Re: [Haskell-cafe] The state of database libraries
prb: > > On Jul 4, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Chris Eidhof wrote: > > >1. hdbc. I'd like to connect to MySQL, so I need the ODBC backend. I > >couldn't get this to work under OS X, while I installed myodbc, > >which seems to be broken. > > FWIW, I've had good luck with the SQLite3 bindings for HDBC on MacOS > X. I had a bit of a hiccup with Linux, but that was only because the > version of SQLite on the Linux box was a bit too old. (3.2.x versus > 3.4.x on the MacOS box.) With 3.5.9 on the Linux box, everything > worked swimmingly. > > I haven't tried the MySQL support, but I don't need it. > > The timestamps on the other packages were old enough (~2007 IIRC) that > I didn't even try 'em. > > Depending on what your application is, you might get more mileage out > of a binding to CouchDB or some other post-relational storage system. The YHC guys have a simple CouchDB binding too. I was thinking this might be a nice project to actually polish up into a comprehensive system. -- Don ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] The state of database libraries
On Jul 4, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Chris Eidhof wrote: 1. hdbc. I'd like to connect to MySQL, so I need the ODBC backend. I couldn't get this to work under OS X, while I installed myodbc, which seems to be broken. FWIW, I've had good luck with the SQLite3 bindings for HDBC on MacOS X. I had a bit of a hiccup with Linux, but that was only because the version of SQLite on the Linux box was a bit too old. (3.2.x versus 3.4.x on the MacOS box.) With 3.5.9 on the Linux box, everything worked swimmingly. I haven't tried the MySQL support, but I don't need it. The timestamps on the other packages were old enough (~2007 IIRC) that I didn't even try 'em. Depending on what your application is, you might get more mileage out of a binding to CouchDB or some other post-relational storage system. -- Paul ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] The state of database libraries
Hey Chris, I've been fiddling around with the database stuff myself and I had the same problems (on Linux). I eventually got both HaskellDB and HSQL to work, and am now using HSQL because HaskellDB had very poor documentation. I don't exactly know how I eventually got HSQL-MySQL to work, but I think it might be the case that you need to install a MySQL dev package first, as the haskell package only contains bindings to it. Good Luck, Paul P.S. It's nice to see I'm not the only one going into a Haskell frenzy after the exams. Chris Eidhof wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm figuring out how to do databases in Haskell (on OS X). So far, I've > tried the following approaches: > > 1. hdbc. I'd like to connect to MySQL, so I need the ODBC backend. I > couldn't get this to work under OS X, while I installed myodbc, which > seems to be broken. > > 2. hsql. The packages on hackage don't compile, so I grabbed the darcs > version. hqsl itself installed perfectly, but when I try to compile > hsql-mysql, it does not recognize that hsql is already installed and > tries to recompile. Compiling fails, so I generated a .tar.gz of hsql > using cabal sdist, put it in the .cabal/packages directory in the right > place, and finally, it does compile. Now hsql-mysql starts compiling, > but it finally fails with: > > MySQL.hsc:270:0: > error: ‘MYSQL_NO_DATA’ undeclared (first use in this function) > > MySQL.hsc:270:0: > error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > > MySQL.hsc:270:0: error: for each function it appears in.) > > So what is the state of hsql? And haskelldb? Are they actively maintained? > > Thanks, > -chris___ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] The state of database libraries
2008/7/4 Chris Eidhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm figuring out how to do databases in Haskell (on OS X). So far, I've tried > the following approaches: > > 1. hdbc. I'd like to connect to MySQL, so I need the ODBC backend. I couldn't > get this to work under OS X, while I installed myodbc, which seems to be > broken. > > 2. hsql. The packages on hackage don't compile, so I grabbed the darcs > version. Bummer, dude. The only database library that directly supports MySQL is HSQL. If you want to use another library, you'll have to get the ODBC MySQL backend working. Alistair ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
[Haskell-cafe] The state of database libraries
Hey everyone, I'm figuring out how to do databases in Haskell (on OS X). So far, I've tried the following approaches: 1. hdbc. I'd like to connect to MySQL, so I need the ODBC backend. I couldn't get this to work under OS X, while I installed myodbc, which seems to be broken. 2. hsql. The packages on hackage don't compile, so I grabbed the darcs version. hqsl itself installed perfectly, but when I try to compile hsql-mysql, it does not recognize that hsql is already installed and tries to recompile. Compiling fails, so I generated a .tar.gz of hsql using cabal sdist, put it in the .cabal/packages directory in the right place, and finally, it does compile. Now hsql-mysql starts compiling, but it finally fails with: MySQL.hsc:270:0: error: ‘MYSQL_NO_DATA’ undeclared (first use in this function) MySQL.hsc:270:0: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once MySQL.hsc:270:0: error: for each function it appears in.) So what is the state of hsql? And haskelldb? Are they actively maintained? Thanks, -chris___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
