<appendix id="appendix">
<title>Database Back-ends</title>
-
- <sect1 id="postgresql">
- <title>PostgreSQL</title>
- <sect2>
- <title>Libraries</title>
- <para>The PostgreSQL back-end requires the PostgreSQL C
- client library (<filename>libpq.so</filename>). The
- location of this library is specified via
+
+ <sect1 id="foreignlibs">
+ <title>How CLSQL finds and loads foreign libraries</title>
+ <para>
+ For some database types CLSQL has to load external foreign
+ libaries. These are usually searched for in the standard
+ locations the operating system uses but you can tell &clsql; to
+ look into other directories as well by using the function
+ <function>CLSQL:PUSH-LIBRARY-PATH</function> or by directly
+ manipulating the special variable
+ <varname>CLSQL:*FOREIGN-LIBRARY-SEARCH-PATHS*</varname>. If,
+ say, the shared library libpq.so needed for PostgreSQL support
+ is located in the directory <filename>/opt/foo/</filename> on
+ your machine you'd use
+ <screen>
+ (clsql:push-library-path "/opt/foo/")
+ </screen>
+ before loading the CLSQL-POSTGRESQL module. (Note the trailing
+ slash above!)
+
+ If you want to combine this with fully automatic loading of
+ libraries via ASDF a technique like the following works:
+
+ <screen>
+ (defmethod asdf:perform :after ((o asdf:load-op)
+ (c (eql (asdf:find-system 'clsql))))
+ (funcall (find-symbol (symbol-name '#:push-library-path)
+ (find-package 'clsql))
+ #p"/opt/foo/"))
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Additionally, site-specific initialization can be done using an
+initialization file. If the file <filename>/etc/clsql-init.lisp</filename>
+exists, this file will be read after the &clsql; ASDF system is loaded.
+This file can contain forms to set site-specific paths as well as change
+&clsql; default values.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="postgresql">
+ <title>PostgreSQL</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Libraries</title>
+ <para>The PostgreSQL back-end requires the PostgreSQL C
+ client library (<filename>libpq.so</filename>). The
+ location of this library is specified via
<symbol>*postgresql-so-load-path*</symbol>, which defaults
to <filename>/usr/lib/libpq.so</filename>. Additional flags
to <application>ld</application> needed for linking are
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <para>None.</para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="postgresql-socket">
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <para>None.</para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="mysql">
<title>Connection Specification</title>
<sect3>
<title>Syntax of connection-spec</title>
- <synopsis>(<replaceable>host</replaceable> <replaceable>db</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>password</replaceable>)</synopsis>
+ <synopsis>(<replaceable>host</replaceable> <replaceable>db</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable> <replaceable>password</replaceable> &optional <replaceable>port</replaceable>)</synopsis>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Description of connection-spec</title>
field.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>port</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>String representing the port to use for
+ communication with the MySQL server.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <sect3><title>FDDL</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link
+ linkend="drop-index"><function>drop-index</function></link>
+ requires a table to be specified with the
+ <symbol>:on</symbol> keyword parameter.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <glossterm linkend="gloss-view">views</glossterm> are not
+ supported by &mysql;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:transactions</symbol> keyword argument to
+ <link
+ linkend="create-table"><function>create-table</function></link>
+ controls whether or not the created table is an InnoDB
+ table which supports transactions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:owner</symbol> keyword argument to the FDDL functions
+ for listing and testing for database objects is ignored.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>FDML</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Prior to version 4.1, &mysql; does not support nested
+ subqueries in calls to <link
+ linkend="select"><function>select</function></link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>Symbolic SQL Syntax</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &mysql; does not support the <function>||</function>
+ concatenation operator. Use <function>concat</function>
+ instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &mysql; does not support the <function>substr</function>
+ operator. Use <function>substring</function> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &mysql; does not support the
+ <function>intersect</function> and
+ <function>except</function> set operations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &mysql; (version 4.0 and later) does not support string
+ table aliases unless the server is started with
+ ANSI_QUOTES enabled.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
-
+
<sect1 id="odbc">
<title>&odbc;</title>
<sect2>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <sect3><title>FDDL</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:owner</symbol> keyword argument to the FDDL functions
+ for listing and testing for database objects is ignored.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="aodbc">
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <para>
+ None.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="sqlite">
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <sect3><title>Connection</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Passing <parameter>filename</parameter> a value of
+ <filename>:memory:</filename> will create a database in
+ physical memory instead of using a file on disk.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Some operations will be many times faster if database
+ integrity checking is disabled by setting the SYNCHRONOUS
