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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

You're reading from   Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5 Build stunning cross-platform applications and widgets with the most powerful GUI framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788397827
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lee Zhi Eng Lee Zhi Eng
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER 2. Qt Widgets and Style Sheets 3. Database Connection 4. Graphs and Charts 5. Item Views and Dialogs 6. Integrating Web Content 7. Map Viewer 8. Graphics View 9. The Camera Module 10. Instant Messaging 11. Implementing a Graphics Editor 12. Cloud Storage 13. Multimedia Viewers 14. Qt Quick and QML 15. Cross-Platform Development 16. Testing and Debugging 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Database connection in Qt

Now that we have learned how to set up a functional MySQL/MariaDB database system, let's move a step further and discover the database connection module in Qt!

Before we continue working on our login page from the previous chapter, let's start off with a new Qt project first so that it's easier to demonstrate the functionality solely related to database connection and so that we don't get distracted by the other stuff. This time, we'll go for the Terminal-style application called Qt Console Application, as we don't really need any GUI for this demonstration:

After you have created the new project, you should only see two files in the project, that is, [project_name].pro and main.cpp:

The first thing you need to do is to open up your project file (.pro), which in my case is DatabaseConnection.pro, and add the sql keyword...

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