AMNESIA

... Access your DBMS from Erlang without any line of SQL code ...

AMNESIA is an Erlang library providing an abstraction layer for interfacing relational DBMSs. The basic objective is to allow designers to integrate relational database support in Erlang programs using Erlang-native types and language constructs and thus without needing to manage SQL statements and DMBS-specific peculiarities. The main characteristics are following:

Easy specification of the structure of a database (tables and links) by means of Erlang-native types and functions.
Direct creation of the tables starting from their Erlang specification.
Direct use of Erlang records to handle database data.
Simple functions for database accessing and data handling.
Support for all relational operations (insert, select, join, etc.) by means of proper Erlang functions.

AMNESIA is structured by means of a layered architecture.

The amnesia module is at the topmost layer and provides the main high-level functions for database access. Then, on the basis of the DBMS chosen for the specific database implemented, the amnesia module contacts the proper amnesia_driver; the latter acts as a bridge between the amnesia layer and the bottom layer (dbms_layer), which provides the real interface to the specific DBMS selected.

Currently AMNESIA supports only MySQL, but a driver for PostgreSQL is under development.

Requirements.

To use AMNESIA you need Erlang/OTP and MySQL.

Platforms.

AMNESIA is entirely written in Erlang, so it should be platform-independent, but it has been currently tested only on Linux (Debian and Kubuntu).

Download.

You can obtain the latest release of AMNESIA at sourceforge, following this link.

Documentation

A tutorial introducing AMNESIA and how to use it is provided here.

Anything else?

AMNESIA is under development phase and many functionalities will be added. If you need something, please drop a mail to one of its authors.