GNOME Data Access manual

Michael Lausch

Rodrigo Moya

Vivien Malerba

Sean Allen

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Table of Contents
Introduction
libgda architecture
Installation
Introduction
Installing
Configuring
Configuration for development
Configuration for accessing a database
Provider's specific information
libgda API Reference
libgda -- Library initialization
GdaBatch -- Batch command execution
GdaClient -- Database client access
gda-command -- Functions that deal with GdaCommand.
gda-config -- Access/Management of libgda configuration
GdaConnection -- Management of connections to data sources
GdaDataModelArray -- Array model class
GdaDataModelHash -- An implementation of GdaDataModel based on a hash table.
GdaDataModelList -- List model class
GdaDataModel -- Basic data model class
GdaError -- Functions for managing errors
GdaExport -- Exporting of databases
gda-field -- Management of database fields
gda-log -- Log functions
gda-parameter -- Functions to manage parameters
gda-quark-list -- Quark lists (lists of KEY=VALUE's)
gda-row -- Functions for accesing GdaRow.
GdaSelect -- 
GdaServerProvider -- Base class for implementing new providers
GdaTable -- An in-memory representation of a database table
gda-util -- Utility functions
gda-value -- Functions for accesing GdaValue.
GdaXmlConnection -- 
GdaXmlDatabase -- XML database representation (used for import/export and in the default provider)
GdaXmlDocument -- Base class for XML document management
GDA Providers
The GdaServerProvider class
XML Queries
GdaXqlAtom -- 
GdaXqlBin -- 
GdaXqlColumn -- 
GdaXqlConst -- 
GdaXqlDelete -- 
GdaXqlDml -- 
GdaXqlDual -- 
GdaXqlField -- 
GdaXqlFunc -- 
GdaXqlInsert -- 
GdaXqlItem -- 
GdaXqlJoin -- 
GdaXqlList -- 
GdaXqlQuery -- 
GdaXqlSelect -- 
GdaXqlStack -- 
GdaXqlTarget -- 
GdaXqlUpdate -- 
gda-xql-utils -- 
GdaXqlValue -- 
GdaXqlValueRef -- 
GDA Report Engine
GdaReportDocument -- Management of libgda's report format
GNU Free Documentation License
0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
Addendum