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+;;;; -*- Mode: LISP; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp; Base: 10 -*-
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+;;;;
+;;;; $Id$
+;;;;
+;;;; Base SQL functions
+;;;;
+;;;; This file is part of CLSQL.
+;;;;
+;;;; CLSQL users are granted the rights to distribute and use this software
+;;;; as governed by the terms of the Lisp Lesser GNU Public License
+;;;; (http://opensource.franz.com/preamble.html), also known as the LLGPL.
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+
+(in-package #:clsql-sys)
+
+;;; Query
+
+(defgeneric query (query-expression &key database result-types flatp)
+ (:documentation
+ "Execute the SQL query expression QUERY-EXPRESSION on the given
+DATABASE which defaults to *default-database*. RESULT-TYPES is a list
+of symbols such as :string and :integer, one for each field in the
+query, which are used to specify the types to return. The FLATP
+argument, which has a default value of nil, specifies if full
+bracketed results should be returned for each matched entry. If FLATP
+is nil, the results are returned as a list of lists. If FLATP is t,
+the results are returned as elements of a list, only if there is only
+one result per row. Returns a list of lists of values of the result of
+that expression and a list of field names selected in sql-exp."))
+
+(defmethod query ((query-expression string) &key (database *default-database*)
+ (result-types :auto) (flatp nil) (field-names t))
+ (record-sql-command query-expression database)
+ (multiple-value-bind (rows names) (database-query query-expression database result-types
+ field-names)
+ (let ((result (if (and flatp (= 1 (length (car rows))))
+ (mapcar #'car rows)
+ rows)))
+ (record-sql-result result database)
+ (if field-names
+ (values result names)
+ result))))
+
+;;; Execute
+
+(defgeneric execute-command (expression &key database)
+ (:documentation
+ "Executes the SQL command specified by EXPRESSION for the database
+specified by DATABASE, which has a default value of
+*DEFAULT-DATABASE*. The argument EXPRESSION may be any SQL statement
+other than a query. To run a stored procedure, pass an appropriate
+string. The call to the procedure needs to be wrapped in a BEGIN END
+pair."))
+
+(defmethod execute-command ((sql-expression string)
+ &key (database *default-database*))
+ (record-sql-command sql-expression database)
+ (let ((res (database-execute-command sql-expression database)))
+ (record-sql-result res database))
+ (values))
+
+;;; Large objects support
+
+(defun create-large-object (&key (database *default-database*))
+ "Creates a new large object in the database and returns the object identifier"
+ (database-create-large-object database))
+
+(defun write-large-object (object-id data &key (database *default-database*))
+ "Writes data to the large object"
+ (database-write-large-object object-id data database))
+
+(defun read-large-object (object-id &key (database *default-database*))
+ "Reads the large object content"
+ (database-read-large-object object-id database))
+
+(defun delete-large-object (object-id &key (database *default-database*))
+ "Deletes the large object in the database"
+ (database-delete-large-object object-id database))
+