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diff --git a/Database/HDBC/MySQL.hs b/Database/HDBC/MySQL.hs
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+{- |
+
+This module provides a MySQL driver for the HDBC database interface.
+To use it, invoke the 'connectMySQL' method to create an
+@Database.HDBC.IConnection@ that you can use to interact with a MySQL
+database.  Use the 'defaultMySQLConnectInfo', overriding the default
+values as necessary.
+
+> import Control.Monad
+> import Database.HDBC
+> import Database.HDBC.MySQL
+> main = do conn <- connectMySQL defaultMySQLConnectInfo {
+>                        mysqlHost     = "db1.example.com",
+>                        mysqlUser     = "scott",
+>                        mysqlPassword = "tiger"
+>                     }
+>
+>           rows <- quickQuery' conn "SELECT 1 + 1" []
+>           forM_ rows $ \row -> putStrLn $ show row
+
+There are some important caveats to note about this driver.
+
+The first relates to transaction support.  The MySQL server supports a
+variety of backend \"engines\", only some of which support
+transactional access (e.g., InnoDB).  This driver will report that the
+database supports transactions.  Should you decide to make use of the
+transactional support in the HDBC API,
+/it is up to you to make sure that you use a MySQL engine that supports transactions/.
+
+The next relates to dates and times.  MySQL does not store time zone
+information in @DATETIME@ or @TIMESTAMP@ columns: instead, it assumes
+that all dates are stored in the \"server's time zone\".  At some
+point in the future, this driver may query for the server's time zone
+and apply appropriate time zone conversion to these datatypes. For
+now, it simply treats all times as UTC; i.e., it assumes the server's
+time zone is UTC.
+
+-}
+module Database.HDBC.MySQL
+    (connectMySQL, MySQLConnectInfo(..), defaultMySQLConnectInfo)
+where
+import Database.HDBC.MySQL.Connection
diff --git a/Database/HDBC/MySQL/Connection.hsc b/Database/HDBC/MySQL/Connection.hsc
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+-- -*- mode: haskell; -*-
+{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-}
+
+module Database.HDBC.MySQL.Connection
+    (connectMySQL, MySQLConnectInfo(..), defaultMySQLConnectInfo)
+where
+
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Monad
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import Data.IORef
+import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
+import Data.Time
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
+
+import qualified Database.HDBC.Types as Types
+import Database.HDBC.ColTypes as ColTypes
+
+#include <mysql.h>
+
+{- | Connection information to use with connectMySQL.
+
+     You must either supply a host and port, or the name of a Unix
+     socket.
+
+-}
+data MySQLConnectInfo = MySQLConnectInfo
+    { -- | e.g., @\"db1.example.com\"@
+      mysqlHost       :: String
+      -- | e.g., @\"scott\"@
+    , mysqlUser       :: String
+      -- | e.g., @\"tiger\"@
+    , mysqlPassword   :: String
+      -- | the \"default\" database name; e.g., @\"emp\"@
+    , mysqlDatabase   :: String
+      -- | e.g., @3306@
+    , mysqlPort       :: Int
+      -- | e.g., @\"\/var\/lib\/mysql.sock\"@
+    , mysqlUnixSocket :: String
+    }
+
+{- | Typical connection information, meant to be overridden partially,
+     for example:
+
+     > connectMySQL defaultMySQLConnectInfo { mysqlHost = "db1" }
+
+     In particular, the default values are @\"127.0.0.1\"@ as the
+     host, @3306@ as the port, @\"root\"@ as the user, no password,
+     and @\"test\"@ as the default database.
+
+-}
+defaultMySQLConnectInfo :: MySQLConnectInfo
+defaultMySQLConnectInfo = MySQLConnectInfo "127.0.0.1" "root" "" "test" 3306 ""
+
+data Connection = Connection
+    { disconnect :: IO ()
+    , commit :: IO ()
+    , rollback :: IO ()
+    , run :: String -> [Types.SqlValue] -> IO Integer
+    , prepare :: String -> IO Types.Statement
+    , clone :: IO Connection
+    , hdbcDriverName :: String
+    , hdbcClientVer :: String
+    , proxiedClientName :: String
+    , proxiedClientVer :: String
+    , dbServerVer :: String
+    , dbTransactionSupport :: Bool
+    , getTables :: IO [String]
+    , describeTable :: String -> IO [(String, ColTypes.SqlColDesc)]
+    }
+
+instance Types.IConnection Connection where
+  disconnect           = disconnect
+  commit               = commit
+  rollback             = rollback
+  run                  = run
+  prepare              = prepare
+  clone                = clone
+  hdbcDriverName       = hdbcDriverName
+  hdbcClientVer        = hdbcClientVer
+  proxiedClientName    = proxiedClientName
+  proxiedClientVer     = proxiedClientVer
+  dbServerVer          = dbServerVer
+  dbTransactionSupport = dbTransactionSupport
+  getTables            = getTables
+  describeTable        = describeTable
+
+-- The "real" connection to the MySQL server.  Wraps mysql.h's MYSQL
+-- struct.  We don't ever need to look inside it.
