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-rw-r--r--appveyor.yml36
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgcalls.nim8
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgexprs.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/cgmeth.nim5
-rw-r--r--compiler/semmagic.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/vm.nim11
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmdeps.nim16
-rw-r--r--doc/tut2.txt14
-rw-r--r--install_nimble.nims6
-rw-r--r--lib/core/typeinfo.nim20
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/db_mysql.nim169
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/db_odbc.nim463
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/db_postgres.nim87
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim111
-rw-r--r--lib/nimbase.h4
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/db_common.nim103
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/httpclient.nim10
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/lexbase.nim25
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/nativesockets.nim5
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/nimprof.nim38
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/osproc.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/redis.nim10
-rw-r--r--lib/system.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/system/dyncalls.nim7
-rw-r--r--lib/system/jssys.nim19
-rw-r--r--lib/system/nimscript.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/system/profiler.nim26
-rw-r--r--lib/wrappers/mysql.nim1
-rw-r--r--lib/wrappers/odbcsql.nim38
-rw-r--r--lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim2
-rw-r--r--readme.md10
-rw-r--r--tests/closure/tissue1642.nim7
-rw-r--r--tests/method/tmultim8.nim19
-rw-r--r--tests/openarray/tptrarrayderef.nim54
-rw-r--r--tests/vm/texcl.nim27
-rw-r--r--tests/vm/ttouintconv.nim77
-rw-r--r--web/question.txt26
37 files changed, 1173 insertions, 293 deletions
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b1eab5d0..000000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-clone_depth: 5
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: bin\nim.exe
-
-platform:
-  - x64
-
-before_build:
-  - git log -1
-  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S zlib-devel"
-  - appveyor DownloadFile http://nim-lang.org/download/dlls.zip
-  - 7z e dlls.zip -odlls
-  - del dlls\libcurl.dll
-  - appveyor DownloadFile http://flatassembler.net/fasmw17139.zip
-  - 7z e fasmw17139.zip -obin fasm.exe
-
-build_script:
-  - SET PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;dlls;bin;%PATH%
-  - gcc -v
-  - git clone -q --depth 1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources
-  - cd csources
-  - build64.bat
-  - cd ..
-  - nim c koch
-  - koch boot
-  - koch boot -d:release
-
-before_test:
-  - nim e install_nimble.nims
-  - nimble update
-  - nimble install zip
-
-test_script:
-  - nim c --taintMode:on tests/testament/tester
-  - tests\testament\tester --pedantic all
diff --git a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
index 86ecc9db8..98a5fe88f 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
         result = "$1->data, $1->$2" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
     of tyArray, tyArrayConstr:
       result = "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(a.t))]
+    of tyPtr, tyRef:
+      case lastSon(a.t).kind
+      of tyString, tySequence:
+        result = "(*$1)->data, (*$1)->$2" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
+      of tyArray, tyArrayConstr:
+        result = "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(lastSon(a.t)))]
+      else: 
+        internalError("openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
     else: internalError("openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
 
 proc genArgStringToCString(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope {.inline.} =
diff --git a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
index df3b655e3..d691b8ea2 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ proc genSetOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   else:
     case op
     of mIncl: binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3] |=(1U<<($2&7U));$n")
-    of mExcl: binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3]] &= ~(1U<<($2&7U));$n")
+    of mExcl: binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3] &= ~(1U<<($2&7U));$n")
     of mCard: unaryExprChar(p, e, d, "#cardSet($1, " & $size & ')')
     of mLtSet, mLeSet:
       getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i) # our counter
diff --git a/compiler/cgmeth.nim b/compiler/cgmeth.nim
index ade202dc1..312afec1a 100644
--- a/compiler/cgmeth.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgmeth.nim
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ proc genConv(n: PNode, d: PType, downcast: bool): PNode =
   if (source.kind == tyObject) and (dest.kind == tyObject):
     var diff = inheritanceDiff(dest, source)
     if diff == high(int):
-      # see bug #3550 which triggers it. XXX This is a hack but I don't know yet
-      # how the real fix looks like:
-      localError(n.info, "there is no subtype relation between " &
-                 typeToString(d) & " and " & typeToString(n.typ))
+      # no subtype relation, nothing to do
       result = n
     elif diff < 0:
       result = newNodeIT(nkObjUpConv, n.info, d)
diff --git a/compiler/semmagic.nim b/compiler/semmagic.nim
index deef38ae3..f98ff0266 100644
--- a/compiler/semmagic.nim
+++ b/compiler/semmagic.nim
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ proc magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c: PContext, n: PNode,
         result = n.sons[1]
       else:
         result = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(tyInt))
-        result.add newSymNode(createMagic("-", mSubI), n.info)
+        result.add newSymNode(getSysMagic("-", mSubI), n.info)
         result.add lenExprB
         result.add n.sons[1]
   of mPlugin:
diff --git a/compiler/vm.nim b/compiler/vm.nim
index 0e63daf89..80c2c0fbf 100644
--- a/compiler/vm.nim
+++ b/compiler/vm.nim
@@ -359,7 +359,14 @@ proc opConv*(dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
       of tyFloat..tyFloat64:
         dest.intVal = int(src.floatVal)
       else:
-        dest.intVal = src.intVal and ((1 shl (desttyp.size*8))-1)
+        let srcDist = (sizeof(src.intVal) - srctyp.size) * 8
+        let destDist = (sizeof(dest.intVal) - desttyp.size) * 8
+        when system.cpuEndian == bigEndian:
+          dest.intVal = (src.intVal shr srcDist) shl srcDist
+          dest.intVal = (dest.intVal shr destDist) shl destDist
+        else:
+          dest.intVal = (src.intVal shl srcDist) shr srcDist
+          dest.intVal = (dest.intVal shl destDist) shr destDist
     of tyFloat..tyFloat64:
       if dest.kind != rkFloat:
         myreset(dest); dest.kind = rkFloat
@@ -611,7 +618,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       addSon(regs[ra].node, r.copyTree)
     of opcExcl:
       decodeB(rkNode)
-      var b = newNodeIT(nkCurly, regs[rb].node.info, regs[rb].node.typ)
+      var b = newNodeIT(nkCurly, regs[ra].node.info, regs[ra].node.typ)
       addSon(b, regs[rb].regToNode)
       var r = diffSets(regs[ra].node, b)
       discardSons(regs[ra].node)
diff --git a/compiler/vmdeps.nim b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
index 2cc4a107b..a4f02092d 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdeps.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ proc atomicTypeX(name: string; t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
 proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode
 
 proc mapTypeToBracket(name: string; t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
-  result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+  result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
   result.add atomicTypeX(name, t, info)
   for i in 0 .. < t.len:
     if t.sons[i] == nil:
@@ -92,19 +92,19 @@ proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode =
   of tyStmt: result = atomicType("stmt")
   of tyEmpty: result = atomicType"void"
   of tyArrayConstr, tyArray:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
     result.add atomicType("array")
     result.add mapTypeToAst(t.sons[0], info)
     result.add mapTypeToAst(t.sons[1], info)
   of tyTypeDesc:
     if t.base != nil:
-      result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+      result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
       result.add atomicType("typeDesc")
       result.add mapTypeToAst(t.base, info)
     else:
       result = atomicType"typeDesc"
   of tyGenericInvocation:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
     for i in 0 .. < t.len:
       result.add mapTypeToAst(t.sons[i], info)
   of tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyOrdinal, tyUserTypeClassInst:
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode =
   of tyGenericParam, tyForward: result = atomicType(t.sym.name.s)
   of tyObject:
     if allowRecursion:
-      result = newNodeIT(nkObjectTy, info, t)
+      result = newNodeIT(nkObjectTy, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
       if t.sons[0] == nil:
         result.add ast.emptyNode
       else:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode =
     else:
       result = atomicType(t.sym.name.s)
   of tyEnum:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkEnumTy, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkEnumTy, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
     result.add copyTree(t.n)
   of tyTuple: result = mapTypeToBracket("tuple", t, info)
   of tySet: result = mapTypeToBracket("set", t, info)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode =
   of tyProc: result = mapTypeToBracket("proc", t, info)
   of tyOpenArray: result = mapTypeToBracket("openArray", t, info)
   of tyRange:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
     result.add atomicType("range")
     result.add t.n.sons[0].copyTree
     result.add t.n.sons[1].copyTree
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAst(t: PType, info: TLineInfo; allowRecursion=false): PNode =
   of tyNot: result = mapTypeToBracket("not", t, info)
   of tyAnything: result = atomicType"anything"
   of tyStatic, tyFromExpr, tyFieldAccessor:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, if t.n.isNil: info else: t.n.info, t)
     result.add atomicType("static")
     if t.n != nil:
       result.add t.n.copyTree
diff --git a/doc/tut2.txt b/doc/tut2.txt
index db9e4cd58..7479d8479 100644
--- a/doc/tut2.txt
+++ b/doc/tut2.txt
@@ -990,3 +990,17 @@ generated by `treeRepr <macros.html#treeRepr>`_. If at the end of the this
 example you add ``echo treeRepr(result)`` you should get the same output as
 using the ``dumpTree`` macro, but of course you can call that at any point of
 the macro where you might be having troubles.
+
+
+Compilation to JavaScript
+=========================
+
+Nim code can be compiled to JavaScript. However in order to write
+JavaScript-compatible code you should remember the following:
+- ``addr`` and ``ptr`` have slightly different semantic meaning in JavaScript.
+  It is recommended to avoid those if you're not sure how they are translated
+  to JavaScript.
+- ``cast[T](x)`` in JavaScript is translated to ``(x)``.
+- ``cstring`` in JavaScript means JavaScript string. It is a good practice to
+  use ``cstring`` only when it is semantically appropriate. E.g. don't use
+  ``cstring`` as a binary data buffer.
diff --git a/install_nimble.nims b/install_nimble.nims
index 5e363c689..5d028726b 100644
--- a/install_nimble.nims
+++ b/install_nimble.nims
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+import ospaths
+
 mode = ScriptMode.Verbose
 
