Koen Deforche wrote: > I wouldn't do that, but I would define the life-time of the returned > value to be valid as long as the statement is not reset or the next > row of data is not fetched.
Hi, Perhaps the solution is to define an abstract blob type that the back end's can return, thereby allowing vector<unsigned char> and void * (or any other arbitrary type) to be implemented using the same back end methods ? Graeme Gill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What are its payoffs and pitfalls? http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51425149/ _______________________________________________ witty-interest mailing list witty-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/witty-interest