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.TH "PostgresDB.connect" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
PostgresDB::connect \- Connect to a database.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B DBHandle<PGConnection>  connect(
\fIString info\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "info"
The database host to connect to. The syntax for this argument is described in
.UR "http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/libpq-connect.html"
the Postgres documentation
.UE

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Use this function to connect to the database. You can then use the functions from
.BR "DB(3kaya)"
to query the database.
.IP "" -4
 conninfo = "dbname='mysite' user='web' password='WHSpWXPPh5'";
 db = PostgresDB::connect(conninfo);
 res = exec(db,"SELECT * FROM pagedata WHERE page_id = 10");
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.BR "DB(3kaya)"
.PD 0.4v