13. Databases

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The QtSql module provides a platform- and database-independent interface for accessing SQL databases. This interface is supported by a set of classes that use Qt’s model/view architecture to provide database integration with the user interface. This chapter assumes familiarity with Qt’s model/view classes, covered in Chapter 10.

A database connection is represented by a QSqlDatabase object. Qt uses drivers to communicate with the various database APIs. The Qt Desktop Edition includes the following drivers:

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