 var id = 0
@@ -10,4 +12,8 @@ exec "git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble.git nimble" & $id
 withDir "nimble" & $id & "/src":
   exec "nim c nimble"
 
+mkDir "bin/nimblepkg"
+for file in listFiles("nimble" & $id & "/src/nimblepkg/"):
+  cpFile file, "bin/nimblepkg/" & file.extractFilename
+
 mvFile "nimble" & $id & "/src/nimble".toExe, "bin/nimble".toExe
diff --git a/lib/core/typeinfo.nim b/lib/core/typeinfo.nim
index 1f9fb1072..db5a83755 100644
--- a/lib/core/typeinfo.nim
+++ b/lib/core/typeinfo.nim
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ type
                           ## wrapped value and **must not** live longer than
                           ## its wrapped value.
     value: pointer
-    rawType: PNimType
+    when defined(js):
+      rawType: PNimType
+    else:
+      rawTypePtr: pointer
 
   ppointer = ptr pointer
   pbyteArray = ptr array[0.. 0xffff, int8]
@@ -71,6 +74,14 @@ type
     when defined(gogc):
       elemSize: int
   PGenSeq = ptr TGenericSeq
+
+when not defined(js):
+  template rawType(x: Any): PNimType =
+    cast[PNimType](x.rawTypePtr)
+
+  template `rawType=`(x: var Any, p: PNimType) =
+    x.rawTypePtr = cast[pointer](p)
+
 {.deprecated: [TAny: Any, TAnyKind: AnyKind].}
 
 when defined(gogc):
@@ -108,7 +119,7 @@ proc selectBranch(aa: pointer, n: ptr TNimNode): ptr TNimNode =
   else:
     result = n.sons[n.len]
 
-proc newAny(value: pointer, rawType: PNimType): Any =
+proc newAny(value: pointer, rawType: PNimType): Any {.inline.} =
   result.value = value
   result.rawType = rawType
 
@@ -126,8 +137,7 @@ proc toAny*[T](x: var T): Any {.inline.} =
   ## constructs a ``Any`` object from `x`. This captures `x`'s address, so
   ## `x` can be modified with its ``Any`` wrapper! The client needs to ensure
   ## that the wrapper **does not** live longer than `x`!
-  result.value = addr(x)
-  result.rawType = cast[PNimType](getTypeInfo(x))
+  newAny(addr(x), cast[PNimType](getTypeInfo(x)))
 
 proc kind*(x: Any): AnyKind {.inline.} =
   ## get the type kind
@@ -345,7 +355,7 @@ proc `[]`*(x: Any, fieldName: string): Any =
     result.value = x.value +!! n.offset
     result.rawType = n.typ
   elif x.rawType.kind == tyObject and x.rawType.base != nil:
-    return `[]`(Any(value: x.value, rawType: x.rawType.base), fieldName)
+    return `[]`(newAny(x.value, x.rawType.base), fieldName)
   else:
     raise newException(ValueError, "invalid field name: " & fieldName)
 
diff --git a/lib/impure/db_mysql.nim b/lib/impure/db_mysql.nim
index 7f7511264..170fee8b8 100644
--- a/lib/impure/db_mysql.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/db_mysql.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #            Nim's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -43,45 +43,26 @@
 
 import strutils, mysql
 
+import db_common
+export db_common
+
 type
-  DbConn* = PMySQL    ## encapsulates a database connection
+  DbConn* = PMySQL     ## encapsulates a database connection
   Row* = seq[string]   ## a row of a dataset. NULL database values will be
-                       ## transformed always to the empty string.
-  InstantRow* = tuple[row: cstringArray, len: int]  ## a handle that can be
-                                                    ## used to get a row's
-                                                    ## column text on demand
-  EDb* = object of IOError ## exception that is raised if a database error occurs
-
-  SqlQuery* = distinct string ## an SQL query string
-
-  FDb* = object of IOEffect ## effect that denotes a database operation
-  FReadDb* = object of FDb   ## effect that denotes a read operation
-  FWriteDb* = object of FDb  ## effect that denotes a write operation
-{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TSqlQuery: SqlQuery, TDbConn: DbConn].}
-
-proc sql*(query: string): SqlQuery {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
-  ## constructs a SqlQuery from the string `query`. This is supposed to be
-  ## used as a raw-string-literal modifier:
-  ## ``sql"update user set counter = counter + 1"``
-  ##
-  ## If assertions are turned off, it does nothing. If assertions are turned
-  ## on, later versions will check the string for valid syntax.
-  result = SqlQuery(query)
+                       ## converted to nil.
+  InstantRow* = object ## a handle that can be used to get a row's
+                       ## column text on demand
+    row: cstringArray
+    len: int
+{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TDbConn: DbConn].}
 
-proc dbError(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception.
-  var e: ref EDb
+proc dbError*(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
+  ## raises a DbError exception.
+  var e: ref DbError
   new(e)
   e.msg = $mysql.error(db)
   raise e
 
-proc dbError*(msg: string) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception with message `msg`.
-  var e: ref EDb
-  new(e)
-  e.msg = msg
-  raise e
-
 when false:
   proc dbQueryOpt*(db: DbConn, query: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
     var stmt = mysql_stmt_init(db)
@@ -114,7 +95,7 @@ proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string =
       add(result, c)
 
 proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.
-  tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
   return mysql.realQuery(db, q, q.len) == 0'i32
@@ -124,7 +105,7 @@ proc rawExec(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   if mysql.realQuery(db, q, q.len) != 0'i32: dbError(db)
 
 proc exec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
-  tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and raises EDB if not successful.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
   if mysql.realQuery(db, q, q.len) != 0'i32: dbError(db)
@@ -139,7 +120,7 @@ proc properFreeResult(sqlres: mysql.PRES, row: cstringArray) =
   mysql.freeResult(sqlres)
 
 iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and iterates over the result dataset.
   ##
   ## This is very fast, but potentially dangerous.  Use this iterator only
@@ -167,31 +148,113 @@ iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                       args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
-                      {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
-  ## same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
-  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the interator body.
+                      {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
+  ## Same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body.
+  rawExec(db, query, args)
+  var sqlres = mysql.useResult(db)
+  if sqlres != nil:
+    let L = int(mysql.numFields(sqlres))
+    var row: cstringArray
+    while true:
+      row = mysql.fetchRow(sqlres)
+      if row == nil: break
+      yield InstantRow(row: row, len: L)
+    properFreeResult(sqlres, row)
+
+proc setTypeName(t: var DbType; f: PFIELD) =
+  shallowCopy(t.name, $f.name)
+  t.maxReprLen = Natural(f.max_length)
+  if (NOT_NULL_FLAG and f.flags) != 0: t.notNull = true
+  case f.ftype
+  of TYPE_DECIMAL:
+    t.kind = dbDecimal
+  of TYPE_TINY:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 1
+  of TYPE_SHORT:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 2
+  of TYPE_LONG:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 4
+  of TYPE_FLOAT:
+    t.kind = dbFloat
+    t.size = 4
+  of TYPE_DOUBLE:
+    t.kind = dbFloat
+    t.size = 8
+  of TYPE_NULL:
+    t.kind = dbNull
+  of TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+    t.kind = dbTimestamp
+  of TYPE_LONGLONG:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 8
+  of TYPE_INT24:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 3
+  of TYPE_DATE:
+    t.kind = dbDate
+  of TYPE_TIME:
+    t.kind = dbTime
+  of TYPE_DATETIME:
+    t.kind = dbDatetime
+  of TYPE_YEAR:
+    t.kind = dbDate
+  of TYPE_NEWDATE:
+    t.kind = dbDate
+  of TYPE_VARCHAR, TYPE_VAR_STRING, TYPE_STRING:
+    t.kind = dbVarchar
+  of TYPE_BIT:
+    t.kind = dbBit
+  of TYPE_NEWDECIMAL:
+    t.kind = dbDecimal
+  of TYPE_ENUM: t.kind = dbEnum
+  of TYPE_SET: t.kind = dbSet
+  of TYPE_TINY_BLOB, TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB, TYPE_LONG_BLOB,
+     TYPE_BLOB: t.kind = dbBlob
+  of TYPE_GEOMETRY:
+    t.kind = dbGeometry
+
+proc setColumnInfo(columns: var DbColumns; res: PRES; L: int) =
+  setLen(columns, L)
+  for i in 0..<L:
+    let fp = mysql.fetch_field_direct(res, cint(i))
+    setTypeName(columns[i].typ, fp)
+    columns[i].name = $fp.name
+    columns[i].tableName = $fp.table
+    columns[i].primaryKey = (fp.flags and PRI_KEY_FLAG) != 0
+    #columns[i].foreignKey = there is no such thing in mysql
+
+iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn; columns: var DbColumns; query: SqlQuery;
+                      args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow =
+  ## Same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body.
   rawExec(db, query, args)
   var sqlres = mysql.useResult(db)
   if sqlres != nil:
     let L = int(mysql.numFields(sqlres))
+    setColumnInfo(columns, sqlres, L)
     var row: cstringArray
     while true:
       row = mysql.fetchRow(sqlres)
       if row == nil: break
-      yield (row: row, len: L)
+      yield InstantRow(row: row, len: L)
     properFreeResult(sqlres, row)
 
