[Qt-interest] Data Storage for QT Application

[Raja Rokkam]

setValue is of signature setValue( const QString &key, const QVariant &
value )
So you should be able to construct a list of values for a given key and
insert it.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Chitrang Srivastava <
chitrang.srivastava at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks All,
> I tried QSetting
>
> my data is Country/Capital pair and number of entries can go upto 10-20.
>
> setValue("Country/Name","France")
> setValue("Country/Capital","Paris")
> setValue("Country/Name","Japan")
> setValue("Country/Capital","Tokyo")
>
> Now with QSetting it always overwrite the key Country/Name  with latest
> value.
> This isn't I was looking, is their way in QSetting to works as database
> with multiple value for same key?
>
> Basically I am looking for mini database  in which I can read-all , insert
> or search-and-delete a row.
> Do you guys think their is a way to do in QSettings ?
> Or I have to use some other API.
> I dont want to use QSql (may be bulky for this small data).
>
> -Chits
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Ross Driedger <ross at earz.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 5-Feb-10, at 2:16 AM, qt-interest-request at trolltech.com wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks all, QSettings looks to be a favourite option.
>> > I will look at the API description ,
>> > Can you guys points to some example.
>>
>> Assistant is your friend. :)
>>
>> >
>> >> From what I read of QSetting it is used to save settings and then
>> >> retrive
>> > based on specific key.
>> > In may case their is no key.
>> > Its like this.All are string data.At application start I want to
>> > read the
>> > data and populate some UI component.Also need to delete any
>> > particular row
>> > or add another row.I know XML is one way but some how I found their
>> > API to
>> > be bit cryptic .
>> > Can this be done using QSettings?
>>
>> In either case of XML or QSettings, you will need t set up a key-value
>> relationship of some sort, even if the key makes no sense outside your
>> application,
>>
>> The QSettings API is pretty straight forward.  If you choose an XML
>> solution, you will need to learn about SAX and/or DOM, but on the
>> positive side, learning about XML is an important skill these days.
>>
>> Ross Driedger
>> ross_at_earz.ca
>>
>>
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