Welcome to HDBC, Haskell Database Connectivity. This package provides a database backend driver for PostgreSQL. Please see HDBC itself for documentation on use. This package provides one function in module Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL: {- | Connect to a PostgreSQL server. See <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/libpq.html#LIBPQ-CONNECT> for the meaning of the connection string. -} connectPostgreSQL :: String -> IO Connection An example would be: dbh <- connectPostgreSQL "host=localhost dbname=testdb user=foo" DIFFERENCES FROM HDBC STANDARD ------------------------------ None known at this time.