+ flag to OFF (see the SQLITE manual for details).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>FDDL</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:owner</symbol> keyword argument to the FDDL functions
+ for listing and testing for database objects is ignored.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:column-list</symbol> keyword argument to
+ <link
+ linkend="create-view"><function>create-view</function></link>
+ is not supported by &sqlite;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>Symbolic SQL Syntax</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &sqlite; does not support the <function>all</function>,
+ <function>some</function>, <function>any</function> and
+ <function>exists</function> subquery operations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="sqlite3">
+ <title>&sqlite3;</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Libraries</title> <para>The &sqlite3; back-end requires
+ the &sqlite3; shared library file. Its default file name is
+ <filename>/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so</filename>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Initialization</title>
+ <para>
+ Use
+ <screen>
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-sqlite3)
+ </screen>
+ to load the &sqlite3; back-end. The database type for the &sqlite3;
+ back-end is <symbol>:sqlite3</symbol>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Connection Specification</title>
+ <sect3>
+ <title>Syntax of connection-spec</title>
+ <synopsis>(<replaceable>filename</replaceable> &optional <replaceable>init-function</replaceable>)</synopsis>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3>
+ <title>Description of connection-spec</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>String representing the filename of the &sqlite3;
+ database file.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>init-function</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A function designator.
+ <replaceable>init-function</replaceable> takes a
+ single argument of type
+ <type>sqlite3:sqlite3-db</type>, a foreign pointer to
+ the C descriptor of the newly opened database.
+ <replaceable>init-function</replaceable> is called by
+ the back-end immediately after &sqlite3;
+ <function>sqlite3_open</function> library function,
+ and can be used to perform optional database
+ initializations by calling foreign functions in the
+ &sqlite3; library.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ An example of an initialization function which
+ defines a new collating sequence for text columns is
+ provided in
+ <filename>./examples/sqlite3/init-func/</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <sect3><title>Connection</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Passing <parameter>filename</parameter> a value of
+ <filename>:memory:</filename> will create a database in
+ physical memory instead of using a file on disk.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Some operations will be many times faster if database
+ integrity checking is disabled by setting the SYNCHRONOUS
+ flag to OFF (see the SQLITE manual for details).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>FDDL</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:owner</symbol> keyword argument to the FDDL functions
+ for listing and testing for database objects is ignored.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <symbol>:column-list</symbol> keyword argument to
+ <link
+ linkend="create-view"><function>create-view</function></link>
+ is not supported by &sqlite3;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>Symbolic SQL Syntax</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &sqlite3; does not support the <function>all</function>,
+ <function>some</function>, <function>any</function> and
+ <function>exists</function> subquery operations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="oracle">
library. (<filename>libclntsh.so</filename>). The location of
this library is specified relative to the
<symbol>ORACLE_HOME</symbol> value in the operating system
- environment. &clsql; has tested sucessfully using the client
- library from Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g server installations as
- well as Oracle's 10g Instant Client library.
+ environment.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Library Versions</title>
+ <para>
+ &clsql; has tested sucessfully using the client library from
+ Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g server installations as well as
+ Oracle's 10g Instant Client library. For Oracle 8 and earlier
+ versions, there is vestigial support by pushing the symbol
+ <symbol>:oci7</symbol> onto <symbol>cl:*features*</symbol>
+ prior to loading the <filename>clsql-oracle</filename> &asdf;
+ system.
+ <screen>
+ (push :oci7 cl:*features*)
+ (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-oracle)
+ </screen>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>global-name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>String representing the global name of the Orace database.
+ <para>String representing the global name of the Oracle database.
This is looked up through the tnsnames.ora file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Notes</title>
+ <sect3><title>Symbolic SQL Syntax</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <function>userenv</function> operator is &oracle; specific.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &oracle; does not support the <function>except</function>
+ operator. Use <function>minus</function> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &oracle; does not support the <function>all</function>,
+ <function>some</function>, <function>any</function>
+ subquery operations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3><title>Transactions</title>
+ <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ By default, &clsql; starts in transaction AUTOCOMMIT mode
+ (see <link
+ linkend="set-autocommit"><function>set-autocommit</function></link>).
+ To begin a transaction in autocommit mode, <link
+ linkend="start-transaction"><function>start-transaction</function></link>
+ has to be called explicitly.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
</appendix>
projects / clsql.git / blobdiff