Documentation

module Database.MetaHDBC.SimpleSqlParser

module Database.MetaHDBC.SqlExpr

module Database.MetaHDBC.SqlTypeIdExpQ

cachingConnection :: String -> IO CachingConnection Source

disconnect :: IConnection conn => conn -> IO ()

Disconnect from the remote database.

You do not need to explicitly close an IConnection object, but you may do so if you so desire. If you don't, the object will disconnect from the database in a sane way when it is garbage-collected. However, a disconnection may raise an error, so you are encouraged to explicitly call disconnect. Also, garbage collection may not run when the program terminates, and some databases really like an explicit disconnect.

So, bottom line is, you're best off calling disconnect directly, but the world won't end if you forget.

This function discards any data not committed already. Database driver implementators should explicitly call rollback if their databases don't do this automatically on disconnect.

Bad Things (TM) could happen if you call this while you have Statements active. In more precise language, the results in such situations are undefined and vary by database. So don't do it.

commit :: IConnection conn => conn -> IO ()

Commit any pending data to the database.

Required to make any changes take effect.

rollback :: IConnection conn => conn -> IO ()

Roll back to the state the database was in prior to the last commit or rollback.

connectODBC :: String -> IO Connection

Connect to an ODBC server.

For information on the meaning of the passed string, please see:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms715433(VS.85).aspx

An example string is:

"DSN=hdbctest1"

This, and all other functions that use ODBC directly or indirectly, can raise SqlErrors just like other HDBC backends. The seErrorMsg field is specified as a String in HDBC. ODBC specifies this data as a list of strings. Therefore, this driver uses show on the data from ODBC. For friendly display, or handling of individual component messages in your code, you can use read on the seErrorMsg field in a context that expects [String].

Important note for MySQL users:

Unless you are going to use InnoDB tables, you are strongly encouraged to set

Option = 262144

in your odbc.ini (for Unix users), or to disable transaction support in your DSN setup for Windows users.

If you fail to do this, the MySQL ODBC driver will incorrectly state that it supports transactions. dbTransactionSupport will incorrectly return True. commit and rollback will then silently fail. This is certainly NOT what you want. It is a bug (or misfeature) in the MySQL driver, not in HDBC.

You should ignore this advice if you are using InnoDB tables.

data Connection

Instances

IConnection Connection