February 2011 - Beginners

Lujvo forming with cmavo rafsi
by Alex Rozenshteyn 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Specifically, I want to form a lujvo meaning "omnicide" (to ta'o this is due to the tvtropes trope "Omnicidal Maniac" ta'onai toi). {ro zei catra} or {rolcatra} seems to be wrong. {ro zei se catra} seems like it's all the victims, so maybe selrolselcatra? I'm not quite clear on what it means to be a lujvo if you don't have a tanru as the basis. -- Alex R

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Sqlite3 - INSERT statement question
by Patrick Lynch 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Good morning, I'm using "Real World Haskell" and a Windows Vista PC and I have Sqlite3 installed...[note: I had to change test1.db to /users/user/test1.db in order to get this to work, otherwise, neither the database nor the table could be created -- also, note c:/users/user/test1.db gives a syntax error], ghci doesn't like c:/]: I tried to use the following example from the book but it failed...see following: Prelude> :m Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3 Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "/users/user/test1.db" ... Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> run conn "INSERT INTO test VALUES (?, ?)" [toSql 0, toSql "zero"] <interactive>:1:43: No instance for (Data.Convertible.Base.Convertible t SqlValue) arising from a use of `toSql' at <interactive>:1:43-49 Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Data.Convertible.Base.Convertible t SqlValue) In the expression: toSql 0 In the third argument of `run', namely `[toSql 0, toSql "zero"]' In the expression: run conn "INSERT INTO test VALUES (?, ?)" [toSql 0, toSql "zero"] I'd appreciate any advice...

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ghci loading of hs files...
by Patrick Lynch 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

...I'm using the book "Real World Haskell"... ...In Chapter 22, it uses two files, namely: ...\ch22\PodDB.hs and ...\ch22\PodTypes.hs. ...This is the calling code in PodDB.hs: {-- snippet all --} module PodDB where import Database.HDBC import Database.HDBC.Sqlite3 import PodTypes ...I was instructed to start ghci and invoke the command: ...> :load C:\Users\User\Downloads\rwh-examples2\examples\ch22\poddb.hs ...this gives the following error message: C:\Users\User\Downloads\rwh-examples2\examples\ch22\poddb.hs:6:7: Could not find module `PodTypes': Use -v to see a list of the files searched for. Failed, modules loaded: none. ...I then tried the command: :l C:\Users\User\Downloads\rwh-examples2\examples\ch22\poddb.hs C:\Users\User\Downloads\rwh-examples2\examples\ch22\podtypes.hs ...it loaded both files... ...is there someway to modify the code in PodDB.hs that would allow me to simply invoke the command, as mentioned by the author, :load PodDB.hs? Thank you

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Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista
by Patrick Lynch 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

...just to put the 'finishing touch' on this -- Daniel Fischer pointed out how to use the Windows back slash for this command [he pointed it out that GHCI consider the backspace to be an escape character] - note the use of the double back slashes: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "c:\\users\\user\\test1.db" Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> Thanks Daniel... ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Lynch To: Patrick Lynch ; beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista ...oh dear, guess what -- I told you a lie...ghci does except either c:/users/user/test1.db or /users/user/test1.db but not the Windows folder separator of backslash '\'...please see following: ...this works: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "c:/users/user/test1.db" Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> ...so does this: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "/users/user/test1.db" Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> ...this doesn't work, note the back slash...also, this will only work, that is to create the database automatically and then subsquently create a table, if you user the 'users' folder...if you use 'program files, etal' you will not be able to create the database...bummer: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "c:\users\user\test1.db" <interactive>:1:27: lexical error in string/character literal at character 'u' ---- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Lynch To: Patrick Lynch ; beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista ...this seems to work: ghci> conn <- connectSqlite3 "/users/user/test1.db" ...this allows me to create a database in this directory, named test1.db, and then I can create a table in this database... ...I'm now working on writing some queries... ...wish me luck ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Lynch To: Kathleen Lynch ; beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista ...could this be the problem...in Windows Vista I cannot change the file name in the directory c:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci but can change it in c:\users\user directory... ...> ren "c:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci\test1.db" test2.db Access is denied. ...but I can see the contents of this file: ...> type test1.db hello, world! ...is it possible to specify the directory c:\users\user in ghci so that Sqlite3 will look there to open the database and then to create a table in it? Good day ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Lynch To: beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database in Windows Vista ...seems like I 'kicked over another bee hive'...plenty of messages in regard to this when you do google search--->[sqlite3.operational error unable to open database file in windows vista] ...i'm getting the following error messages when I try to create a database in Sqlite3: *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "poddbtest.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 21, seErrorMsg = "prepare 6: BEGIN: unable to open database file"} *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "test1.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 1, seErrorMsg = "step: SQL logic error or missing database"} Both come from Chapters 21 and 22 in "Real World Haskell" I can't invoke Sqlite3 from the command line using---> Sqlite3 myDatabase.db... I created blank files in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci -- seemed to get me a bit further along...at least I was able to connect... Is it possible to specify the folder that the database should be created in? Is it possible to run Sqlite3 from the command line - when it has been installed using the Haskell wiki? Has anyone had better success with MySql - I've used it in the past and it was very reliable? Thank you ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners(a)haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista
by Patrick Lynch 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