+data MYSQL
+
+{- | Connects to a MySQL database using the specified
+     connection information. -}
+connectMySQL :: MySQLConnectInfo -> IO Connection
+connectMySQL info = do
+  mysql_ <- mysql_init nullPtr
+  when (mysql_ == nullPtr) (error "mysql_init failed")
+  withCString (mysqlHost info) $ \host_ ->
+      withCString (mysqlUser info) $ \user_ ->
+          withCString (mysqlPassword info) $ \passwd_ ->
+              withCString (mysqlDatabase info) $ \db_ ->
+                  withCString (mysqlUnixSocket info) $ \unixSocket_ ->
+                      do rv <- mysql_real_connect mysql_ host_ user_ passwd_ db_
+                                                  (fromIntegral $ mysqlPort info)
+                                                  unixSocket_
+                         when (rv == nullPtr) (connectionError mysql_)
+                         wrap mysql_
+    where
+      -- Returns the HDBC wrapper for the native MySQL connection
+      -- object.
+      wrap :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO Connection
+      wrap mysql_ = do
+        clientver <- peekCString =<< mysql_get_client_info
+        serverver <- peekCString =<< mysql_get_server_info mysql_
+        protover <- mysql_get_proto_info mysql_
+
+        -- HDBC assumes that there is no such thing as auto-commit.
+        -- So we'll turn it off here and start our first transaction.
+        mysql_autocommit mysql_ 0
+
+        mysql__ <- newForeignPtr mysql_close mysql_
+        doStartTransaction mysql__
+
+        return $ Connection
+                   { disconnect           = finalizeForeignPtr mysql__
+                   , commit               = doCommit mysql__ >> doStartTransaction mysql__
+                   , rollback             = doRollback mysql__ >> doStartTransaction mysql__
+                   , run                  = doRun mysql__
+                   , prepare              = newStatement mysql__
+                   , clone                = connectMySQL info
+                   , hdbcDriverName       = "mysql"
+                   , hdbcClientVer        = clientver
+                   , proxiedClientName    = "mysql"
+                   , proxiedClientVer     = show protover
+                   , dbServerVer          = serverver
+                   , dbTransactionSupport = True
+                   , getTables            = doGetTables mysql__
+                   , describeTable        = doDescribeTable mysql__
+                   }
+
+-- A MySQL statement: wraps mysql.h's MYSQL_STMT struct.
+data MYSQL_STMT
+
+-- A MySQL result: wraps mysql.h's MYSQL_RES struct.
+data MYSQL_RES
+
+-- A MySQL field: wraps mysql.h's MYSQL_FIELD struct.  We do actually
+-- have to spelunk this structure, so it's a Storable instance.
+data MYSQL_FIELD = MYSQL_FIELD
+    { fieldName      :: String
+    , fieldLength    :: CULong
+    , fieldMaxLength :: CULong
+    , fieldType      :: CInt
+    , fieldDecimals  :: CUInt
+    , fieldFlags     :: CUInt
+    }
+
+instance Storable MYSQL_FIELD where
+    sizeOf _     = #const sizeof(MYSQL_FIELD)
+    alignment _  = alignment (undefined :: CInt)
+
+    peek p = do
+      fname   <- peekCString =<< (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, name) p
+      flength <- (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, length) p
+      fmaxlen <- (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, max_length) p
+      ftype   <- (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, type) p
+      fdec    <- (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, decimals) p
+      fflags  <- (#peek MYSQL_FIELD, flags) p
+      return $ MYSQL_FIELD
+                 { fieldName      = fname
+                 , fieldLength    = flength
+                 , fieldMaxLength = fmaxlen
+                 , fieldType      = ftype
+                 , fieldDecimals  = fdec
+                 , fieldFlags     = fflags
+                 }
+
+    poke _ _ = error "MYSQL_FIELD: poke"
+
+-- A MySQL binding to a query parameter or result.  This wraps
+-- mysql.h's MYSQL_BIND struct, and it's also Storable -- in this
+-- case, so that we can create them.
