[Haskell-cafe] Re: recommendation for (best) sqlite3 bindings

[Michael Snoyman]

Sorry I didn't send it earlier, it must have slipped my mind.

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Dan Knapp <dankna at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am the author of direct-sqlite, and I thank you for the bug report.
> I'll be fixing this as soon as I'm able.  It's always nice to hear
> about people using my code!
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Michael Snoyman <michael at snoyman.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Gour <gour at gour-nitai.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:06:49 +0300
> >> >>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Snoyman <michael at snoyman.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Michael> For the sqlite backend for persistent, I took direct-sqlite
> >> Michael> and modified it slightly. I have a long history of using the
> >> Michael> sqlite3 C API, so the API felt very familiar to me.
> >>
> >> So, it seems you're satisfiew with direct-sqlite?
> >>
> >> What is missing in 1st package (Galois bindings)?
> >>
> > I didn't investigate it, I would imagine it's pretty complete if Galois
> > wrote it. I stuck with direct-sqlite just because it was so incredibly
> > simple (single file, ~15 functions).
> >
> >>
> >> btw, after some research, I've concluded that NOSQL (Redis, MongoDB)
> >> are not good solutions in our use-case since we want to have extensive
> >> querying support and using sqlite3 with SQL seems better option.
> >>
> > That's why I'm sticking with SQL for my current project.
> >>
> >> Michael> If I'm not mistaken, direct-sqlite does not build as-is on
> >> Michael> hackage because it's missing a reference to the C library.
> >>
> >> Hmm...you're right.
> >>
> >> Apparently Archlinux package built OK; but loading it into ghci gives:
> >>
> >> ghc: /usr/lib/direct-sqlite-1.0/ghc-6.12.1/HSdirect-sqlite-1.0.o:
> >> unknown symbol `sqlite3_column_blob'
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Michael> However, if you take my approach and just include the code in
> >> Michael> your library, you can fix that easily enough.
> >>
> >> It looks it's the problem with package's cabal file...
> >>
> >>
> > True, it's a very simple fix. In fact, you can just include the sqlite
> > amalgamation file with the code and not worry about library dependencies.
> > Michael
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