Re: luasql in luadist

[Peter Drahoš <drahosp@...>]

On 18 Feb, 2014, at 16:52 , joao lobato <btnfdp.lobato@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 18/02/2014, Peter Drahoš <drahosp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 18 Feb, 2014, at 16:22 , joao lobato <btnfdp.lobato@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello list
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to use luasql with an Oracle
>>> database, in Windows (7, if it matters), without building from source?
>>> 
>>> In the the luadist directory tree, I see dlls for mysql, postgres and
>>> sqlite3, but not for the luasql module itself.
>>> 
>>> I've downloaded the binaries package. `luadist list` shows
>>> luasql-2.3.0 as installed. In Lua, require 'luasql' returns the module
>>> not found error.
>>> 
>>> Am I doing something wrong? Are there alternatives for my use case?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> the luasql module is split into multiple “drivers”, each has its own package
>> in LuaDist. You can use the mysql driver as follows once you install
>> luasql-mysql:
>> 
>> local sql = require “luasql.mysql”
>> 
>> This is well documented[1] on the luasql project page.
>> 
>> The package is included in the current batteries release found on
>> luadist.org[2] so you just need to download that.
>> 
>> pd
>> 
>> [1] http://www.keplerproject.org/luasql/manual.html#drivers
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/LuaDist/Binaries/archive/LuaDist-batteries-0.9.8-Windows-x86.zip
>> 
> 
> You are suggesting that I use "require 'luasql.mysql'" to talk to an
> Oracle 11g database? The same documentation suggests "require
> 'luasql.oic8'".
> 
> I concede that i missed that one, but I'd say that that isn't "well
> documented", no matter how "documented" it may be.
> 
Sorry,
I misread your message and assumed you wanted to access mysql. While my suggestion was accurate the oic8 driver is currently not included in LuaDist. Please submit a module request for it here[1] and I’ll see if it can be added quickly.

pd

[1] https://github.com/LuaDist/Repository/issues

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