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Purpose
&clsql; is a Common Lisp interface to SQL databases. A number of Common
- Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
- structure of &clsql; is based on the
- CommonSQL
- package by Xanalys.
+ linkend="gloss-sql">SQL databases. A number of Common
+ Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
+ structure of &clsql; is based on the &commonsql; package by
+ Xanalys.
History
- &clsql; is written by Kevin M. Rosenberg and based substantially
- on Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. Recently, the UncommonSQL
- package has been ported and integrated with &clsql;. The main changes
- from &maisql; are:
+ The &clsql; project was started by Kevin M. Rosenberg in 2001 to
+ support SQL access on multiple Common Lisp implementations using
+ the &uffi; library. The initial code was based substantially on
+ Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. In late 2003, the
+ &usql; library was orphaned by its author, onShore Development,
+ Inc. In April 2004, Marcus Pearce ported the &usql; library to
+ &clsql;. The &usql; library provides a &commonsql;-compatible
+ API for &clsql;.
+
+
+ The main changes from &maisql; and &usql; are:
- port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi;.
+ Port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi; which provide
+ compatibility with the major Common Lisp
+ implementations.
Optimized loading of integer and floating-point fields.
- new &acl; ODBC interface back-end.
+ Additional database backends: &odbc;, &aodbc;, and &sqlite;.
- compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.
+ A compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.
- much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
+ Much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
along with version 4 client library support.
- improved system loading.
+ Improved library loading and installation documentation.
- improved packages and symbol export.
+ Improved packages and symbol export.
- transaction support.
+ Pooled connections.
- UncommonSQL support.
+ Integrated transaction support for the classic
+ &maisql; iteration macros.
@@ -112,12 +121,12 @@
Currently, &clsql; supports the following databases:
- &mysql; v3.23.51 and v4.0.15.
- &postgresql; v7.2 with both direct API and TCP
+ &mysql; v3.23.51 and v4.0.18.
+ &postgresql; v7.4 with both direct API and TCP
socket connections.
&sqlite;.
- Allegro's ODBC interface (&aodbc;) using iODBC
- ODBC manager.
+ Direct &odbc; interface.
+ Allegro's DB interface (&aodbc;).
@@ -226,6 +235,8 @@
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-mysql) ; MySQL interface
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-postgresql) ; PostgreSQL interface
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-postgresql-socket) ; Socket PGSQL interface
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-odbc) ; ODBC interface
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-sqlite) ; SQLite interface
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-aodbc) ; Allegro ODBC interface
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql) ; main CLSQL package