Chapter 1. Introduction

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Purpose
History
Prerequisites
ASDF
UFFI
MD5
Supported Common Lisp Implementation
Supported SQL Implementation
Installation
Ensure ASDF is loaded
Build C helper libraries
Add UFFI path
Add MD5 path
Add CLSQL path and load module
Run test suite (optional)

Purpose

CLSQL is a Common Lisp interface to SQL databases. A number of Common Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general structure of CLSQL is based on the CommonSQL package by LispWorks Ltd.