[Haskelldb-users] haskelldb basic documentation needed for connecton to MySQL

[Immanuel N. <imm...@go...>]

I posted this two weeks ago also to haskell-cafe, but the answers didn't
help that much. So I try here again:

with the release update haskelldb-0.9 -> haskelldb-0.10 several things have
changed. Unfortunately the API documentation does not give enough
information in generall. Is there any additional uptodate documentation
around?
In particular the fundamental function "connect" hast a new signature:
*connect* :: (forall m a .
MonadIO<http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/mtl/1.1.0.0/doc/html/Control-Monad-Trans.html#t%3AMonadIO>m
=> [(
String<http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/3.0.0.0/doc/html/Data-Char.html#t%3AString>,
String<http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/3.0.0.0/doc/html/Data-Char.html#t%3AString>)]
-> (Database -> m a) -> m a)
I don't know what pairs of strings this function needs. The API description
is to unspecific:

The connect function takes some driver specific name, value pairs use to
> setup the database connection, and a database action to run.


What are the specific name value pairs needed (for a connection to a mysql
db )?
I got the following hint:

> Your best bet is to download the appropriate drivers - either
> haskelld-hdbc-mysql or haskelldb-hsql-mysql. If you get the haskelldb
> sources via darcs, you can also look in the test directory to see how the
> connections are established.
>
> In my specific case, I am using PostgreSQL and by login  function looks
> like this:
>
> -- ^ Returns a function which can log into the database and perform
> operations.
> login :: MonadIO m => String -> Int -> String -> String -> String ->
> (Database -> m a) -> m a
> login server port user password dbname = postgresqlConnect [("host",
> server),
>   ("port", show port),
>   ("user", user),
>   ("password", password),
>   ("dbname", dbname)]


I don't understand how to map this to my problem. What in fact do I have to
install?
For MySQL there seem to be the following dependencies when I try to setup
haskelldb-hsql-mysql-0.10 froma hackage:
- haskelldb-hsql-0.10
- hsql-1.7
- hsql-mysql-1.7
I haven't manage to install them with ghc-6.8.2 yet. Nevertheless I wouldn't
know how to use this "cpnnect" function. Moreover, in contrast to the
haddock type description I observe with ghci and :t connect the following
type:
connect :: (MonadIO m) =>
           DriverInterface
           -> [(String, String)]
           -> (Database.HaskellDB.Database.Database -> m a)
           -> m a
I don't what to take for "DriverInterface"? The API docu says:
"Default dummy driver, real drivers should overload this"
How should this be done concretely for MySQL?

Some more detailed docu would be helpful.

Thanks,
Immanuel