mysql-simple-0.2.2.4: A mid-level MySQL client library.

Portabilityportable
Stabilityexperimental
MaintainerBryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
Safe HaskellSafe-Infered

Database.MySQL.Simple.Result

Description

The Result typeclass, for converting a single value in a row returned by a SQL query into a more useful Haskell representation.

A Haskell numeric type is considered to be compatible with all MySQL numeric types that are less accurate than it. For instance, the Haskell Double type is compatible with the MySQL Long type because it can represent a Long exactly. On the other hand, since a Double might lose precision if representing a LongLong, the two are not considered compatible.

Synopsis

Documentation

class Result a whereSource

A type that may be converted from a SQL type.

Methods

convert :: Field -> Maybe ByteString -> aSource

Convert a SQL value to a Haskell value.

Throws a ResultError if conversion fails.

data ResultError Source

Exception thrown if conversion from a SQL value to a Haskell value fails.

Constructors

Incompatible

The SQL and Haskell types are not compatible.

UnexpectedNull

A SQL NULL was encountered when the Haskell type did not permit it.

ConversionFailed

The SQL value could not be parsed, or could not be represented as a valid Haskell value, or an unexpected low-level error occurred (e.g. mismatch between metadata and actual data in a row).