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<tr><td align=center><a href="http://www.lua.org">
<img border=0 alt="The Lua language" src="lua.png"></a>
<tr><td align=center><big><b>LuaSQL</b></big>
<tr><td align=center valign=top>Database connectivity for the Lua language
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<a href=#over>overview</a> &middot;
<a href=#version>current version</a> &middot;
<a href=#download>download</a> &middot;
<a href=#new>what's new</a> &middot;
<a href="manual.html">manual</a> &middot;
<a href=#hist>history</a>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li> <a href=#over>Overview</a>
<li> <a href=#current>Current Version</a>
<li> <a href=#new>What's new</a>
<li> <a href=#download>Download</a>
<li> <a href="manual.html">User's manual</a>
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	<li> <a href="manual.html#environment">Environment class</a>
	<li> <a href="manual.html#connection">Connection class</a>
	<li> <a href="manual.html#cursor">Cursor class</a>
	<li> <a href="manual.html#examples">Examples</a>
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<li> <a href=#hist>History</a>
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<h2>Overview</h2>
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LuaSQL is a simple interface from Lua to a DBMS.
It enables a Lua program to:
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<li> Connect to ODBC and PostgreSQL databases;
<li> Execute arbitrary SQL statements;
<li> Retrieve results in a row-by-row cursor fashion.
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<h2>Current version</h2>
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LuaSQL version 2.0 (for Lua 5.0) is now available for
<a href="#download">download</a>!
The PostgreSQL driver
has been tested on Linux and MacOS X,
and the ODBC driver has been tested on Windows
(SQLServer and Microsoft Access drivers) and
on Linux (Linux ODBC Informix driver).
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<h2>Download</h2>

LuaSQL can be downloaded in source code from the following links: <p>

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<a href="http://poison.les.inf.puc-rio.br/luasql/luasql.tar.gz">luasql.tar.gz</a><br>
<a href="http://poison.les.inf.puc-rio.br/luasql/luasql.zip">luasql.zip</a>
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<h2>What's new</h2>
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Version 2.0 has some design modifications and implementation improvements
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  <li>New <tt>fetch</tt> method: more eficient and more flexible
  <li>New <tt>setautocommit</tt> method
  <!--<li>No more <tt>Options</tt>-->
  <li>Lua 5.0 compatible
  <li>Dynamically loadable or statically linked
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<li> Bug-fix: TableList statement handle was not being closed;
<li> Bug-fix: Connection handle was being released before error message 
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<h2><a name=hist>History</h2>

LuaSQL   was  designed   by   Pedro  Miller   Rabinovitch  and   Roberto
Ierusalimschy, sponsored by <a href="http://www.fabricadigital.com.br">
F<EFBFBD>brica Digital</a>. The  first  implementation was  compatible with  Lua
4.0a. The current ODBC driver has been adapted from the original version
by Diego Nehab, and the PostgreSQL driver has been adapted by Roberto
Ierusalimschy and Carlos Cassino.
Version 1.1 was made by Diego Nehab, Eduardo Quint&atilde;o and
Tom&aacute;s Guisasola.

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<center><small>
<a href=#over>overview</a> &middot;
<a href=#version>current version</a> &middot;
<a href=#download>download</a> &middot;
<a href=#new>what's new</a> &middot;
<a href="manual.html">manual</a> &middot;
<a href=#hist>history</a>
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Last modified by Tom&aacute;s Guisasola on<br>
Fri May  2 09:56:03 BRT 2003
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