+
 proc `[]`*(row: InstantRow, col: int): string {.inline.} =
-  ## returns text for given column of the row
+  ## Returns text for given column of the row.
   $row.row[col]
 
 proc len*(row: InstantRow): int {.inline.} =
-  ## returns number of columns in the row
+  ## Returns number of columns in the row.
   row.len
 
 proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
-  ## retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc
+             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
+  ## Retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc
   ## will return a Row with empty strings for each column.
   rawExec(db, query, args)
   var sqlres = mysql.useResult(db)
@@ -209,7 +272,7 @@ proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
     properFreeResult(sqlres, row)
 
 proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the whole result dataset.
   result = @[]
   rawExec(db, query, args)
@@ -232,19 +295,19 @@ proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
     mysql.freeResult(sqlres)
 
 iterator rows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as `fastRows`, but slower and safe.
   for r in items(getAllRows(db, query, args)): yield r
 
 proc getValue*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the first column of the first row of the
   ## result dataset. Returns "" if the dataset contains no rows or the database
   ## value is NULL.
   result = getRow(db, query, args)[0]
 
 proc tryInsertId*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                  args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [FWriteDb].} =
+                  args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row or -1 in case of an error.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
@@ -254,7 +317,7 @@ proc tryInsertId*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
     result = mysql.insertId(db)
 
 proc insertId*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [FWriteDb].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row.
   result = tryInsertID(db, query, args)
@@ -262,18 +325,18 @@ proc insertId*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                        args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
-                       tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+                       tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## runs the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the
   ## number of affected rows
   rawExec(db, query, args)
   result = mysql.affectedRows(db)
 
-proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [FDb].} =
+proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## closes the database connection.
   if db != nil: mysql.close(db)
 
 proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## opens a database connection. Raises `EDb` if the connection could not
   ## be established.
   result = mysql.init(nil)
@@ -291,7 +354,7 @@ proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
     dbError(errmsg)
 
