That did the trick. Everything works perfectly now. Thank you.
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Duncan Coutts <duncan.cou...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 14:56 -0500, Patrick Brannan wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm getting back into Haskell after an absence of a few years. I'm in >> the process of trying to connect to postgresql with hdbc-postgresql on >> a Windows XP box. >> >> Seemingly, things installed without a problem, but at the command >> prompt I get the following: >> >> Prelude> :module Database.HDBC Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL >> module `Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL' is not loaded >> >> If I run ghci this way with package options here's what I get: >> >> C:\work\haskell\HDBC-postgresql-2.1.0.0>ghci -package HDBC -package >> HDBC-postgresql > > > You are running it from within the source tree of the package itself. > Local sources take precedence over ones from packages. So you load the > -package HDBC-postgresql, but when you ask GHCi for :module > Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL it is looking at the local file > Database/HDBC/PostgreSQL.hs, and you cannot switch context to a module > that isn't yet loaded, hence the error. > > If what you want is to load the package, then start in a different > directory so the local sources do not get in the way. If what you want > is to load the local sources then use :load (:l) rather than :module > (:m). The :load command loads local source files. The :module switches > context between loaded modules (modules from packages are already > loaded). > > Duncan > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
