/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2005 Jaroslaw Staniek <js@iidea.pl>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef KEXIDB_PREPAREDSTATEMENT_H
#define KEXIDB_PREPAREDSTATEMENT_H

#include <qvariant.h>
#include <ksharedptr.h>

#include "field.h"

namespace KexiDB {

class ConnectionInternal;
class TableSchema;
class FieldList;

/*! @short Prepared database command for optimizing sequences of multiple database actions

	Currently INSERT and SELECT statements are supported.
	For example, wher using PreparedStatement for INSERTs, 
	you can gain about 30% speedup compared to using multiple 
	connection.insertRecord(*tabelSchema, dbRowBuffer).

	To use PreparedStatement, create is using KexiDB::Connection:prepareStatement(),
	providing table schema; set up arguments using operator << ( const QVariant& value );
	and call execute() when ready. PreparedStatement objects are accessed 
	using KDE shared pointers, i.e KexiDB::PreparedStatement::Ptr, so you do not need 
	to remember about destroying them. However, when underlying Connection object 
	is destroyed, PreparedStatement should not be used.

	Let's assume tableSchema contains two columns NUMBER integer and TEXT text.
	Following code inserts 10000 records with random numbers and text strings 
	obtained elsewhere using getText(i).
	\code
	bool insertMultiple(KexiDB::Connection &conn, KexiDB::TableSchema& tableSchema)
	{
		KexiDB::PreparedStatement::Ptr prepared = conn.prepareStatement(
			KexiDB::PreparedStatement::InsertStatement, tableSchema);
		for (i=0; i<10000; i++) {
			prepared << rand() << getText(i);
			if (!prepared.execute())
				return false;
			prepared.clearArguments();
		}
		return true;
	}
	\endcode

	If you do not call clearArguments() after every insert, you can insert 
	the same value multiple times using execute() what increases efficiency even more.

	Another use case is inserting large objects (BLOBs or CLOBs). 
	Depending on database backend, you can avoid escaping BLOBs. 
	See KexiFormView::storeData() for example use.
*/
class KEXI_DB_EXPORT PreparedStatement : public KShared
{
	public:
		typedef KSharedPtr<PreparedStatement> Ptr;

		//! Defines type of the prepared statement.
		enum StatementType {
			SelectStatement, //!< SELECT statement will be prepared end executed
			InsertStatement  //!< INSERT statement will be prepared end executed
		};

		//! Creates Prepared statement. In your code use KexiDB::Connection:prepareStatement() instead.
		PreparedStatement(StatementType type, ConnectionInternal& conn, FieldList& fields,
			const QStringList& where = QStringList());

		virtual ~PreparedStatement();

		//! Appends argument \a value to the statement.
		PreparedStatement& operator<< ( const QVariant& value );

		//! Clears arguments of the prepared statement. Usually used after execute()
		void clearArguments();

		/*! Executes the prepared statement. In most cases you will need to clear 
		 arguments after executing, using clearArguments(). 
		 A number arguments set up for the statement must be the same as a number of fields 
		 defined in the underlying database table.
		 \return false on failure. Detailed error status can be obtained 
		 from KexiDB::Connection object used to create this statement. */
		virtual bool execute() = 0;

	protected:
//! @todo is this portable across backends?
		QCString generateStatementString();

		StatementType m_type;
		FieldList *m_fields;
		QValueList<QVariant> m_args;
		QStringList* m_where;
		Field::List* m_whereFields;
};

} //namespace KexiDB

#endif