HDBC-2.4.0.3: Haskell Database Connectivity

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Database.HDBC.SqlValue

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Synopsis

SQL value marshalling

data SqlValue Source #

SqlValue is the main type for expressing Haskell values to SQL databases.

INTRODUCTION TO SQLVALUE

This type is used to marshall Haskell data to and from database APIs. HDBC driver interfaces will do their best to use the most accurate and efficient way to send a particular value to the database server.

Values read back from the server are constructed with the most appropriate SqlValue constructor. fromSql or safeFromSql can then be used to convert them into whatever type is needed locally in Haskell.

Most people will use toSql and fromSql instead of manipulating SqlValues directly.

EASY CONVERSIONS BETWEEN HASKELL TYPES

Conversions are powerful; for instance, you can call fromSql on a SqlInt32 and get a String or a Double out of it. This class attempts to Do The Right Thing whenever possible, and will raise an error when asked to do something incorrect. In particular, when converting to any type except a Maybe, SqlNull as the input will cause an error to be raised.

Conversions are implemented in terms of the Data.Convertible module, part of the convertible package. You can refer to its documentation, and import that module, if you wish to parse the Left result from safeFromSql yourself, or write your own conversion instances.

Here are some notes about conversion:

  • Fractions of a second are not preserved on time values
  • There is no safeToSql because toSql never fails.

See also toSql, safeFromSql, fromSql, nToSql, iToSql, posixToSql.

ERROR CONDITIONS

There may sometimes be an error during conversion. For instance, if you have a SqlString and are attempting to convert it to an Integer, but it doesn't parse as an Integer, you will get an error. This will be indicated as an exception if using fromSql, or a Left result if using safeFromSql.

SPECIAL NOTE ON POSIXTIME

Note that a NominalDiffTime or POSIXTime is converted to SqlDiffTime by toSql. HDBC cannot differentiate between NominalDiffTime and POSIXTime since they are the same underlying type. You must construct SqlPOSIXTime manually or via posixToSql, or use SqlUTCTime.

DETAILS ON SQL TYPES

HDBC database backends are expected to marshal date and time data back and forth using the appropriate representation for the underlying database engine. Databases such as PostgreSQL with builtin date and time types should see automatic conversion between these Haskell types to database types. Other databases will be presented with an integer or a string. Care should be taken to use the same type on the Haskell side as you use on the database side. For instance, if your database type lacks timezone information, you ought not to use ZonedTime, but instead LocalTime or UTCTime. Database type systems are not always as rich as Haskell. For instance, for data stored in a TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE column, HDBC may not be able to tell if it is intended as UTCTime or LocalTime data, and will happily convert it to both, upon your request. It is your responsibility to ensure that you treat timezone issues with due care.

This behavior also exists for other types. For instance, many databases do not have a Rational type, so they will just use the show function and store a Rational as a string.

The conversion between Haskell types and database types is complex, and generic code in HDBC or its backends cannot possibly accomodate every possible situation. In some cases, you may be best served by converting your Haskell type to a String, and passing that to the database.

UNICODE AND BYTESTRINGS

Beginning with HDBC v2.0, interactions with a database are presumed to occur in UTF-8.

To accomplish this, whenever a ByteString must be converted to or from a String, the ByteString is assumed to be in UTF-8 encoding, and will be decoded or encoded as appropriate. Database drivers will generally present text or string data they have received from the database as a SqlValue holding a ByteString, which fromSql will automatically convert to a String, and thus automatically decode UTF-8, when you need it. In the other direction, database drivers will generally convert a SqlString to a ByteString in UTF-8 encoding before passing it to the database engine.

If you are handling some sort of binary data that is not in UTF-8, you can of course work with the ByteString directly, which will bypass any conversion.

Due to lack of support by database engines, lazy ByteStrings are not passed to database drivers. When you use toSql on a lazy ByteString, it will be converted to a strict ByteString for storage. Similarly, fromSql will convert a strict ByteString to a lazy ByteString if you demand it.

EQUALITY OF SQLVALUE

Two SqlValues are considered to be equal if one of these hold. The first comparison that can be made is controlling; if none of these comparisons can be made, then they are not equal:

  • Both are NULL
  • Both represent the same type and the encapsulated values are considered equal by applying (==) to them
  • The values of each, when converted to a string, are equal

STRING VERSIONS OF TIMES

Default string representations are given as comments below where such are non-obvious. These are used for fromSql when a String is desired. They are also defaults for representing data to SQL backends, though individual backends may override them when a different format is demanded by the underlying database. Date and time formats use ISO8601 date format, with HH:MM:SS added for time, and -HHMM added for timezone offsets.

