[Haskell-cafe] can someone point me to more help about Database.HDBC.ODBC?

Justin Bailey jgbailey at gmail.com
Sat May 30 00:36:09 EDT 2009


Try this:

  http://www.connectionstrings.com/

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Michael P Mossey
<mpm at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to use Database.HDBC.ODBC to connect to a MySQL server, and I
> cannot figure out the docs. I want to establish a connection, and I know the
> server url, username, and password. According to these docs...
>
> http://software.complete.org/static/hdbc-odbc/doc//HDBC-odbc/Database-HDBC-ODBC.html
>
> ...I am supposed to pass a string to connectODBC. These docs do not explain
> the meaning of the passed string, but refer me to a microsoft document:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms715433(VS.85).aspx
>
> I cannot make any sense of this microsoft document. I guess I don't know
> enough about database interfaces in general. Can someone explain how to make
> a connect to a specific URL, or point me to some clearer docs?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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