...oh dear, guess what -- I told you a lie...ghci does except either c:/users/user/test1.db or /users/user/test1.db but not the Windows folder separator of backslash '\'...please see following: ...this works: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "c:/users/user/test1.db" Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> ...so does this: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "/users/user/test1.db" Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> ...this doesn't work, note the back slash...also, this will only work, that is to create the database automatically and then subsquently create a table, if you user the 'users' folder...if you use 'program files, etal' you will not be able to create the database...bummer: Prelude Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.Sqlite3> conn <- connectSqlite3 "c:\users\user\test1.db" <interactive>:1:27: lexical error in string/character literal at character 'u' ---- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Lynch To: Patrick Lynch ; beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista ...this seems to work: ghci> conn <- connectSqlite3 "/users/user/test1.db" ...this allows me to create a database in this directory, named test1.db, and then I can create a table in this database... ...I'm now working on writing some queries... ...wish me luck ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Lynch To: Kathleen Lynch ; beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database inWindows Vista ...could this be the problem...in Windows Vista I cannot change the file name in the directory c:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci but can change it in c:\users\user directory... ...> ren "c:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci\test1.db" test2.db Access is denied. ...but I can see the contents of this file: ...> type test1.db hello, world! ...is it possible to specify the directory c:\users\user in ghci so that Sqlite3 will look there to open the database and then to create a table in it? Good day ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Lynch To: beginners(a)haskell.org Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database in Windows Vista ...seems like I 'kicked over another bee hive'...plenty of messages in regard to this when you do google search--->[sqlite3.operational error unable to open database file in windows vista] ...i'm getting the following error messages when I try to create a database in Sqlite3: *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "poddbtest.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 21, seErrorMsg = "prepare 6: BEGIN: unable to open database file"} *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "test1.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 1, seErrorMsg = "step: SQL logic error or missing database"} Both come from Chapters 21 and 22 in "Real World Haskell" I can't invoke Sqlite3 from the command line using---> Sqlite3 myDatabase.db... I created blank files in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci -- seemed to get me a bit further along...at least I was able to connect... Is it possible to specify the folder that the database should be created in? Is it possible to run Sqlite3 from the command line - when it has been installed using the Haskell wiki? Has anyone had better success with MySql - I've used it in the past and it was very reliable? Thank you -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners(a)haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Can't find or open a Sqlite3 database in Windows Vista
by Kathleen Lynch 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

...seems like I 'kicked over another bee hive'...plenty of messages in regard to this when you do google search--->[sqlite3.operational error unable to open database file in windows vista] ...i'm getting the following error messages when I try to create a database in Sqlite3: *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "poddbtest.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 21, seErrorMsg = "prepare 6: BEGIN: unable to open database file"} *Sandbox> dbh <- connect "test1.db" *** Exception: SqlError {seState = "", seNativeError = 1, seErrorMsg = "step: SQL logic error or missing database"} Both come from Chapters 21 and 22 in "Real World Haskell" I can't invoke Sqlite3 from the command line using---> Sqlite3 myDatabase.db... I created blank files in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\winghci -- seemed to get me a bit further along...at least I was able to connect... Is it possible to specify the folder that the database should be created in? Is it possible to run Sqlite3 from the command line - when it has been installed using the Haskell wiki? Has anyone had better success with MySql - I've used it in the past and it was very reliable? Thank you