+data MYSQL_BIND = MYSQL_BIND
+    { bindLength       :: Ptr CULong
+    , bindIsNull       :: Ptr CChar
+    , bindBuffer       :: Ptr ()
+    , bindError        :: Ptr CChar
+    , bindBufferType   :: CInt
+    , bindBufferLength :: CULong
+    }
+
+instance Storable MYSQL_BIND where
+    sizeOf _      = #const sizeof(MYSQL_BIND)
+    alignment _   = alignment (undefined :: CInt)
+
+    peek _ = error "MYSQL_BIND: peek"
+
+    poke p (MYSQL_BIND len_ isNull_ buf_ err_ buftyp buflen) = do
+        memset (castPtr p) 0 #{const sizeof(MYSQL_BIND)}
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, length)        p len_
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, is_null)       p isNull_
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, buffer)        p buf_
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, error)         p err_
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, buffer_type)   p buftyp
+        (#poke MYSQL_BIND, buffer_length) p buflen
+
+data MYSQL_TIME = MYSQL_TIME
+    { timeYear       :: CInt
+    , timeMonth      :: CInt
+    , timeDay        :: CInt
+    , timeHour       :: CInt
+    , timeMinute     :: CInt
+    , timeSecond     :: CInt
+    }
+
+instance Storable MYSQL_TIME where
+    sizeOf _      = #const sizeof(MYSQL_TIME)
+    alignment _   = alignment (undefined :: CInt)
+
+    peek p = do
+      year    <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, year) p
+      month   <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, month) p
+      day     <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, day) p
+      hour    <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, hour) p
+      minute  <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, minute) p
+      second  <- (#peek MYSQL_TIME, second) p
+      return (MYSQL_TIME year month day hour minute second)
+
+    poke p t = do
+      memset (castPtr p) 0 #{const sizeof(MYSQL_TIME)}
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, year)   p (timeYear t)
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, month)  p (timeMonth t)
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, day)    p (timeDay t)
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, hour)   p (timeHour t)
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, minute) p (timeMinute t)
+      (#poke MYSQL_TIME, second) p (timeSecond t)
+
+-- Prepares a new Statement for execution.
+newStatement :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> String -> IO Types.Statement
+newStatement mysql__ query = withForeignPtr mysql__ $ \mysql_ -> do
+  stmt_ <- mysql_stmt_init mysql_
+  when (stmt_ == nullPtr) (connectionError mysql_)
+
+  -- If an error occurs below, we'll lose the reference to the foreign
+  -- pointer and run the finalizer.
+  stmt__ <- newForeignPtr mysql_stmt_close stmt_
+
+  withCStringLen query $ \(query_, len) -> do
+      rv <- mysql_stmt_prepare stmt_ query_ (fromIntegral len)
+      when (rv /= 0) (statementError stmt_)
+
+  -- Collect the result fields of the statement; this will simply be
+  -- the empty list if we're doing something that doesn't generate
+  -- results.
+  fields <- fieldsOf stmt_
+
+  -- Create MYSQL_BIND structures for each field and point the the
+  -- statement at those buffers.  Again, if there are no fields,
+  -- this'll be a no-op.
+  results <- mapM resultOfField fields
+  when (not $ null results)
+       (withArray results $ \bind_ -> do
+          rv' <- mysql_stmt_bind_result stmt_ bind_
+          when (rv' /= 0) (statementError stmt_))
+
+  -- This is mildly insane.  Create an IORef where we can store the
+  -- finalizer, so we can later free the finalizer.
+  gptr <- newIORef nullFunPtr
+  g <- makeFinalizer $ freeBinds results gptr
+  writeIORef gptr g
+  addForeignPtrFinalizer g stmt__
+
+  -- We pass the connection ForeignPtr down to execute and fetchRow as
+  -- a silly way to keep a reference to it alive so long as the
+  -- statement is around.
+  return $ Types.Statement
+             { Types.execute        = execute mysql__ stmt__
+             , Types.executeMany    = mapM_ $ execute mysql__ stmt__
+             , Types.finish         = finalizeForeignPtr stmt__
+             , Types.fetchRow       = fetchRow mysql__ stmt__ results
+             , Types.originalQuery  = query
+             , Types.getColumnNames = return $ map fieldName fields
+             , Types.describeResult = return $ map sqlColDescOf fields
+             }
+
+type Finalizer a = Ptr a -> IO ()
+foreign import ccall "wrapper" makeFinalizer
+    :: Finalizer a -> IO (FunPtr (Finalizer a))
+
+-- Release the storage allocated for each bind.
