HaskellDirect (or HDirect for short) is very much alive and being actively maintained by Sigbjorn Finne. http://www.haskell.org/hdirect/ It's built on top of the Haskell FFI, but it is much higher level. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Jamie Love [mailto:jlove@eservglobal.co.nz] | Sent: 05 June 2002 06:30 | To: Haskell Mailing List | Subject: FFI and ODBC connectivity | | | Hello all, | | Currently I am investigating the availability of haskell to | ODBC connectivity and have been excited by the possibilities. | Downloading the HaskellDB package | (http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/haskellDB/) | and having it run was fantastic. | | In the interests of continuing the work of HaskellDB, I wish | to have this system work under Linux. Before attempting to | extend HaskellDB to support ODBC (and work through unixODBC - http://www.unixodbc.org) I wish to ensure that my efforts are not misdirected. My questions include: Is HaskellDB dead? Is it worth extending? (I very much wish to keep the type safety HaskellDB has). Is HaskellDirect dead or superseeded by the Haskell FFI? I am having difficulty discovering which FFI technology/package is still useful, viable and alive, the same applies to ODBC connectivity packages. The second set of libraries I am interested in is HTML/CGI libraries. I have yet to investigate those available, so any direction on which library package is currently live and well would also be useful. The reason for these queries is that I wish to write pure Haskell software based heavily around both a database backend and HTML frontend. Thankyou, -- Jamie Love Phone: +64 4 9393425 "If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn't involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head. - " Pooh in Winnie the Pooh _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell