Using map/ creating a hash

[tewari68]

Hi,
I am quite new to C++. I have to query a database and load the results of the query into a hash (key/value pair) and then refer to this hash for getting the default values for my application.
I think map function in C++ does this. However I don't no how to use/implement this.
Can anyone guide me to some examples on the net on how to accomplish this or show me some examples how to do this.
Appreciate any help in this regard
Thanks,
Tewari

 

[xwb]

If you are using MS .net compiler, there is something called hash_map which is the best of both worlds. It uses the stdext namespace (an MS creation).

Have a look at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/vcstdlib/html/vclrfoperator_hashmap_lt.asp

 

[tewari68]

I realise that I posted the question in the wrong place I am not using Visual C++.

I will post it in the non-visual C++ forum.
Anyways thanks for the reply.
Thanks,
Tewari

 

[xwb]

Just in case you're interested, Boost do a hash_map implementation that will work on any compiler. Programming it is similar to the sample code from the MS site I mentioned earlier.