 proc setEncoding*(connection: DbConn, encoding: string): bool {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## sets the encoding of a database connection, returns true for
   ## success, false for failure.
   result = mysql.set_character_set(connection, encoding) == 0
diff --git a/lib/impure/db_odbc.nim b/lib/impure/db_odbc.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6af69d842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/impure/db_odbc.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Nim Contributors
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## A higher level `ODBC` database wrapper.
+##
+## This is the same interface that is implemented for other databases.
+##
+## This has NOT yet been (extensively) tested agains ODBC drivers for
+## Teradata, Oracle, Sybase, MSSqlvSvr, et. al.  databases
+##
+## Currently all queries are ANSI calls, not Unicode.
+##
+## Example:
+##
+## .. code-block:: Nim
+##
+##  import db_odbc, math
+##
+##  let theDb = open("localhost", "nim", "nim", "test")
+##
+##  theDb.exec(sql"Drop table if exists myTestTbl")
+##  theDb.exec(sql("create table myTestTbl (" &
+##      " Id    INT(11)     NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, " &
+##      " Name  VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, " &
+##      " i     INT(11), " &
+##      " f     DECIMAL(18,10))"))
+##
+##  theDb.exec(sql"START TRANSACTION")
+##  for i in 1..1000:
+##    theDb.exec(sql"INSERT INTO myTestTbl (name,i,f) VALUES (?,?,?)",
+##          "Item#" & $i, i, sqrt(i.float))
+##  theDb.exec(sql"COMMIT")
+##
+##  for x in theDb.fastRows(sql"select * from myTestTbl"):
+##    echo x
+##
+##  let id = theDb.tryInsertId(sql"INSERT INTO myTestTbl (name,i,f) VALUES (?,?,?)",
+##          "Item#1001", 1001, sqrt(1001.0))
+##  echo "Inserted item: ", theDb.getValue(sql"SELECT name FROM myTestTbl WHERE id=?", id)
+##
+##  theDb.close()
+
+
+import strutils, odbcsql
+
+import db_common
+export db_common
+
+type
+  OdbcConnTyp = tuple[hDb: SqlHDBC, env: SqlHEnv, stmt: SqlHStmt]
+  DbConn* = OdbcConnTyp    ## encapsulates a database connection
+  Row* = seq[string]   ## a row of a dataset. NULL database values will be
+                       ## converted to nil.
+  InstantRow* = tuple[row: seq[string], len: int]  ## a handle that can be
+                                                    ## used to get a row's
+                                                    ## column text on demand
+
+{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TSqlQuery: SqlQuery, TDbConn: DbConn].}
+
+var
+  buf: array[0..4096, char]
+
+proc properFreeResult(hType: int, sqlres: var SqlHandle) {.
+          tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  try:
+    discard SQLFreeHandle(hType.TSqlSmallInt, sqlres)
+    sqlres = nil
+  except: discard
+
+proc getErrInfo(db: var DbConn): tuple[res: int, ss, ne, msg: string] {.
+          tags: [ReadDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  ## Returns ODBC error information
+  var
+    sqlState: array[0..512, char]
+    nativeErr: array[0..512, char]
+    errMsg: array[0..512, char]
+    retSz: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+    res: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+  try:
+    sqlState[0] = '\0'
+    nativeErr[0] = '\0'
+    errMsg[0] = '\0'
+    res = SQLErr(db.env, db.hDb, db.stmt,
+              cast[PSQLCHAR](sqlState.addr),
+              cast[PSQLCHAR](nativeErr.addr),
+              cast[PSQLCHAR](errMsg.addr),
+              511.TSqlSmallInt, retSz.addr.PSQLSMALLINT)
+  except:
+    discard
+  return (res.int, $sqlState, $nativeErr, $errMsg)
+
+proc dbError*(db: var DbConn) {.
+          tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError] .} =
+  ## Raises an `[DbError]` exception with ODBC error information
+  var
+    e: ref DbError
+    ss, ne, msg: string = ""
+    isAnError = false
+    res: int = 0
+    prevSs = ""
+  while true:
+    prevSs = ss
+    (res, ss, ne, msg) = db.getErrInfo()
+    if prevSs == ss:
+      break
+    # sqlState of 00000 is not an error
+    elif ss == "00000":
+      break
+    elif ss == "01000":
+      echo "\nWarning: ", ss, " ", msg
+      continue
+    else:
+      isAnError = true
+      echo "\nError: ", ss, " ", msg
+  if isAnError:
+    new(e)
+    e.msg = "ODBC Error"
+    if db.stmt != nil:
+      properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+    properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, db.hDb)
+    properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, db.env)
+    raise e
+
+proc SqlCheck(db: var DbConn, resVal: TSqlSmallInt) {.raises: [DbError]} =
+  ## Wrapper that checks if ``resVal`` is not SQL_SUCCESS and if so, raises [EDb]
+  if resVal != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError(db)
+
+proc SqlGetDBMS(db: var DbConn): string {.
+        tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [] .} =
+  ## Returns the ODBC SQL_DBMS_NAME string
+  const
+    SQL_DBMS_NAME = 17.SqlUSmallInt
+  var
+    sz: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+  buf[0] = '\0'
+  try:
+    db.SqlCheck(SQLGetInfo(db.hDb, SQL_DBMS_NAME, cast[SqlPointer](buf.addr),
+                        4095.TSqlSmallInt, sz.addr))
+  except: discard
+  return $buf.cstring
+
+proc dbQuote*(s: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## DB quotes the string.
+  result = "'"
+  for c in items(s):
+    if c == '\'': add(result, "''")
+    else: add(result, c)
+  add(result, '\'')
+
+proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string {.
+                  noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Replace any ``?`` placeholders with `args`,
+  ## and quotes the arguments
+  result = ""
+  var a = 0
+  for c in items(string(formatstr)):
+    if c == '?':
+      if args[a] == nil:
+        add(result, "NULL")
+      else:
+        add(result, dbQuote(args[a]))
+      inc(a)
+    else:
+      add(result, c)
+
+proc prepareFetch(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
+                tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  # Prepare a statement, execute it and fetch the data to the driver
+  # ready for retrieval of the data
+  # Used internally by iterators and retrieval procs
+  # requires calling
+  #      properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+  # when finished
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.hDb, db.stmt))
+  var q = dbFormat(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLPrepare(db.stmt, q.PSQLCHAR, q.len.TSqlSmallInt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLExecute(db.stmt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLFetch(db.stmt))
+
+proc prepareFetchDirect(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
+                tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  # Prepare a statement, execute it and fetch the data to the driver
+  # ready for retrieval of the data
+  # Used internally by iterators and retrieval procs
+  # requires calling
+  #      properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+  # when finished
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.hDb, db.stmt))
+  var q = dbFormat(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLExecDirect(db.stmt, q.PSQLCHAR, q.len.TSqlSmallInt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLFetch(db.stmt))
+
+proc tryExec*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  ## Tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise.
+  var
+    res:TSqlSmallInt = -1
+  try:
+    db.prepareFetchDirect(query, args)
+    var
+      rCnt = -1
+    res = SQLRowCount(db.stmt, rCnt)
+    if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError(db)
+    properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+  except: discard
+  return res == SQL_SUCCESS
+
+proc rawExec(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
+            tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  db.prepareFetchDirect(query, args)
+
+proc exec*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
+            tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Executes the query and raises EDB if not successful.
+  db.prepareFetchDirect(query, args)
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+
+proc newRow(L: int): Row {.noSideEFfect.} =
+  newSeq(result, L)
+  for i in 0..L-1: result[i] = ""
+
+iterator fastRows*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.
+                tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Executes the query and iterates over the result dataset.
+  ##
+  ## This is very fast, but potentially dangerous.  Use this iterator only
+  ## if you require **ALL** the rows.
+  ##
+  ## Breaking the fastRows() iterator during a loop may cause a driver error
+  ## for subsequenct queries
+  ##
+  ## Rows are retrieved from the server at each iteration.
+  var
+    rowRes: Row
+    sz: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+    cCnt: TSqlSmallInt = 0.TSqlSmallInt
+    rCnt = -1
+
+  db.prepareFetch(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLNumResultCols(db.stmt, cCnt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLRowCount(db.stmt, rCnt))
+  rowRes = newRow(cCnt)
+  for rNr in 1..rCnt:
+    for colId in 1..cCnt:
+      buf[0] = '\0'
+      db.SqlCheck(SQLGetData(db.stmt, colId.SqlUSmallInt, SQL_C_CHAR,
+                               cast[cstring](buf.addr), 4095.TSqlSmallInt, sz.addr))
+      rowRes[colId-1] = $buf.cstring
+    db.SqlCheck(SQLFetchScroll(db.stmt, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, 1))
+    yield rowRes
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+
+iterator instantRows*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                      args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
+                {.tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
+  ## Same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the interator body.
+  var
+    rowRes: Row
+    sz: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+    cCnt: TSqlSmallInt = 0.TSqlSmallInt
+    rCnt = -1
+  db.prepareFetch(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLNumResultCols(db.stmt, cCnt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLRowCount(db.stmt, rCnt))
+  rowRes = newRow(cCnt)
+  for rNr in 1..rCnt:
+    for colId in 1..cCnt:
+      buf[0] = '\0'
+      db.SqlCheck(SQLGetData(db.stmt, colId.SqlUSmallInt, SQL_C_CHAR,
+                               cast[cstring](buf.addr), 4095.TSqlSmallInt, sz.addr))
+      rowRes[colId-1] = $buf.cstring
+    db.SqlCheck(SQLFetchScroll(db.stmt, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, 1))
+    yield (row: rowRes, len: cCnt.int)
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+
+proc `[]`*(row: InstantRow, col: int): string {.inline.} =
+  ## Returns text for given column of the row
+  row.row[col]
+
+proc len*(row: InstantRow): int {.inline.} =
+  ## Returns number of columns in the row
+  row.len
+
+proc getRow*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.
+          tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc
+  ## will return a Row with empty strings for each column.
+  var
+    sz: TSqlSmallInt = 0.TSqlSmallInt
+    cCnt: TSqlSmallInt = 0.TSqlSmallInt
+    rCnt = -1
+  result = @[]
+  db.prepareFetch(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLNumResultCols(db.stmt, cCnt))
+
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLRowCount(db.stmt, rCnt))
+  for colId in 1..cCnt:
+    db.SqlCheck(SQLGetData(db.stmt, colId.SqlUSmallInt, SQL_C_CHAR,
+                             cast[cstring](buf.addr), 4095.TSqlSmallInt, sz.addr))
+    result.add($buf.cstring)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLFetchScroll(db.stmt, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, 1))
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+
+proc getAllRows*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.
+           tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Executes the query and returns the whole result dataset.
+  var
+    rowRes: Row
+    sz: TSqlSmallInt = 0
+    cCnt: TSqlSmallInt = 0.TSqlSmallInt
+    rCnt = -1
+  db.prepareFetch(query, args)
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLNumResultCols(db.stmt, cCnt))
+  db.SqlCheck(SQLRowCount(db.stmt, rCnt))
+  result = @[]
+  for rNr in 1..rCnt:
+    rowRes = @[]
+    buf[0] = '\0'
+    for colId in 1..cCnt:
+      db.SqlCheck(SQLGetData(db.stmt, colId.SqlUSmallInt, SQL_C_CHAR,
+                               cast[SqlPointer](buf.addr), 4095.TSqlSmallInt, sz.addr))
+      rowRes.add($buf.cstring)
+    db.SqlCheck(SQLFetchScroll(db.stmt, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, 1))
+    result.add(rowRes)
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+
+iterator rows*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.
+         tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Same as `fastRows`, but slower and safe.
+  ##
+  ## This retrieves ALL rows into memory before
+  ## iterating through the rows.
+  ## Large dataset queries will impact on memory usage.
+  for r in items(getAllRows(db, query, args)): yield r
+
+proc getValue*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.
+           tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  ## Executes the query and returns the first column of the first row of the
+  ## result dataset. Returns "" if the dataset contains no rows or the database
+  ## value is NULL.
+  result = ""
+  try:
+    result = getRow(db, query, args)[0]
+  except: discard
+
+proc tryInsertId*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                  args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
+            tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  ## Executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
+  ## generated ID for the row or -1 in case of an error.
+  if not tryExec(db, query, args):
+    result = -1'i64
+  else:
+    echo "DBMS: ",SqlGetDBMS(db).toLower()
+    result = -1'i64
+    try:
+      case SqlGetDBMS(db).toLower():
+      of "postgresql":
+        result = getValue(db, sql"SELECT LASTVAL();", []).parseInt
+      of "mysql":
+        result = getValue(db, sql"SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();", []).parseInt
+      of "sqlite":
+        result = getValue(db, sql"SELECT LAST_INSERT_ROWID();", []).parseInt
+      of "microsoft sql server":
+        result = getValue(db, sql"SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY();", []).parseInt
+      of "oracle":
+        result = getValue(db, sql"SELECT id.currval FROM DUAL;", []).parseInt
+      else: result = -1'i64
+    except: discard
+
+proc insertId*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
+         tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
+  ## generated ID for the row.
+  result = tryInsertID(db, query, args)
+  if result < 0: dbError(db)
+
+proc execAffectedRows*(db: var DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
+                       args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
+             tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Runs the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the
+  ## number of affected rows
+  result = -1
+  var res = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.hDb, db.stmt.SqlHandle)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError(db)
+  var q = dbFormat(query, args)
+  res = SQLPrepare(db.stmt, q.PSQLCHAR, q.len.TSqlSmallInt)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError(db)
+  rawExec(db, query, args)
+  var rCnt = -1
+  result = SQLRowCount(db.hDb, rCnt)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError(db)
+  properFreeResult(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+  result = rCnt
+
+proc close*(db: var DbConn) {.
+      tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
+  ## Closes the database connection.
+  if db.hDb != nil:
+    try:
+      var res = SQLDisconnect(db.hDb)
+      if db.stmt != nil:
+        res = SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, db.stmt)
+      res = SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, db.hDb)
+      res = SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, db.env)
+      db = (hDb: nil, env: nil, stmt: nil)
+    except:
+      discard
+
+proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Opens a database connection.
+  ##
+  ## Raises `EDb` if the connection could not be established.
+  ##
+  ## Currently the database parameter is ignored,
+  ## but included to match ``open()`` in the other db_xxxxx library modules.
+  var
+    val: TSqlInteger = SQL_OV_ODBC3
+    resLen = 0
+  result = (hDb: nil, env: nil, stmt: nil)
+  # allocate environment handle
+  var res = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, result.env, result.env)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError("Error: unable to initialise ODBC environment.")
+  res = SQLSetEnvAttr(result.env,
+                      SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION.TSqlInteger,
+                      val, resLen.TSqlInteger)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError("Error: unable to set ODBC driver version.")
+  # allocate hDb handle
+  res = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, result.env, result.hDb)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS: dbError("Error: unable to allocate connection handle.")
+
+  # Connect: connection = dsn str,
+  res = SQLConnect(result.hDb,
+                  connection.PSQLCHAR , connection.len.TSqlSmallInt,
+                  user.PSQLCHAR, user.len.TSqlSmallInt,
+                  password.PSQLCHAR, password.len.TSqlSmallInt)
+  if res != SQL_SUCCESS:
+    result.dbError()
+
+proc setEncoding*(connection: DbConn, encoding: string): bool {.
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect], raises: [DbError].} =
+  ## Currently not implemented for ODBC.
+  ##
+  ## Sets the encoding of a database connection, returns true for
+  ## success, false for failure.
+  #result = set_character_set(connection, encoding) == 0
+  dbError("setEncoding() is currently not implemented by the db_odbc module")
diff --git a/lib/impure/db_postgres.nim b/lib/impure/db_postgres.nim
index 5603d9686..9bdbae4c2 100644
--- a/lib/impure/db_postgres.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/db_postgres.nim
@@ -62,47 +62,28 @@
 ##             "Dominik")
 import strutils, postgres
 