+freeBinds :: [MYSQL_BIND] -> IORef (FunPtr (Finalizer a)) -> Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO ()
+freeBinds binds selfPtrRef _ = do
+  readIORef selfPtrRef >>= freeHaskellFunPtr
+  mapM_ freeOneBind binds
+    where freeOneBind bind = do
+            free $ bindLength bind
+            free $ bindIsNull bind
+            free $ bindBuffer bind
+            free $ bindError bind
+
+-- Returns the list of fields from a prepared statement.
+fieldsOf :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO [MYSQL_FIELD]
+fieldsOf stmt_ = bracket acquire release fieldsOf'
+    where acquire                          = mysql_stmt_result_metadata stmt_
+          release res_ | res_ == nullPtr   = return ()
+                       | otherwise         = mysql_free_result res_
+          fieldsOf' res_ | res_ == nullPtr = return []
+                         | otherwise       = fieldsOfResult res_
+
+-- Builds the list of fields from the result set metadata: this is
+-- just a helper function for fieldOf, above.
+fieldsOfResult :: Ptr MYSQL_RES -> IO [MYSQL_FIELD]
+fieldsOfResult res_ = do
+  field_ <- mysql_fetch_field res_
+  if (field_ == nullPtr)
+    then return []
+    else liftM2 (:) (peek field_) (fieldsOfResult res_)
+
+-- Executes a statement with the specified binding parameters.
+execute :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> ForeignPtr MYSQL_STMT -> [Types.SqlValue] -> IO Integer
+execute mysql__ stmt__ params =
+    withForeignPtr mysql__ $ \_ ->
+        withForeignPtr stmt__ $ \stmt_ -> do
+          bindParams stmt_ params
+          rv <- mysql_stmt_execute stmt_
+          when (rv /= 0) (statementError stmt_)
+          nrows <- mysql_stmt_affected_rows stmt_
+
+          -- mysql_stmt_affected_rows returns -1 when called on a
+          -- SELECT statement; the HDBC API expects zero to be
+          -- returned in this case.
+          return $ fromIntegral (if nrows == (-1 :: CULLong) then 0 else nrows)
+
+-- Binds placeholder parameters to values.
+bindParams :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> [Types.SqlValue] -> IO ()
+bindParams stmt_ params = do
+  param_count <- mysql_stmt_param_count stmt_
+  let nparams = fromIntegral param_count
+
+  -- XXX i'm not sure if it makes more sense to keep this paranoia, or
+  -- to simply remove it.  The code that immediately follows pads
+  -- extra bind parameters with nulls.
+  when (nparams /= length params)
+           (error "the number of parameter placeholders in the prepared SQL is different than the number of parameters provided")
+
+  let params' = take nparams $ params ++ repeat Types.SqlNull
+  binds <- mapM bindOfSqlValue params'
+  withArray binds $ \bind_ -> do
+      rv <- mysql_stmt_bind_param stmt_ bind_
+      when (rv /= 0) (statementError stmt_)
+
+-- Given a SqlValue, return a MYSQL_BIND structure that we can use to
+-- pass its value.
+bindOfSqlValue :: Types.SqlValue -> IO MYSQL_BIND
+
+bindOfSqlValue Types.SqlNull =
+    with (1 :: CChar) $ \isNull_ ->
+        return $ MYSQL_BIND
+                   { bindLength       = nullPtr
+                   , bindIsNull       = isNull_
+                   , bindBuffer       = nullPtr
+                   , bindError        = nullPtr
+                   , bindBufferType   = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NULL}
+                   , bindBufferLength = 0
+                   }
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlString s) =
+    -- XXX this might not handle embedded null characters correctly.
