From: Warren Young
Date: November 26 2009 5:48pm
Subject: Re: Binary store
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On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Sebasti=E1n Salazar Molina wrote:

> I need to store a C++ object, not a file.

Beware, there be dragons down that path:

    - Pointers can't be stored directly

    - Structure padding varies by compiler, OS, CPU, compiler options...

    - Byte order varies among CPU types and sometimes even OS on the =
same CPU (PowerPC and HP PA-RISC processors allow switchable byte order =
at boot time)

This general class of problems is called object serialization, and =
there's got to be whole books on the topic.  Academic journals even, =
maybe.  It might be best to leave such code up to others who have =
already worked out the details.

MySQL++'s answer to this question is SSQLS.  Hardly comprehensive, but =
maybe good enough for your purposes.=