+import db_common
+export db_common
+
 type
   DbConn* = PPGconn   ## encapsulates a database connection
   Row* = seq[string]  ## a row of a dataset. NULL database values will be
-                       ## transformed always to the empty string.
+                      ## converted to nil.
   InstantRow* = tuple[res: PPGresult, line: int32]  ## a handle that can be
                                                     ## used to get a row's
                                                     ## column text on demand
-  EDb* = object of IOError ## exception that is raised if a database error occurs
-
-  SqlQuery* = distinct string ## an SQL query string
   SqlPrepared* = distinct string ## a identifier for the prepared queries
 
-  FDb* = object of IOEffect ## effect that denotes a database operation
-  FReadDb* = object of FDb   ## effect that denotes a read operation
-  FWriteDb* = object of FDb  ## effect that denotes a write operation
-{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TSqlQuery: SqlQuery, TDbConn: DbConn,
+{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TDbConn: DbConn,
               TSqlPrepared: SqlPrepared].}
 
-proc sql*(query: string): SqlQuery {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
-  ## constructs a SqlQuery from the string `query`. This is supposed to be
-  ## used as a raw-string-literal modifier:
-  ## ``sql"update user set counter = counter + 1"``
-  ##
-  ## If assertions are turned off, it does nothing. If assertions are turned
-  ## on, later versions will check the string for valid syntax.
-  result = SqlQuery(query)
-
 proc dbError*(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception.
-  var e: ref EDb
+  ## raises a DbError exception.
+  var e: ref DbError
   new(e)
   e.msg = $pqErrorMessage(db)
   raise e
 
-proc dbError*(msg: string) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception with message `msg`.
-  var e: ref EDb
-  new(e)
-  e.msg = msg
-  raise e
-
 proc dbQuote*(s: string): string =
   ## DB quotes the string.
   result = "'"
@@ -127,7 +108,7 @@ proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string =
       add(result, c)
 
 proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise.
   var res = pqexecParams(db, dbFormat(query, args), 0, nil, nil,
                         nil, nil, 0)
@@ -135,7 +116,8 @@ proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   pqclear(res)
 
 proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.tags: [
+              ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise.
   var arr = allocCStringArray(args)
   var res = pqexecPrepared(db, stmtName.string, int32(args.len), arr,
@@ -145,7 +127,7 @@ proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
   pqclear(res)
 
 proc exec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
-  tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and raises EDB if not successful.
   var res = pqexecParams(db, dbFormat(query, args), 0, nil, nil,
                         nil, nil, 0)
@@ -153,7 +135,7 @@ proc exec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
   pqclear(res)
 
 proc exec*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-          args: varargs[string]) {.tags: [FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+          args: varargs[string]) {.tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   var arr = allocCStringArray(args)
   var res = pqexecPrepared(db, stmtName.string, int32(args.len), arr,
                            nil, nil, 0)
@@ -196,7 +178,7 @@ proc setRow(res: PPGresult, r: var Row, line, cols: int32) =
       add(r[col], x)
 
 iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and iterates over the result dataset. This is very
   ## fast, but potenially dangerous: If the for-loop-body executes another
   ## query, the results can be undefined. For Postgres it is safe though.
@@ -209,7 +191,7 @@ iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   pqclear(res)
 
 iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the prepared query and iterates over the result dataset.
   var res = setupQuery(db, stmtName, args)
   var L = pqNfields(res)
@@ -221,9 +203,9 @@ iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
 
 iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                       args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
-                      {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+                      {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
-  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within interator body.
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within iterator body.
   var res = setupQuery(db, query, args)
   for i in 0..pqNtuples(res)-1:
     yield (res: res, line: i)
@@ -231,9 +213,9 @@ iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
                       args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
-                      {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+                      {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
-  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within interator body.
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within iterator body.
   var res = setupQuery(db, stmtName, args)
   for i in 0..pqNtuples(res)-1:
     yield (res: res, line: i)
@@ -248,7 +230,7 @@ proc len*(row: InstantRow): int32 {.inline.} =
   pqNfields(row.res)
 
 proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc
   ## will return a Row with empty strings for each column.
   var res = setupQuery(db, query, args)
@@ -258,7 +240,7 @@ proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   pqclear(res)
 
 proc getRow*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   var res = setupQuery(db, stmtName, args)
   var L = pqNfields(res)
   result = newRow(L)
@@ -266,31 +248,34 @@ proc getRow*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
   pqClear(res)
 
 proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.
+                 tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the whole result dataset.
   result = @[]
   for r in fastRows(db, query, args):
     result.add(r)
 
 proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags:
+                 [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the prepared query and returns the whole result dataset.
   result = @[]
   for r in fastRows(db, stmtName, args):
     result.add(r)
 
 iterator rows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as `fastRows`, but slower and safe.
   for r in items(getAllRows(db, query, args)): yield r
 
 iterator rows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as `fastRows`, but slower and safe.
   for r in items(getAllRows(db, stmtName, args)): yield r
 
 proc getValue*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.tags: [FReadDB].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.
+               tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the first column of the first row of the
   ## result dataset. Returns "" if the dataset contains no rows or the database
   ## value is NULL.
@@ -298,7 +283,8 @@ proc getValue*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   result = if isNil(x): "" else: $x
 
 proc tryInsertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                  args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64  {.tags: [FWriteDb].}=
+                  args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
+                  tags: [WriteDbEffect].}=
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row or -1 in case of an error. For Postgre this adds
   ## ``RETURNING id`` to the query, so it only works if your primary key is
@@ -311,7 +297,8 @@ proc tryInsertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
     result = -1
 
 proc insertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [FWriteDb].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
+               tags: [WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row. For Postgre this adds
   ## ``RETURNING id`` to the query, so it only works if your primary key is
@@ -321,7 +308,7 @@ proc insertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                        args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [
-                       FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+                       ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the
   ## number of affected rows.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
@@ -332,7 +319,7 @@ proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
                        args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [
-                       FReadDB, FWriteDb].} =
+                       ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the
   ## number of affected rows.
   var arr = allocCStringArray(args)
@@ -343,12 +330,12 @@ proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, stmtName: SqlPrepared,
   result = parseBiggestInt($pqcmdTuples(res))
   pqclear(res)
 
-proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [FDb].} =
+proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## closes the database connection.
   if db != nil: pqfinish(db)
 
 proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## opens a database connection. Raises `EDb` if the connection could not
   ## be established.
   ##
@@ -370,7 +357,7 @@ proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
   if pqStatus(result) != CONNECTION_OK: dbError(result) # result = nil
 
 proc setEncoding*(connection: DbConn, encoding: string): bool {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## sets the encoding of a database connection, returns true for
   ## success, false for failure.
   return pqsetClientEncoding(connection, encoding) == 0
diff --git a/lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim b/lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim
index 8366fdadc..c0d221a0d 100644
--- a/lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/db_sqlite.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #            Nim's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -40,47 +40,30 @@
 ##
 ##  theDb.close()
 
