{-# LANGUAGE GADTs, TypeFamilies, TemplateHaskell, QuasiQuotes, FlexibleInstances #-} import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO) import Data.ByteString.Char8 (unpack) import Database.Groundhog.Core import Database.Groundhog.Generic import Database.Groundhog.TH import Database.Groundhog.Postgresql data Point = Point { pointX :: Int, pointY :: Int } deriving Show -- PostgreSQL keeps point in format "(x,y)". This instance relies on the correspondence between Haskell tuple format and PostgreSQL point format. instance PrimitivePersistField Point where toPrimitivePersistValue _ (Point x y) = PersistString $ show (x, y) fromPrimitivePersistValue _ (PersistString a) = let (x, y) = read a in Point x y fromPrimitivePersistValue _ (PersistByteString a) = let (x, y) = read (unpack a) in Point x y instance PersistField Point where persistName _ = "Point" toPersistValues = primToPersistValue fromPersistValues = primFromPersistValue dbType _ = DbOther $ OtherTypeDef $ const "point" -- These two instances of superclasses are useful but not necessary. They are like Functor and Applicative instances when you implement a Monad. instance SinglePersistField Point where toSinglePersistValue = primToSinglePersistValue fromSinglePersistValue = primFromSinglePersistValue instance PurePersistField Point where toPurePersistValues = primToPurePersistValues fromPurePersistValues = primFromPurePersistValues data MobilePhone = MobilePhone {number :: String, prepaidMoney :: String, location :: Point, ipAddress :: String} deriving Show mkPersist defaultCodegenConfig [groundhog| - entity: MobilePhone constructors: - name: MobilePhone fields: - name: number type: varchar(13) - name: prepaidMoney type: money # We don't need to put "typeName: point" for location because the dbType definition already has the required type - name: ipAddress type: inet |] main = withPostgresqlConn "dbname=test user=test password=test host=localhost" . runDbConn $ do let phone = MobilePhone "+1900 654 321" "100.456" (Point 4 6) "127.0.0.1" runMigration defaultMigrationLogger (migrate phone) k <- insert phone -- This will output the mobile phone data with money rounded to two fractional digits get k >>= liftIO . print liftIO $ putStrLn "This insert will make PostgreSQL throw an exception:" -- PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: ERROR: value too long for type character varying(13) insert $ phone {number = "Phone number is too long now"}