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<title>LuaSQL: Database connectivity for the Lua programming language</title>
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<center>
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<table border=0 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2>
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<tr><td align=center><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luasql">
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<img border=0 alt="LuaSQL logo" src="luasql.png"></a>
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<tr><td align=center><big><b>LuaSQL</b></big>
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<tr><td align=center valign=top>Database connectivity for the
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<a href="http://www.lua.org">Lua</a>
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programming language
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</table>
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</center>
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<p>
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<center><small>
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<a href=#over>overview</a> ·
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<a href=#version>current version</a> ·
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<a href=#download>download</a> ·
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<a href=#new>news</a> ·
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<a href=#installation>installation</a> ·
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<a href="manual.html">manual</a> ·
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<a href="license.html">license</a> ·
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<a href="#credits">credits</a> ·
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<a href="#contact">contact us</a>
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</small></center>
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<p>
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<hr>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li> <a href=#over>Overview</a>
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<li> <a href=#version>Current Version</a>
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<li> <a href=#download>Download</a>
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<li> <a href=#new>What's new</a>
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<li> <a href=#installation>Installation</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html">User's manual</a>
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<ul>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#introduction">Introduction</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#environment_object">Environment objects</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#connection_object">Connection objects</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#cursor_object">Cursor objects</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#postgres_extensions">PostgreSQL extensions</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#mysql_extensions">MySQL extensions</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#oracle_extensions">Oracle extensions</a>
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<li> <a href="manual.html#examples">Examples</a>
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</ul>
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<li> <a href="license.html">Copyright & License</a>
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<li> <a href="#credits">Credits</a>
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<li> <a href="#contact">Contact us</a>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<a name=over>
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<h2>Overview</h2>
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<p>
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LuaSQL is a simple interface from Lua to a DBMS.
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It enables a Lua program to:
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<ul>
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<li> Connect to ODBC, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL databases;
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<li> Execute arbitrary SQL statements;
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<li> Retrieve results in a row-by-row cursor fashion.
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</ul>
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LuaSQL is free software and uses the same
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<a href="license.html">license</a>
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as Lua 5.0.
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<a name=version>
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<h2>Current version</h2>
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<p>
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LuaSQL version 2.0 beta (for Lua 5.0) is now available for
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<a href="#download">download</a>!
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The PostgreSQL driver
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has been tested on Linux and MacOS X
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and is compatible with PostgreSQL 7.x.
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The ODBC driver has been tested on Windows
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(SQLServer and Microsoft Access drivers).
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The MySQL driver has been tested on Linux
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and is compatible with versions 4.0 and 4.1.
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The Oracle driver has been tested on Windows
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and is compatible with OCI 8 API.
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The SQLite drivers had been tested on Linux
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and are compatible with versions 2. and 3 beta.
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</p>
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<a name=download>
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<h2>Download</h2>
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LuaSQL can be downloaded in source code from the following links: <p>
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<blockquote>
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<a href="luasql-2.0b.tar.gz">luasql-2.0b.tar.gz</a><br>
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<a href="luasql-2.0b.zip">luasql-2.0b.zip</a>
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</blockquote><p>
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<a name=new>
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<h2>What's new</h2>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>[??/sep/2004] Version 2.0 beta 2 released
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<li>[10/dec/2003] Version 2.0 beta released
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</ul>
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<p>
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Version 2.0 beta 2 has some bug fixes and the new SQLite drivers.
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Also, it follows the new 5.1 model for dynamic library loading.
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<p>
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Version 2.0 has some design modifications and implementation improvements
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<ul>
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<li>New <tt>fetch</tt> method: more eficient and more flexible
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<li>New <tt>setautocommit</tt> method
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<li>Lua 5.0 compatible
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<li>Dynamically loadable or statically linked
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<li>New drivers for Oracle and MySQL databases
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</ul>
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</p>
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<a name="installation"></a>
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<h2>Installation</h2>
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<p>
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LuaSQL is distributed as a set of C source files and a Lua script that
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loads the dynamic library (if the library is not statically linked to
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the application).
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Each driver should be compiled together with luasql.c file (it is so small
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that we don't make another library of it) to generate a library.
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This library should be linked to the application (the initialization
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function is <tt>luaopen_luasql_<i>drivername</i></tt> and it is a Lua
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open-library compatible function)
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or dynamically loaded.
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<!--
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In this case, LuaSQL provide a Lua script template that must be
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edited to suit the installation: the text <tt>LIB_NAME</tt> (in the line
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<tt>local libname = "LIB_NAME"</tt>) should be substituted by the
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complete path of the dynamic library.
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The distribution contains a Makefile that has lines to do this job,
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using <tt>sed</tt>, according to each driver and platform.
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-->
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<a name="credits">
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<h2>Credits</h2>
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<h4>LuaSQL 2.0</h4>
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<p>
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Version 2.0 was redesigned by Roberto Ierusalimschy, André Carregal
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and Tomás Guisasola as part of the
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<a href="http://www.keplerproject.org">Kepler Project</a>.
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The implementation is compatible with Lua 5.0 and was coded by
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Tomás Guisasola and Eduardo Quintão,
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with many invaluable contributions by Michael Roth, Tiago Dionisio,
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and Leonardo Godinho.
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<h4>LuaSQL 1.0</h4>
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<p>
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LuaSQL was designed by Pedro Miller Rabinovitch and Roberto
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Ierusalimschy.
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The first implementation was compatible with Lua 4.0a.
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Many modifications were made but not distributed by Diego Nehab (ODBC),
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Carlos Cassino, Tomás Guisasola and Eduardo Quintão (PostgreSQL).
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<p>
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LuaSQL development was sponsored by
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<a href="http://www.fabricadigital.com.br">F<EFBFBD>brica Digital</a>.
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<a name="contact"></a>
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<h2>Contact us</h2>
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<p>
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For more information please
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<a href="mailto:tomas-NO-SPAM-THANKS@keplerproject.org">contact us</a>.
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Comments are welcome!
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</p>
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<p>
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<center><small>
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<a href=#over>overview</a> ·
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<a href=#version>current version</a> ·
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<a href=#download>download</a> ·
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<a href=#new>what's new</a> ·
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<a href=#installation>installation</a> ·
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<a href="manual.html">manual</a> ·
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<a href="license.html">license</a> ·
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<a href="#credits">credits</a> ·
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<a href="#contact">contact us</a>
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</small></center>
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<p>
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<small>
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$Id: index.html,v 1.22 2004/08/30 15:28:51 tomas Exp $
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