+{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+
 import strutils, sqlite3
 
+import db_common
+export db_common
+
 type
   DbConn* = PSqlite3  ## encapsulates a database connection
   Row* = seq[string]  ## a row of a dataset. NULL database values will be
-                       ## transformed always to the empty string.
+                       ## converted to nil.
   InstantRow* = Pstmt  ## a handle that can be used to get a row's column
                        ## text on demand
-  EDb* = object of IOError ## exception that is raised if a database error occurs
-
-  SqlQuery* = distinct string ## an SQL query string
+{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TDbConn: DbConn].}
 
-  FDb* = object of IOEffect ## effect that denotes a database operation
-  FReadDb* = object of FDb   ## effect that denotes a read operation
-  FWriteDb* = object of FDb  ## effect that denotes a write operation
-{.deprecated: [TRow: Row, TSqlQuery: SqlQuery, TDbConn: DbConn].}
-
-proc sql*(query: string): SqlQuery {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
-  ## constructs a SqlQuery from the string `query`. This is supposed to be
-  ## used as a raw-string-literal modifier:
-  ## ``sql"update user set counter = counter + 1"``
-  ##
-  ## If assertions are turned off, it does nothing. If assertions are turned
-  ## on, later versions will check the string for valid syntax.
-  result = SqlQuery(query)
-
-proc dbError(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception.
-  var e: ref EDb
+proc dbError*(db: DbConn) {.noreturn.} =
+  ## raises a DbError exception.
+  var e: ref DbError
   new(e)
   e.msg = $sqlite3.errmsg(db)
   raise e
 
-proc dbError*(msg: string) {.noreturn.} =
-  ## raises an EDb exception with message `msg`.
-  var e: ref EDb
-  new(e)
-  e.msg = msg
-  raise e
-
-proc dbQuote(s: string): string =
+proc dbQuote*(s: string): string =
+  ## DB quotes the string.
   if s.isNil: return "NULL"
   result = "'"
   for c in items(s):
@@ -99,7 +82,8 @@ proc dbFormat(formatstr: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string]): string =
       add(result, c)
 
 proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.tags: [FReadDb, FWriteDb].} =
+              args: varargs[string, `$`]): bool {.
+              tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## tries to execute the query and returns true if successful, false otherwise.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
   var stmt: sqlite3.Pstmt
@@ -108,8 +92,8 @@ proc tryExec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
       result = finalize(stmt) == SQLITE_OK
 
 proc exec*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery, args: varargs[string, `$`])  {.
-  tags: [FReadDb, FWriteDb].} =
-  ## executes the query and raises EDB if not successful.
+  tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
+  ## executes the query and raises DbError if not successful.
   if not tryExec(db, query, args): dbError(db)
 
 proc newRow(L: int): Row =
@@ -129,14 +113,14 @@ proc setRow(stmt: Pstmt, r: var Row, cols: cint) =
     if not isNil(x): add(r[col], x)
 
 iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row  {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## Executes the query and iterates over the result dataset.
   ##
   ## This is very fast, but potentially dangerous.  Use this iterator only
   ## if you require **ALL** the rows.
   ##
   ## Breaking the fastRows() iterator during a loop will cause the next
-  ## database query to raise an [EDb] exception ``unable to close due to ...``.
+  ## database query to raise a DbError exception ``unable to close due to ...``.
   var stmt = setupQuery(db, query, args)
   var L = (column_count(stmt))
   var result = newRow(L)
@@ -147,10 +131,43 @@ iterator fastRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                       args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
-                      {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+                      {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
+  ## same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body.
+  var stmt = setupQuery(db, query, args)
+  while step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW:
+    yield stmt
+  if finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
+
+proc toTypeKind(t: var DbType; x: int32) =
+  case x
+  of SQLITE_INTEGER:
+    t.kind = dbInt
+    t.size = 8
+  of SQLITE_FLOAT:
+    t.kind = dbFloat
+    t.size = 8
+  of SQLITE_BLOB: t.kind = dbBlob
+  of SQLITE_NULL: t.kind = dbNull
+  of SQLITE_TEXT: t.kind = dbVarchar
+  else: t.kind = dbUnknown
+
+proc setColumns(columns: var DbColumns; x: PStmt) =
+  let L = column_count(x)
+  setLen(columns, L)
+  for i in 0'i32 ..< L:
+    columns[i].name = $column_name(x, i)
+    columns[i].typ.name = $column_decltype(x, i)
+    toTypeKind(columns[i].typ, column_type(x, i))
+    columns[i].tableName = $column_table_name(x, i)
+
+iterator instantRows*(db: DbConn; columns: var DbColumns; query: SqlQuery,
+                      args: varargs[string, `$`]): InstantRow
+                      {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as fastRows but returns a handle that can be used to get column text
-  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the interator body.
+  ## on demand using []. Returned handle is valid only within the iterator body.
   var stmt = setupQuery(db, query, args)
+  setColumns(columns, stmt)
   while step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW:
     yield stmt
   if finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
@@ -164,7 +181,7 @@ proc len*(row: InstantRow): int32 {.inline.} =
   column_count(row)
 
 proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+             args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## retrieves a single row. If the query doesn't return any rows, this proc
   ## will return a Row with empty strings for each column.
   var stmt = setupQuery(db, query, args)
@@ -175,19 +192,19 @@ proc getRow*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
   if finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
 
 proc getAllRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+                 args: varargs[string, `$`]): seq[Row] {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the whole result dataset.
   result = @[]
   for r in fastRows(db, query, args):
     result.add(r)
 
 iterator rows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): Row {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## same as `FastRows`, but slower and safe.
   for r in fastRows(db, query, args): yield r
 
 proc getValue*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.tags: [FReadDb].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.tags: [ReadDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query and returns the first column of the first row of the
   ## result dataset. Returns "" if the dataset contains no rows or the database
   ## value is NULL.
@@ -205,7 +222,7 @@ proc getValue*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 proc tryInsertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                   args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64
-                  {.tags: [FWriteDb], raises: [].} =
+                  {.tags: [WriteDbEffect], raises: [].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row or -1 in case of an error.
   var q = dbFormat(query, args)
@@ -218,7 +235,7 @@ proc tryInsertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
       result = -1
 
 proc insertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
-               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [FWriteDb].} =
+               args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.tags: [WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "INSERT") and returns the
   ## generated ID for the row. For Postgre this adds
   ## ``RETURNING id`` to the query, so it only works if your primary key is
@@ -228,18 +245,18 @@ proc insertID*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
 
 proc execAffectedRows*(db: DbConn, query: SqlQuery,
                        args: varargs[string, `$`]): int64 {.
-                       tags: [FReadDb, FWriteDb].} =
+                       tags: [ReadDbEffect, WriteDbEffect].} =
   ## executes the query (typically "UPDATE") and returns the
   ## number of affected rows.
   exec(db, query, args)
   result = changes(db)
 
-proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [FDb].} =
+proc close*(db: DbConn) {.tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## closes the database connection.
   if sqlite3.close(db) != SQLITE_OK: dbError(db)
 
 proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## opens a database connection. Raises `EDb` if the connection could not
   ## be established. Only the ``connection`` parameter is used for ``sqlite``.
   var db: DbConn
@@ -249,7 +266,7 @@ proc open*(connection, user, password, database: string): DbConn {.
     dbError(db)
 
 proc setEncoding*(connection: DbConn, encoding: string): bool {.
-  tags: [FDb].} =
+  tags: [DbEffect].} =
   ## sets the encoding of a database connection, returns true for
   ## success, false for failure.
   ##
diff --git a/lib/nimbase.h b/lib/nimbase.h
index 0946b9a1f..bba5ac023 100644
--- a/lib/nimbase.h
+++ b/lib/nimbase.h
@@ -418,10 +418,6 @@ typedef int assert_numbits[sizeof(NI) == sizeof(void*) && NIM_INTBITS == sizeof(
 #  define NIM_EXTERNC
 #endif
 
-/* we have to tinker with TNimType as it's both part of system.nim and
-   typeinfo.nim but system.nim doesn't export it cleanly... */
-typedef struct TNimType TNimType;
-
 /* ---------------- platform specific includes ----------------------- */
 