DEPRECATED CONSTRUCTORS

SqlEpochTime and SqlTimeDiff are no longer created automatically by any toSql or fromSql functions or database backends. They may still be manually constructed, but are expected to be removed in a future version. Although these two constructures will be removed, support for marshalling to and from the old System.Time data will be maintained as long as System.Time is, simply using the newer data types for conversion.

Constructors

SqlString String 
SqlByteString ByteString 
SqlWord32 Word32 
SqlWord64 Word64 
SqlInt32 Int32 
SqlInt64 Int64 
SqlInteger Integer 
SqlChar Char 
SqlBool Bool 
SqlDouble Double 
SqlRational Rational 
SqlLocalDate Day

Local YYYY-MM-DD (no timezone).

SqlLocalTimeOfDay TimeOfDay

Local HH:MM:SS (no timezone).

SqlZonedLocalTimeOfDay TimeOfDay TimeZone

Local HH:MM:SS -HHMM. Converts to and from (TimeOfDay, TimeZone).

SqlLocalTime LocalTime

Local YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS (no timezone).

SqlZonedTime ZonedTime

Local YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS -HHMM. Considered equal if both convert to the same UTC time.

SqlUTCTime UTCTime

UTC YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.

SqlDiffTime NominalDiffTime

Calendar diff between seconds. Rendered as Integer when converted to String, but greater precision may be preserved for other types or to underlying database.

SqlPOSIXTime POSIXTime

Time as seconds since midnight Jan 1 1970 UTC. Integer rendering as for SqlDiffTime.

SqlEpochTime Integer

DEPRECATED Representation of ClockTime or CalendarTime. Use SqlPOSIXTime instead.

SqlTimeDiff Integer

DEPRECATED Representation of TimeDiff. Use SqlDiffTime instead.

SqlNull

NULL in SQL or Nothing in Haskell.

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Eq SqlValue Source # 
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Show SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Bool SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Char SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Double SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Int SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Int32 SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Int64 SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Integer SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Rational SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Word32 SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Word64 SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible String SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible ByteString SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible ByteString SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible ClockTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible CalendarTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible TimeDiff SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Text SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Text SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible ZonedTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible LocalTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible TimeOfDay SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible UTCTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible NominalDiffTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible DiffTime SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible Day SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Bool Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Char Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Double Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Int Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Int32 Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Int64 Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Integer Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Rational Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Word32 Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Word64 Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue String Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue ByteString Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue ByteString Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue ClockTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue CalendarTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue TimeDiff Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Text Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Text Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue ZonedTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue LocalTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue TimeOfDay Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue UTCTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue NominalDiffTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue DiffTime Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue Day Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue a => Convertible SqlValue (Maybe a) Source # 
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Convertible SqlValue (TimeOfDay, TimeZone) Source # 
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Convertible a SqlValue => Convertible (Maybe a) SqlValue Source # 
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Convertible (TimeOfDay, TimeZone) SqlValue Source # 
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safeFromSql :: Convertible SqlValue a => SqlValue -> ConvertResult a Source #

Conversions to and from SqlValues and standard Haskell types.

This function converts from an SqlValue to a Haskell value. Many people will use the simpler fromSql instead. This function is simply a restricted-type wrapper around safeConvert.

toSql :: Convertible a SqlValue => a -> SqlValue Source #

Convert a value to an SqlValue. This function is simply a restricted-type wrapper around convert. See extended notes on SqlValue.

fromSql :: Convertible SqlValue a => SqlValue -> a Source #

Convert from an SqlValue to a Haskell value. Any problem is indicated by calling error. This function is simply a restricted-type wrapper around convert. See extended notes on SqlValue.

nToSql :: Integral a => a -> SqlValue Source #

Converts any Integral type to a SqlValue by using toInteger.

iToSql :: Int -> SqlValue Source #

Convenience function for using numeric literals in your program.

posixToSql :: POSIXTime -> SqlValue Source #

Convenience function for converting POSIXTime to a SqlValue, because toSql cannot do the correct thing in this instance.