Anarthal (Rubén Pérez)

Data driven test cases: customizing test names and decorators

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Hi, Is it possible to customize the test names generated by the data-driven test case macros (`BOOST_DATA_TEST_CASE`)? In Google Test, you can do: ``` INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(InstantiationName, TestSuiteName, Values( /* dataset here...

COM_PING support

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Support the PING (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysql-server/latest/page_protocol_com_ping.html) protocol mechanism.

Value class re-design

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The value class currently doesn't own the memory it points to, in the case of string values. This causes confusion and is error prone, and may not work well with...

Docs: comparison with mysql++, libmysqlclient, sqlpp11

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Add a comment to state the differences with these two libraries. From the Boost review: * Add a performance page in the documentation comparing the library with these two. *...

Example and docs on encodings

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Character encoding is something that causes confusion. [This section](https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/mysql/types.html) talks about it briefly, but it's not enough. Add a section and possibly an example. Sample question: If i have a...

`TIMESTAMP`s are specially tricky.

How does this library react in different failover scenarios? Provide a section in the docs. Possible scenarios: * InnoDB Cluster * InnoDB ReplicaSet * NDB Cluster * MySQL Router (with...

Example: reconnect

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Provide an example on how to reconnect a failed MySQL connection (e.g. due to a network failure).

Prepared statements: fetching a limited number of rows

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When issuing a text query, the server immediately sends all rows to the client. This is not avoidable. However, there is a mechanism in the protocol to prevent this in...