+    bindOfSqlValue' (length s) (withCString s) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlByteString s) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (B.length s) (B.useAsCString s) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlInteger n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (8::Int) (with (fromIntegral n :: CLLong)) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlBool b) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (1::Int) (with (if b then 1 else 0 :: CChar)) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TINY}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlChar c) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (1::Int) (with c) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TINY}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlDouble d) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (8::Int) (with (realToFrac d :: CDouble)) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlInt32 n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (4::Int) (with n) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlInt64 n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (8::Int) (with n) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlRational n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (8::Int) (with (realToFrac n :: CDouble)) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlWord32 n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (4::Int) (with n) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlWord64 n) =
+    bindOfSqlValue' (8::Int) (with n) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlEpochTime epoch) =
+    let t = utcToMysqlTime $ posixSecondsToUTCTime (fromIntegral epoch) in
+    bindOfSqlValue' (#{const sizeof(MYSQL_TIME)}::Int) (with t) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME}
+        where utcToMysqlTime :: UTCTime -> MYSQL_TIME
+              utcToMysqlTime (UTCTime day difftime) =
+                  let (y, m, d) = toGregorian day
+                      t  = floor $ (realToFrac difftime :: Double)
+                      h  = t `div` 3600
+                      mn = t `div` 60 `mod` 60
+                      s  = t `mod` 60
+                  in MYSQL_TIME (fromIntegral y) (fromIntegral m) (fromIntegral d) h mn s
+
+bindOfSqlValue (Types.SqlTimeDiff n) =
+    let h  = fromIntegral $ n `div` 3600
+        mn = fromIntegral $ n `div` 60 `mod` 60
+        s  = fromIntegral $ n `mod` 60
+        t  = MYSQL_TIME 0 0 0 h mn s in
+    bindOfSqlValue' (#{const sizeof(MYSQL_TIME)}::Int) (with t) #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TIME}
+
+-- A nasty helper function that cuts down on the boilerplate a bit.
+bindOfSqlValue' :: (Integral a, Storable b) =>
+                   a ->
+                       ((Ptr b -> IO MYSQL_BIND) -> IO MYSQL_BIND) ->
+                           CInt ->
+                               IO MYSQL_BIND
+
+bindOfSqlValue' len buf btype =
+    let buflen = fromIntegral len in
+    with (0 :: CChar) $ \isNull_ ->
+        with buflen $ \len_ ->
+            buf $ \buf_ ->
+                return $ MYSQL_BIND
+                           { bindLength       = len_
+                           , bindIsNull       = isNull_
+                           , bindBuffer       = castPtr buf_
+                           , bindError        = nullPtr
+                           , bindBufferType   = btype
+                           , bindBufferLength = buflen
+                           }
+
+-- Returns an appropriate binding structure for a field.
+resultOfField :: MYSQL_FIELD -> IO MYSQL_BIND
+resultOfField field =
+    let ftype = fieldType field
+        btype = boundType ftype (fieldDecimals field)
+        size  = boundSize btype (fieldLength field) in
+    do size_   <- new size
+       isNull_ <- new (0 :: CChar)
+       error_  <- new (0 :: CChar)
+       buffer_ <- mallocBytes (fromIntegral size)
+       return $ MYSQL_BIND { bindLength       = size_
+                           , bindIsNull       = isNull_
+                           , bindBuffer       = buffer_
+                           , bindError        = error_
+                           , bindBufferType   = btype
+                           , bindBufferLength = size
+                           }
+
+-- Returns the appropriate result type for a particular host type.
+boundType :: CInt -> CUInt -> CInt
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_STRING}     _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TINY}       _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_SHORT}      _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_INT24}      _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR}       _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM}       _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL}    0 = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL}    _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL} 0 = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL} _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_FLOAT}      _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATE}       _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP}  _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE}    _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME}
+boundType #{const MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB}       _ = #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING}
+boundType t                              _ = t
+
+-- Returns the amount of storage required for a particular result
+-- type.
+boundSize :: CInt -> CULong -> CULong
+boundSize #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}   _ = 4
+boundSize #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE} _ = 8
+boundSize _                          n = n
+
+-- Fetches a row from an executed statement and converts the cell
+-- values into a list of SqlValue types.
+fetchRow :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> ForeignPtr MYSQL_STMT -> [MYSQL_BIND] -> IO (Maybe [Types.SqlValue])
+fetchRow mysql__ stmt__ results =
+    withForeignPtr mysql__ $ \_ ->
+        withForeignPtr stmt__ $ \stmt_ -> do
+          rv <- mysql_stmt_fetch stmt_
+          case rv of
+            0                             -> row
+            #{const MYSQL_DATA_TRUNCATED} -> row
+            #{const MYSQL_NO_DATA}        -> return Nothing
+            _                             -> statementError stmt_
+    where row = mapM cellValue results >>= \cells -> return $ Just cells
+
+-- Produces a single SqlValue cell value given the binding, handling
+-- nulls appropriately.
+cellValue :: MYSQL_BIND -> IO Types.SqlValue
+cellValue bind = do
+  isNull <- peek $ bindIsNull bind
+  if isNull == 0 then cellValue' else return Types.SqlNull
+      where cellValue' = do
+                   len <- peek $ bindLength bind
+                   let buftype = bindBufferType bind
+                       buf     = bindBuffer bind
+                   nonNullCellValue buftype buf len
+
+-- Produces a single SqlValue from the binding's type and buffer
+-- pointer.  It assumes that the value is not null.