 /* VxWorks related includes */
diff --git a/lib/pure/db_common.nim b/lib/pure/db_common.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..957389605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pure/db_common.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Common datatypes and definitions for all ``db_*.nim`` (
+## `db_mysql <db_mysql.html>`_, `db_postgres <db_postgres.html>`_,
+## and `db_sqlite <db_sqlite.html>`_) modules.
+
+type
+  DbError* = object of IOError ## exception that is raised if a database error occurs
+
+  SqlQuery* = distinct string ## an SQL query string
+
+
+  DbEffect* = object of IOEffect ## effect that denotes a database operation
+  ReadDbEffect* = object of DbEffect   ## effect that denotes a read operation
+  WriteDbEffect* = object of DbEffect  ## effect that denotes a write operation
+
+  DbTypeKind* = enum  ## a superset of datatypes that might be supported.
+    dbUnknown,        ## unknown datatype
+    dbSerial,         ## datatype used for primary auto-increment keys
+    dbNull,           ## datatype used for the NULL value
+    dbBit,            ## bit datatype
+    dbBool,           ## boolean datatype
+    dbBlob,           ## blob datatype
+    dbFixedChar,      ## string of fixed length
+    dbVarchar,        ## string datatype
+    dbJson,           ## JSON datatype
+    dbXml,            ## XML datatype
+    dbInt,            ## some integer type
+    dbUInt,           ## some unsigned integer type
+    dbDecimal,        ## decimal numbers (fixed-point number)
+    dbFloat,          ## some floating point type
+    dbDate,           ## a year-month-day description
+    dbTime,           ## HH:MM:SS information
+    dbDatetime,       ## year-month-day and HH:MM:SS information,
+                      ## plus optional time or timezone information
+    dbTimestamp,      ## Timestamp values are stored as the number of seconds
+                      ## since the epoch ('1970-01-01 00:00:00' UTC).
+    dbTimeInterval,   ## an interval [a,b] of times
+    dbEnum,           ## some enum
+    dbSet,            ## set of enum values
+    dbArray,          ## an array of values
+    dbComposite,      ## composite type (record, struct, etc)
+    dbUrl,            ## a URL
+    dbUuid,           ## a UUID
+    dbInet,           ## an IP address
+    dbMacAddress,     ## a MAC address
+    dbGeometry,       ## some geometric type
+    dbPoint,          ## Point on a plane   (x,y)
+    dbLine,           ## Infinite line ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))
+    dbLseg,           ## Finite line segment   ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))
+    dbBox,            ## Rectangular box   ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))
+    dbPath,           ## Closed or open path (similar to polygon) ((x1,y1),...)
+    dbPolygon,        ## Polygon (similar to closed path)   ((x1,y1),...)
+    dbCircle,         ## Circle   <(x,y),r> (center point and radius)
+    dbUser1,          ## user definable datatype 1 (for unknown extensions)
+    dbUser2,          ## user definable datatype 2 (for unknown extensions)
+    dbUser3,          ## user definable datatype 3 (for unknown extensions)
+    dbUser4,          ## user definable datatype 4 (for unknown extensions)
+    dbUser5           ## user definable datatype 5 (for unknown extensions)
+
+  DbType* = object    ## describes a database type
+    kind*: DbTypeKind ## the kind of the described type
+    notNull*: bool    ## does the type contain NULL?
+    name*: string     ## the name of the type
+    size*: Natural    ## the size of the datatype; 0 if of variable size
+    maxReprLen*: Natural ## maximal length required for the representation
+    precision*, scale*: Natural ## precision and scale of the number
+    min*, max*: BiggestInt ## the minimum and maximum of allowed values
+    validValues*: seq[string] ## valid values of an enum or a set
+
+  DbColumn* = object   ## information about a database column
+    name*: string      ## name of the column
+    tableName*: string ## name of the table the column belongs to (optional)
+    typ*: DbType       ## type of the column
+    primaryKey*: bool  ## is this a primary key?
+    foreignKey*: bool  ## is this a foreign key?
+  DbColumns* = seq[DbColumn]
+
+{.deprecated: [EDb: DbError, TSqlQuery: SqlQuery, FDb: DbEffect,
+              FReadDb: ReadDbEffect, FWriteDb: WriteDbEffect].}
+
+template sql*(query: string): SqlQuery =
+  ## constructs a SqlQuery from the string `query`. This is supposed to be
+  ## used as a raw-string-literal modifier:
+  ## ``sql"update user set counter = counter + 1"``
+  ##
+  ## If assertions are turned off, it does nothing. If assertions are turned
+  ## on, later versions will check the string for valid syntax.
+  SqlQuery(query)
+
+proc dbError*(msg: string) {.noreturn, noinline.} =
+  ## raises an DbError exception with message `msg`.
+  var e: ref DbError
+  new(e)
+  e.msg = msg
+  raise e
diff --git a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
index 8e182e274..1b91132db 100644
--- a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ type
   EInvalidProtocol: ProtocolError, EHttpRequestErr: HttpRequestError
 ].}
 
-const defUserAgent* = "Nim httpclient/0.1"
+const defUserAgent* = "Nim httpclient/" & NimVersion
 
 proc httpError(msg: string) =
   var e: ref ProtocolError
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ proc request*(url: string, httpMethod: string, extraHeaders = "",
   ## | An optional timeout can be specified in milliseconds, if reading from the
   ## server takes longer than specified an ETimeout exception will be raised.
   var r = if proxy == nil: parseUri(url) else: proxy.url
+  var hostUrl = if proxy == nil: r else: parseUri(url)
   var headers = substr(httpMethod, len("http"))
   # TODO: Use generateHeaders further down once it supports proxies.
   if proxy == nil:
@@ -402,10 +403,10 @@ proc request*(url: string, httpMethod: string, extraHeaders = "",
 
   headers.add(" HTTP/1.1\c\L")
 
-  if r.port == "":
-    add(headers, "Host: " & r.hostname & "\c\L")
+  if hostUrl.port == "":
+    add(headers, "Host: " & hostUrl.hostname & "\c\L")
   else:
-    add(headers, "Host: " & r.hostname & ":" & r.port & "\c\L")
+    add(headers, "Host: " & hostUrl.hostname & ":" & hostUrl.port & "\c\L")
 
   if userAgent != "":
     add(headers, "User-Agent: " & userAgent & "\c\L")
@@ -414,7 +415,6 @@ proc request*(url: string, httpMethod: string, extraHeaders = "",
     add(headers, "Proxy-Authorization: basic " & auth & "\c\L")
   add(headers, extraHeaders)
   add(headers, "\c\L")
-
   var s = newSocket()
   if s == nil: raiseOSError(osLastError())
   var port = net.Port(80)
diff --git a/lib/pure/lexbase.nim b/lib/pure/lexbase.nim
index bfecf6a58..cf2e8bb89 100644
--- a/lib/pure/lexbase.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/lexbase.nim
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ type
   BaseLexer* = object of RootObj ## the base lexer. Inherit your lexer from
                                  ## this object.
     bufpos*: int              ## the current position within the buffer
-    buf*: cstring             ## the buffer itself
+    when defined(js):         ## the buffer itself
+      buf*: string
+    else:
+      buf*: cstring
     bufLen*: int              ## length of buffer in characters
     input: Stream            ## the input stream
     lineNumber*: int          ## the current line number
@@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ const
 
 proc close*(L: var BaseLexer) =
   ## closes the base lexer. This closes `L`'s associated stream too.
-  dealloc(L.buf)
+  when not defined(js):
+    dealloc(L.buf)
   close(L.input)
 
 proc fillBuffer(L: var BaseLexer) =
@@ -58,8 +62,11 @@ proc fillBuffer(L: var BaseLexer) =
   toCopy = L.bufLen - L.sentinel - 1
   assert(toCopy >= 0)
   if toCopy > 0:
-    moveMem(L.buf, addr(L.buf[L.sentinel + 1]), toCopy * chrSize)
-    # "moveMem" handles overlapping regions
+    when defined(js):
+      for i in 0 ..< toCopy: L.buf[i] = L.buf[L.sentinel + 1 + i]
+    else:
+      # "moveMem" handles overlapping regions
+      moveMem(L.buf, addr L.buf[L.sentinel + 1], toCopy * chrSize)
   charsRead = readData(L.input, addr(L.buf[toCopy]),
                        (L.sentinel + 1) * chrSize) div chrSize
   s = toCopy + charsRead
@@ -81,7 +88,10 @@ proc fillBuffer(L: var BaseLexer) =
         # double the buffer's size and try again:
         oldBufLen = L.bufLen
         L.bufLen = L.bufLen * 2
-        L.buf = cast[cstring](realloc(L.buf, L.bufLen * chrSize))
+        when defined(js):
+          L.buf.setLen(L.bufLen)
+        else:
+          L.buf = cast[cstring](realloc(L.buf, L.bufLen * chrSize))
         assert(L.bufLen - oldBufLen == oldBufLen)
         charsRead = readData(L.input, addr(L.buf[oldBufLen]),
                              oldBufLen * chrSize) div chrSize
@@ -139,7 +149,10 @@ proc open*(L: var BaseLexer, input: Stream, bufLen: int = 8192;
   L.bufpos = 0
   L.bufLen = bufLen
   L.refillChars = refillChars
-  L.buf = cast[cstring](alloc(bufLen * chrSize))
+  when defined(js):
+    L.buf = newString(bufLen)
+  else:
+    L.buf = cast[cstring](alloc(bufLen * chrSize))
   L.sentinel = bufLen - 1
   L.lineStart = 0
   L.lineNumber = 1            # lines start at 1
diff --git a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
index 9e6ff21ef..b5a8d5777 100644
--- a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ proc getAddrInfo*(address: string, port: Port, domain: Domain = AF_INET,
   # OpenBSD doesn't support AI_V4MAPPED and doesn't define the macro AI_V4MAPPED.
   # FreeBSD doesn't support AI_V4MAPPED but defines the macro.
   # https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198092
-  when not defined(freebsd) or defined(openbsd):
-    hints.ai_flags = AI_V4MAPPED
+  when not defined(freebsd) and not defined(openbsd) and not defined(netbsd):
+    if domain == AF_INET6:
+      hints.ai_flags = AI_V4MAPPED
   var gaiResult = getaddrinfo(address, $port, addr(hints), result)
   if gaiResult != 0'i32:
     when useWinVersion:
diff --git a/lib/pure/nimprof.nim b/lib/pure/nimprof.nim
index cfe6bc40d..e2397b91c 100644
--- a/lib/pure/nimprof.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/nimprof.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #            Nim's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -117,24 +117,38 @@ when defined(memProfiler):
   var
     gTicker {.threadvar.}: int
 
