If you are using HDBC-mysql or HDBC-odbc to access MySQL databases, you may have run into problems with your programs failing due to connection errors. In this blog posting, I describe what's happening and how to work around it:<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2010/09/04/dealing-with-fragile-c-libraries-e-g-mysql-from-haskell/">http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2010/09/04/dealing-with-fragile-c-libraries-e-g-mysql-from-haskell/</a></div>