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How to use the yaml package?
by Xavier Shay 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hello, I want to use YAML in my app I have run: cabal install yaml I have added it to my build-depends line in my .cabal file: Build-Depends: base,time,yaml $ runhaskell Setup.lhs configure Configuring xtdo-0.1... Setup.lhs: At least the following dependencies are missing: yaml -any Oh no! I tried just importing Text.Libyaml in both my app and GHCi but neither error gave any clues. I also found references to HsSyck, data-object-yaml and YAML::Tiny libraries, but not sure what I should be using. Right now I'm feeling totally lost, not being able to find examples of code using yaml, nor documentation for how I would use the libraries to play around with it. Also not comfortable I understand the interaction between cabal, runhaskell, ghc, and my build file. Any pointers? References to documentation I should have read also appreciated. Cheers, Xavier (I don't know how relevant it is, but here is my minimal project I am trying to add it to: https://github.com/xaviershay/xtdo-hs)

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Installing HDBC
by Kathleen Lynch 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Good morning, I'm trying to install Sqlite on a Windows PC... I'm using "Real World Haskell" as a guide in regard to this... It indicates that HDBC must be installed first and points to http://hackage.haskell.org/. I displayed this url and see the following in regard to downloading HDBC: Downloads a.. HDBC-2.2.6.1.tar.gz (Cabal source package) b.. package description (included in the package) If I'm correct, tar is a Unixy thing... Can someone tell me how to download this to a Windows Vista PC? Thank you

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Re: [Haskell-beginners] Any advice on installing gtk2hs
by patricklynch 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

To Aditya Siram ...thanks for writing the procedure in the link in the email below...... ...I got stuck on the command: 'cabal install gtk' ...it gives the following message: Linking: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\cairo-0.12.043\cairo-0.12\dist\setup\setup.exe ... Cannot find gtk2hsC2hs Please install 'gtk2hs-buildtools' first and check that the install Directory is in your PATH (e.g.. HOME/.cabal/bin) My PATH is C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/cabal/bin Should I change my PATH? Good day -----Original Message----- From: patricklynch [mailto:kmandpjlynch@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:55 PM To: 'patricklynch'; beginners(a)haskell.org Subject: RE: Any advice on installing gtk2hs PS, this was for the Windows installation... -----Original Message----- From: patricklynch [mailto:kmandpjlynch@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:54 PM To: 'beginners(a)haskell.org' Subject: Any advice on installing gtk2hs Good afternoon, Any advice on installing gtk2hs... I used the instructions at: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2Hs and get a bunch of error messages... Thanks...

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"Cyclic" instance of Enum
by Patrick LeBoutillier 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, I've created an instance of Enum that repeats the same elements when it gets to the end: module Music.Note.Name where data Name = C | D | E | F | G | A | B deriving (Show, Eq) instance Enum Name where toEnum 0 = C toEnum 1 = D toEnum 2 = E toEnum 3 = F toEnum 4 = G toEnum 5 = A toEnum 6 = B toEnum i = toEnum $ i `mod` 7 fromEnum C = 0 fromEnum D = 1 fromEnum E = 2 fromEnum F = 3 fromEnum G = 4 fromEnum A = 5 fromEnum B = 6 enumFromTo x y = map toEnum [a .. b'] where a = fromEnum x b = fromEnum y b' = if a <= b then b else b + 7 enumFromThen x1 x2 = error "enumFromThen not supported for Music.Note.Name" enumFromThenTo x1 x2 y = error "enumFromThenTo not supported for Music.Note.Name" Does this violate any implicit rules that an Enum instance should follow? Is there a better way to do this? Thanks, Patrick -- ===================== Patrick LeBoutillier Rosemère, Québec, Canada

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