I’m looking for a C++ libraries that can work with Visual Studio 2008/2010, but not MS-SQL. Since MySql is the first database application that I used, it would be much helpful if it also can work with MySql. I had a bad experience with setting up MySqlConnector in Visual Studio. It was such a nightmare, it was so difficult to set up the environment. The reason that I like Visual Studio because of Visual Assist and ViEmu. I feel very unproductive without these two tools. So my priority will follow this order:
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0. Cross platform, not specific to Windows. ( I only like Visual Studio not MS )
1. Easy to set up with Visual Studio.
2. Has similar design to STL C++. I’m a fan of STL C++.
3. Light weight since I’m still a student, and I only want to experiment.
Thanks,
Chan
If MySQL is what you are familiar with, then perhaps you should use MySQL++. The FAQ section discusses using it on VC++.
It seems to fit all your requirements except possibly “Easy to set up with Visual Studio” since that is entirely subjective, but download the code – compile the code – link the code seems fairly straightforward to me.