DatasourceProvider Namespace Reference

The DatasourceProvider namespace contains all the objects in the DatasourceProvider module. More...

Functions
*hash< string, string >	get_ds_hash (*bool verbose)
	Returns all datasource supported with their connection strings prefixed by "db://".
string	get_ds_string (string str, *bool verbose)
	Returns a datasource connection string.

Detailed Description

The DatasourceProvider namespace contains all the objects in the DatasourceProvider module.

Function Documentation

get_ds_string()

string DatasourceProvider::get_ds_string	(	string	str,
		*bool	verbose
	)

Returns a datasource connection string.

Example:

string connstr = get_ds_string(str);

Parameters

str	the identifier or datasource connection string
verbose	display datasource provider module errors on stdout (otherwise errors are ignored)

Returns

the datasource connection string

Exceptions

DATASOURCE-ERROR

the connection string cannot be matched as an external datasource identifier by a datasource provider module and there is no driver specification in the string (ex: "driver:...")

Note

• datasource provider modules are processed in the order they are declared with the QORE_DATASOURCE_PROVIDERS environment variable; datasource provider modules must be separated with PathSep characters
• no database connection is attempted with this function call

See also

Datasource Provider Modules