+nonNullCellValue :: CInt -> Ptr () -> CULong -> IO Types.SqlValue
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG} p _ = do
+  n :: CLong <- peek $ castPtr p
+  return $ Types.SqlInteger (fromIntegral n)
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG} p _ = do
+  n :: CLLong <- peek $ castPtr p
+  return $ Types.SqlInteger (fromIntegral n)
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE} p _ = do
+  n :: CDouble <- peek $ castPtr p
+  return $ Types.SqlDouble (realToFrac n)
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING} p len =
+    peekCStringLen ((castPtr p), fromIntegral len) >>= return . Types.SqlString
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME} p _ = do
+  t :: MYSQL_TIME <- peek $ castPtr p
+  let epoch = (floor . toRational . utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds . mysqlTimeToUTC) t
+  return $ Types.SqlEpochTime epoch
+      where mysqlTimeToUTC :: MYSQL_TIME -> UTCTime
+            mysqlTimeToUTC (MYSQL_TIME y m d h mn s) =
+                -- XXX so, this is fine if the date we're getting back
+                -- is UTC.  If not, well, it's wrong.
+                let day = fromGregorian (fromIntegral y) (fromIntegral m) (fromIntegral d)
+                    time = s + mn * 60 + h * 3600
+                in UTCTime day (secondsToDiffTime $ fromIntegral time)
+
+nonNullCellValue #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TIME} p _ = do
+  (MYSQL_TIME _ _ _ h mn s) <- peek $ castPtr p
+  let secs = 3600 * h + 60 * mn + s
+  return $ Types.SqlTimeDiff (fromIntegral secs)
+
+nonNullCellValue t _ _ = return $ Types.SqlString ("unknown type " ++ show t)
+
+-- Cough up the column metadata for a field that's returned from a
+-- query.
+sqlColDescOf :: MYSQL_FIELD -> (String, ColTypes.SqlColDesc)
+sqlColDescOf f =
+    let typ      = typeIdOf (fieldType f)
+        sz       = Just $ fromIntegral $ fieldLength f
+        octlen   = Just $ fromIntegral $ fieldLength f
+        digits   = Just $ fromIntegral $ fieldDecimals f
+        nullable = Just $ (fieldFlags f .&. #{const NOT_NULL_FLAG}) == 0
+    in (fieldName f, ColTypes.SqlColDesc typ sz octlen digits nullable)
+
+-- Returns the HDBC column type appropriate for the MySQL column
+-- type. (XXX as far as I can tell, I can't tell the difference
+-- between a TEXT and a BLOB column, here.)
+typeIdOf :: CInt -> ColTypes.SqlTypeId
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL}     = ColTypes.SqlDecimalT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TINY}        = ColTypes.SqlTinyIntT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_SHORT}       = ColTypes.SqlSmallIntT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG}        = ColTypes.SqlIntegerT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_FLOAT}       = ColTypes.SqlFloatT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE}      = ColTypes.SqlDoubleT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NULL}        = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT "NULL"
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP}   = ColTypes.SqlTimestampT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG}    = ColTypes.SqlNumericT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_INT24}       = ColTypes.SqlIntegerT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATE}        = ColTypes.SqlDateT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TIME}        = ColTypes.SqlTimeT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME}    = ColTypes.SqlTimestampT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR}        = ColTypes.SqlNumericT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE}     = ColTypes.SqlDateT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR}     = ColTypes.SqlVarCharT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_BIT}         = ColTypes.SqlBitT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL}  = ColTypes.SqlDecimalT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM}        = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT "ENUM"
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_SET}         = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT "SET"
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB}   = ColTypes.SqlBinaryT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB} = ColTypes.SqlBinaryT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_LONG_BLOB}   = ColTypes.SqlBinaryT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB}        = ColTypes.SqlBinaryT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING}  = ColTypes.SqlVarCharT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_STRING}      = ColTypes.SqlCharT
+typeIdOf #{const MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY}    = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT "GEOMETRY"
+typeIdOf n                               = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT ("unknown type " ++ show n)
+
+-- Run a query and discard the results, if any.
+doRun :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> String -> [Types.SqlValue] -> IO Integer
+doRun mysql__ query params = do
+  stmt <- newStatement mysql__ query
+  Types.execute stmt params
+
+-- Issue a query "old school", without using the prepared statement
+-- API.  We use this internally to send the transaction-related
+-- statements, because -- it turns out -- we have to!
