...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@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@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@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@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@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners