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Haskell Cookbook

You're reading from   Haskell Cookbook Build functional applications using Monads, Applicatives, and Functors

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461353
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yogesh Sajanikar Yogesh Sajanikar
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Foundations of Haskell FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Functional 3. Defining Data 4. Working with Functors, Applicatives, and Monads 5. More about Monads 6. Working with Common Containers and Strings 7. Working with Relational and NoSQL Databases 8. Working with HTML and Templates 9. Working with Snap Framework 10. Working with Advanced Haskell 11. Working with Lens and Prism 12. Concurrent and Distributed Programming in Haskell

Using Esqueleto to do advanced SQL queries

We have used the Persistent library and SQL expressions using the Database.Persist.SQL module. We have used the generated types for each field in the filter, insert, and update expressions. But the complexity of the query can increase rapidly. Of course, there is a way to do a plain SQL query with the persistent library. Here, in this recipe, we will be using the Esqueleto library to do complex queries such as joins.

In this recipe, we will write a complex SQL query that is type-safe and easy to write. Being type-safe is good, because we will catch any major issues earlier on!

How to do it...

  1. Create a new project called using-esqueleto with a simple stack template:
        stack...
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