaBatch</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Multiple SQL statements grouped together.</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaHolder.html">GdaHolder</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Container for a single <span class="type">GValue</span></span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaSet.html">GdaSet</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Container for several values</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaConnectionEvent.html">GdaConnectionEvent</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Any event which has occurred on a <span class="type">GdaConnection</span></span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="GdaTransactionStatus.html">GdaTransactionStatus</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Keeps track of the transaction status of a connection</span>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="libgda-5.0-GdaXaTransaction.html">GdaXaTransaction</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Distributed transaction manager</span>
</dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeHead">Description of the data model returned by gda_connection_get_meta_store_data()</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_NAMESPACES">GDA_CONNECTION_META_NAMESPACES</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_TYPES">GDA_CONNECTION_META_TYPES</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_TABLES">GDA_CONNECTION_META_TABLES</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_VIEWS">GDA_CONNECTION_META_VIEWS</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_FIELDS">GDA_CONNECTION_META_FIELDS</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="connection.html#GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_INDEXES">GDA_CONNECTION_META_INDEXES</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
</dl></div>
<p>
The <span class="application">Libgda</span> library allows several connections to databases to be opened at once.
Once a connection (manipulated through the <a class="link" href="GdaConnection.html" title="GdaConnection">GdaConnection</a> object)
has been created and is opened, it is able to proceed <a class="link" href="GdaStatement.html" title="GdaStatement">GdaStatement</a> statements.
</p>
<p>
Each <a class="link" href="GdaStatement.html" title="GdaStatement">GdaStatement</a> can only hold one SQL statement (such as SELECT, INSERT,
CREATE TABLE, BEGIN, etc); statements can be grouped together into <a class="link" href="GdaBatch.html" title="GdaBatch">GdaBatch</a> batches
objects. There are two ways for creating a <a class="link" href="GdaStatement.html" title="GdaStatement">GdaStatement</a> object:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
either by passing an SQL string to a parser (a <a class="link" href="GdaSqlParser.html" title="GdaSqlParser">GdaSqlParser</a>).
</p>
<p>
<span class="application">Libgda</span> unifies the way variables (also known as "placeholders") are defined (because each database type
has its own syntax for doing so); consult the <a class="link" href="GdaSqlParser.html" title="GdaSqlParser">GdaSqlParser</a> object's
documentation for a description of this syntax.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>by building it from its structure: see the
<a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-GdaSqlStatement.html#GdaSqlStatement" title="GdaSqlStatement">GdaSqlStatement</a> for reference.
However keep in mind that this API is meant to be used primarily by database
provider's implementations and for <span class="application">Libgda</span>'s internal usage. A more user friendly
API will be added in the future.
</p></li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
The following schema illustrates how a statement is created and executed:
</p>
<div class="mediaobject"><img src="GdaStatement.png" alt="Statement execution illustrated"></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
As each database implements its own SQL variant (all variants more or less close to the SQL92 or SQL99 standards), the
<span class="application">Libgda</span> library allows one to use either a generic SQL parser, or a parser provided by each database adapter (database
provider), through the <a class="link" href="GdaConnection.html#gda-connection-create-parser" title="gda_connection_create_parser ()">gda_connection_create_parser()</a> method.
</p>
<p>
The following schema illustrates how a statement is executed:
</p>
<div class="mediaobject"><img src="howto-exec.png" alt="Statement execution illustrated"></div>
<p>
</p>
<div class="sect1">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeHead"></a>Description of the data model returned by gda_connection_get_meta_store_data()</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
The <a class="link" href="GdaConnection.html#gda-connection-get-meta-store-data" title="gda_connection_get_meta_store_data ()">gda_connection_get_meta_store_data()</a> method allows
one to get the meta-data information about a database such as its structure (schema). The following table describes
the actual data retrieved by each <a class="link" href="GdaConnection.html#GdaConnectionMetaType" title="enum GdaConnectionMetaType">GdaConnectionMetaType</a> type of request.
</p>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_NAMESPACES"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_NAMESPACES</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists the namespaces (also known as "schemas" by PostgreSQL).
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of the namespace</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.3.4.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 4. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
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<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Namespace name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Namespace owner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_BOOLEAN</td>
<td align="justify">TRUE if this namespace is reserved for internal use by the database</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p><br class="table-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_TYPES"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_TYPES</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists all the data types
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): a type name</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.4.4.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 5. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Type name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Type's associated GType type</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Type's comments</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">3</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Synonyms (separated by commas)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p><br class="table-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_TABLES"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_TABLES</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists the tables which are "visible" without having to specify a schema name.
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of the table</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.5.4.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 6. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Table's name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Namespace in which the table is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Table's complete name (ie. schema name + table name)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">3</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Table owner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">4</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Table's associated comments</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p><br class="table-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_VIEWS"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_VIEWS</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists the views.
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of the view</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.6.4.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 7. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">View's name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Namespace in which the view is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">View's complete name (if the view is not in the default namespace)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">3</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">View owner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">4</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">View's associated comments</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p><br class="table-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_FIELDS"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_FIELDS</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists a table or view's fields
</p>
<p>Mandatory filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of the table or view</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"field_name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of a field</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.7.5.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 8. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Field's name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Field's data type</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Field's GType type</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">3</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_INT</td>
<td align="justify">Field's size</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">4</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_INT</td>
<td align="justify">Field's scale</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">5</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_BOOLEAN</td>
<td align="justify">TRUE if the field does not have a NOT NULL constraint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">6</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Field's default value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">7</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Extra attributes for the field as a comma separated values list of keywords (AUTO_INCREMENT)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p><br class="table-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="GdaConnectionMetaTypeGDA_CONNECTION_META_INDEXES"></a>GDA_CONNECTION_META_INDEXES</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Lists a table's associated indexes
</p>
<p>Mandatory filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of the table</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Optional filter:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>"index_name" (G_TYPE_STRING): the name of an index</p></li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>Columns of the returned data model:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id-1.3.6.17.8.5.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9. </b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th align="justify">Column #</th>
<th align="justify">Type</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="justify">0</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Table's name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">1</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Namespace in which the table is</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">2</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Index's name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">3</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Column's name involved in the index</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">4</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_INT</td>
<td align="justify">Sequence order</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="justify">5</td>
<td align="justify">G_TYPE_STRING</td>
<td align="justify">Index's type</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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