Note: The type after -> is weird, because VS2015 cannot parse the expression used in the typedef inside, when it is in return type. Yeah.

retrieves number of segments and total length of BLOB returns total length of BLOB

for diagnostics and advanced users (downcast it to expected back-end session class)

for diagnostics and advanced users (downcast it to expected back-end statement class)

Return the backend name or empty string if this is a core SOCI error.

Implement generic functions from the base class.

Returns a query with a single parameter (table name) for the list of columns and their properties.

Return full ODBC connection string.