+doQuery :: String -> ForeignPtr MYSQL -> IO ()
+doQuery stmt mysql__ = withForeignPtr mysql__ $ \mysql_ -> do
+    withCString stmt $ \stmt_ -> do
+      rv <- mysql_query mysql_ stmt_
+      when (rv /= 0) (connectionError mysql_)
+
+doCommit :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> IO ()
+doCommit = doQuery "COMMIT"
+
+doRollback :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> IO ()
+doRollback = doQuery "ROLLBACK"
+
+doStartTransaction :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> IO ()
+doStartTransaction = doQuery "START TRANSACTION"
+
+-- Retrieve all the tables in the current database by issuing a "SHOW
+-- TABLES" statement.
+doGetTables :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> IO [String]
+doGetTables mysql__ = do
+  stmt <- newStatement mysql__ "SHOW TABLES"
+  Types.execute stmt []
+  rows <- unfoldRows stmt
+  return $ map (fromSql . head) rows
+      where fromSql :: Types.SqlValue -> String
+            fromSql (Types.SqlString s) = s
+            fromSql _                   = error "SHOW TABLES returned a table whose name wasn't a string"
+
+-- Describe a single table in the database by issuing a "DESCRIBE"
+-- statement and parsing the results.  (XXX this is sloppy right now;
+-- ideally you'd come up with exactly the same results as if you did a
+-- describeResult on SELECT * FROM table.)
+doDescribeTable :: ForeignPtr MYSQL -> String -> IO [(String, ColTypes.SqlColDesc)]
+doDescribeTable mysql__ table = do
+  stmt <- newStatement mysql__ ("DESCRIBE " ++ table)
+  Types.execute stmt []
+  rows <- unfoldRows stmt
+  return $ map fromRow rows
+      where fromRow :: [Types.SqlValue] -> (String, ColTypes.SqlColDesc)
+            fromRow ((Types.SqlString colname)
+                     :(Types.SqlString coltype)
+                     :(Types.SqlString nullAllowed):_) =
+                let sqlTypeId = typeIdOfString coltype
+                    -- XXX parse the column width and decimals, too!
+                    nullable = Just $ nullAllowed == "YES"
+                in (colname, ColTypes.SqlColDesc sqlTypeId Nothing Nothing Nothing nullable)
+
+            fromRow _ = throwDyn $ Types.SqlError "" 0 "DESCRIBE failed"
+
+-- XXX this is likely to be incomplete.
+typeIdOfString :: String -> ColTypes.SqlTypeId
+typeIdOfString s
+    | "int"       `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlIntegerT
+    | "bigint"    `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlIntegerT
+    | "smallint"  `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlSmallIntT
+    | "mediumint" `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlIntegerT
+    | "tinyint"   `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlTinyIntT
+    | "decimal"   `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlDecimalT
+    | "double"    `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlDoubleT
+    | "float"     `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlFloatT
+    | "char"      `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlCharT
+    | "varchar"   `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlVarCharT
+    | "text"      `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlBinaryT
+    | "timestamp" `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlTimestampT
+    | "datetime"  `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlTimestampT
+    | "date"      `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlDateT
+    | "time"      `isPrefixOf` s = ColTypes.SqlTimeT
+    | otherwise                  = ColTypes.SqlUnknownT s
+
+-- A helper function that turns an executed statement into the
+-- resulting rows.
+unfoldRows :: Types.Statement -> IO [[Types.SqlValue]]
+unfoldRows stmt = do
+  row <- Types.fetchRow stmt
+  case row of
+    Nothing     -> return []
+    Just (vals) -> do rows <- unfoldRows stmt
+                      return (vals : rows)
+
+-- Returns the last statement-level error.
+statementError :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO a
+statementError stmt_ = do
+  errno <- mysql_stmt_errno stmt_
+  msg <- peekCString =<< mysql_stmt_error stmt_
+  throwDyn $ Types.SqlError "" (fromIntegral errno) msg
+
+-- Returns the last connection-level error.
+connectionError :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO a
+connectionError mysql_ = do
+  errno <- mysql_errno mysql_
+  msg <- peekCString =<< mysql_error mysql_
+  throwDyn $ Types.SqlError "" (fromIntegral errno) msg
+
+{- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -}
+
+-- Here are all the FFI imports.
