Visual C++® 6 Unleashed

Chapter 21. MFC Database Classes

by David Bennett and Chuck Wood

In This Chapter

• Using the AppWizard to Generate MFC Classes

• The CRecordset Class

• The CRecordView Class

• The CDatabase Class

• Exception Handling

• Bulk Row Operations

The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) encompass several classes that you can use to provide a simpler C++ interface to databases. These classes are particularly useful when quickly generating applications that present a simple, consistent interface to the user.

MFC provides classes for using the open database connectivity (ODBC) API to interface with ODBC datasources, as well as classes for working with object linking and embedding databases (OLE DB) and Data Access Objects (DAO) to work with desktop databases. In this chapter, ...