How to handle database connections in Qt?

Question

Here is my problem; in this case, it complains about duplicate connections with the same connection name:

Test::Test(QString connectionName)
{
    db=QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL",connectionName);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QString connectionName=QString("test");
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    Test myDb(connectionName);
    Test myDb2(connectionName);

    return a.exec();
}

Here is my solution:

Test::Test(QString connectionName)
    {
        if(!QSqlDatabase::contains(connectionName))
            db=QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL",connectionName);
        else
            db=QSqlDatabase::database(connectionName);
    }

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        QString connectionName=QString("test");
        QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
        {
            Test myDb(connectionName);
            Test myDb2(connectionName);
        }
        QSqlDatabase::removeDatabase(connectionName);

        return a.exec();
    }

1-) Is this a good way to deal with this problem?

2-) Do you have another suggestion?

3-) Do you think this is a flaw for Qt?

Answer 1

• -
• I would prefer to add a database connection in the code part static. Not executed every time the Testclass is initialized. You may have a function setupto handle all of this.
• , . . / , .

Answer 2

:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QString connectionName("test");
    QString connectionName2("test2");
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    Test myDb(connectionName);
    Test myDb2(connectionName2);

    return a.exec();
}