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_get_client_info
+    :: IO CString
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_get_server_info
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO CString
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_get_proto_info
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO CUInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_init
+ :: Ptr MYSQL
+ -> IO (Ptr MYSQL)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_real_connect
+ :: Ptr MYSQL -- the context
+ -> CString   -- hostname
+ -> CString   -- username
+ -> CString   -- password
+ -> CString   -- database
+ -> CInt      -- port
+ -> CString   -- unix socket
+ -> IO (Ptr MYSQL)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "&mysql_close" mysql_close
+    :: FunPtr (Ptr MYSQL -> IO ())
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_init
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO (Ptr MYSQL_STMT)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_prepare
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> CString -> CInt -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_result_metadata
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO (Ptr MYSQL_RES)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_bind_param
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> Ptr MYSQL_BIND -> IO CChar
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_bind_result
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> Ptr MYSQL_BIND -> IO CChar
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_param_count
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CULong
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_free_result
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_RES -> IO ()
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_execute
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_affected_rows
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CULLong
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_fetch_field
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_RES -> IO (Ptr MYSQL_FIELD)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_fetch
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "&mysql_stmt_close" mysql_stmt_close
+    :: FunPtr (Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO ())
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_errno
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_stmt_error
+    :: Ptr MYSQL_STMT -> IO CString
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_errno
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_error
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> IO CString
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_autocommit
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> CChar -> IO CChar
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe mysql_query
+    :: Ptr MYSQL -> CString -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe memset
+    :: Ptr () -> CInt -> CSize -> IO ()
+
diff --git a/HDBC-mysql.cabal b/HDBC-mysql.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HDBC-mysql.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Name:             HDBC-mysql
+Category:         Database
+Synopsis:         MySQL driver for HDBC
+Version:          0.1
+Description:      This package provides a MySQL driver for HDBC.
+Stability:        Experimental
+Maintainer:       Chris Waterson <waterson@maubi.net>
+Author:           Chris Waterson
+Copyright:        Copyright (c) 2009 Chris Waterson
+License:          LGPL
+License-file:     COPYING
+Homepage:         http://www.maubi.net/~waterson/hacks/hdbc-mysql.html
+Build-Depends:    base >= 3 && < 4, bytestring, time, HDBC >= 1.1.0
+Exposed-modules:  Database.HDBC.MySQL
+Other-modules:    Database.HDBC.MySQL.Connection
+ghc-options:      -Wall
+Build-Type:       Custom
+Tested-with:      GHC
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.lhs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+
+\begin{code}
+import Distribution.Simple
+import Distribution.PackageDescription
+import Distribution.Version
+
+import Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo
+import Distribution.Simple.Program
+import Distribution.Verbosity
+
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
+import Data.List (dropWhile,span)
+
+import Control.Monad
+
+main = defaultMainWithHooks simpleUserHooks {
+  hookedPrograms = [mysqlConfigProgram],
+
+  confHook = \pkg flags -> do
+    lbi <- confHook simpleUserHooks pkg flags
+    bi  <- mysqlBuildInfo lbi
+    return lbi {
+      localPkgDescr = updatePackageDescription
+                        (Just bi, []) (localPkgDescr lbi)
+    } 
+}
+
+mysqlConfigProgram = (simpleProgram "mysql_config") {
+    programFindLocation = \verbosity -> do
+      mysql_config  <- findProgramOnPath "mysql_config"  verbosity 
+      mysql_config5 <- findProgramOnPath "mysql_config5" verbosity
+      return (mysql_config `mplus` mysql_config5)
+  }
+
+mysqlBuildInfo :: LocalBuildInfo -> IO BuildInfo
+mysqlBuildInfo lbi = do
+  (mysqlConfigProg, _) <- requireProgram verbosity
+                          mysqlConfigProgram AnyVersion (withPrograms lbi)
+  let mysqlConfig = rawSystemProgramStdout verbosity mysqlConfigProg
+      ws = " \n\r\t"
+
+  includeDirs <- return . map (drop 2) . split ws =<< mysqlConfig ["--include"]
+  ldOptions   <- return . split ws =<< mysqlConfig ["--libs"]
+
+  return emptyBuildInfo {
+    ldOptions   = ldOptions,
+    includeDirs = includeDirs
+  }
+  where
+    verbosity = normal -- honestly, this is a hack
+
+split :: Eq a => [a] -> [a] -> [[a]]
+split xs cs = split' $ dropWhile (`elem` xs) cs
+    where split' []  = []
+          split' cs0 =
+              let (run, cs1) = span (`notElem` xs) cs0
+                  cs2        = dropWhile (`elem` xs) cs1
+              in run:(split' cs2)
+
+\end{code}