-  proc hook(st: StackTrace, size: int) {.nimcall.} =
+  proc requestedHook(): bool {.nimcall.} =
     if gTicker == 0:
-      gTicker = -1
-      when defined(ignoreAllocationSize):
-        hookAux(st, 1)
-      else:
-        hookAux(st, size)
       gTicker = SamplingInterval
+      result = true
     dec gTicker
 
+  proc hook(st: StackTrace, size: int) {.nimcall.} =
+    when defined(ignoreAllocationSize):
+      hookAux(st, 1)
+    else:
+      hookAux(st, size)
+
 else:
   var
     t0 {.threadvar.}: Ticks
+    gTicker: int # we use an additional counter to
+                 # avoid calling 'getTicks' too frequently
+
+  proc requestedHook(): bool {.nimcall.} =
+    if interval == 0: result = true
+    elif gTicker == 0:
+      gTicker = 500
+      if getTicks() - t0 > interval:
+        result = true
+    else:
+      dec gTicker
 
   proc hook(st: StackTrace) {.nimcall.} =
+    #echo "profiling! ", interval
     if interval == 0:
       hookAux(st, 1)
-    elif int64(t0) == 0 or getTicks() - t0 > interval:
+    else:
       hookAux(st, 1)
       t0 = getTicks()
 
@@ -145,9 +159,10 @@ proc cmpEntries(a, b: ptr ProfileEntry): int =
   result = b.getTotal - a.getTotal
 
 proc `//`(a, b: int): string =
-  result = format("$1/$2 = $3%", a, b, formatFloat(a / b * 100.0, ffDefault, 2))
+  result = format("$1/$2 = $3%", a, b, formatFloat(a / b * 100.0, ffDecimal, 2))
 
 proc writeProfile() {.noconv.} =
+  system.profilingRequestedHook = nil
   when declared(system.StackTrace):
     system.profilerHook = nil
   const filename = "profile_results.txt"
@@ -193,14 +208,15 @@ var
 proc disableProfiling*() =
   when declared(system.StackTrace):
     atomicDec disabled
-    system.profilerHook = nil
+    system.profilingRequestedHook = nil
 
 proc enableProfiling*() =
   when declared(system.StackTrace):
     if atomicInc(disabled) >= 0:
-      system.profilerHook = hook
+      system.profilingRequestedHook = requestedHook
 
 when declared(system.StackTrace):
+  system.profilingRequestedHook = requestedHook
   system.profilerHook = hook
   addQuitProc(writeProfile)
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
index 7a1e14a57..8560c3ee4 100644
--- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     discard write(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx], addr error, sizeof(error))
     exitnow(1)
 
-  when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd):
+  when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(netbsd) or defined(android):
     var environ {.importc.}: cstringArray
 
   proc startProcessAfterFork(data: ptr StartProcessData) =
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     discard fcntl(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
 
     if data.optionPoUsePath:
-      when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd):
+      when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(netbsd) or defined(android):
         # MacOSX doesn't have execvpe, so we need workaround.
         # On MacOSX we can arrive here only from fork, so this is safe:
         environ = data.sysEnv
diff --git a/lib/pure/redis.nim b/lib/pure/redis.nim
index e3f18a496..6741d3c8e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/redis.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/redis.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ## return ``redisNil``, and functions which return a ``RedisList``
 ## may return ``nil``.
 
-import sockets, os, strutils, parseutils
+import net, os, strutils, parseutils
 
 const
   redisNil* = "\0\0"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type
 
 type
   Redis* = object
-    socket: Socket
+    socket: net.Socket
     connected: bool
     pipeline: Pipeline
 
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ proc newPipeline(): Pipeline =
 
 proc open*(host = "localhost", port = 6379.Port): Redis =
   ## Opens a connection to the redis server.
-  result.socket = socket(buffered = false)
-  if result.socket == invalidSocket:
-    raiseOSError(osLastError())
+  result.socket = newSocket(buffered = false)
+
   result.socket.connect(host, port)
   result.pipeline = newPipeline()
 
@@ -923,6 +922,7 @@ proc quit*(r: Redis) =
   ## Close the connection
   r.sendCommand("QUIT")
   raiseNoOK(r.readStatus(), r.pipeline.enabled)
+  r.socket.close()
 
 proc select*(r: Redis, index: int): RedisStatus =
   ## Change the selected database for the current connection
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index ce7687c34..bb8254364 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ proc `div` *(x, y: int32): int32 {.magic: "DivI", noSideEffect.}
   ##   1 div 2 == 0
   ##   2 div 2 == 1
   ##   3 div 2 == 1
-  ##   7 div 5 == 2
+  ##   7 div 5 == 1
 
 when defined(nimnomagic64):
   proc `div` *(x, y: int64): int64 {.magic: "DivI", noSideEffect.}
diff --git a/lib/system/dyncalls.nim b/lib/system/dyncalls.nim
index 22ac613f8..6dc8999d1 100644
--- a/lib/system/dyncalls.nim
+++ b/lib/system/dyncalls.nim
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ when defined(posix):
 
   proc nimLoadLibrary(path: string): LibHandle =
     result = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW)
-    let error = dlerror()
-    if error != nil:
-      c_fprintf(c_stdout, "%s\n", error)
+    when defined(nimDebugDlOpen):
+      let error = dlerror()
+      if error != nil:
+        c_fprintf(c_stdout, "%s\n", error)
 
   proc nimGetProcAddr(lib: LibHandle, name: cstring): ProcAddr =
     result = dlsym(lib, name)
diff --git a/lib/system/jssys.nim b/lib/system/jssys.nim
index 54c6796c9..5bac54772 100644
--- a/lib/system/jssys.nim
+++ b/lib/system/jssys.nim
@@ -533,15 +533,20 @@ proc nimCopy(dest, src: JSRef, ti: PNimType): JSRef =
     nimCopyAux(result, src, ti.node)
   of tySequence, tyArrayConstr, tyOpenArray, tyArray:
     asm """
-      if (`dest` === null || `dest` === undefined) {
-        `dest` = new Array(`src`.length);
+      if (`src` === null) {
+        `result` = null;
       }
       else {
-        `dest`.length = `src`.length;
-      }
-      `result` = `dest`;
-      for (var i = 0; i < `src`.length; ++i) {
-        `result`[i] = nimCopy(`result`[i], `src`[i], `ti`.base);
+        if (`dest` === null || `dest` === undefined) {
+          `dest` = new Array(`src`.length);
+        }
+        else {
+          `dest`.length = `src`.length;
+        }
+        `result` = `dest`;
+        for (var i = 0; i < `src`.length; ++i) {
+          `result`[i] = nimCopy(`result`[i], `src`[i], `ti`.base);
+        }
       }
     """
   of tyString:
diff --git a/lib/system/nimscript.nim b/lib/system/nimscript.nim
index aaba11324..772d25343 100644
--- a/lib/system/nimscript.nim
+++ b/lib/system/nimscript.nim
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ template task*(name: untyped; description: string; body: untyped): untyped =
   ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##  task build, "default build is via the C backend":
   ##    setCommand "c"
-  proc `name Task`() = body
+  proc `name Task`*() = body
 
   let cmd = getCommand()
   if cmd.len == 0 or cmd ==? "help":
diff --git a/lib/system/profiler.nim b/lib/system/profiler.nim
index 4f600417e..ae8ff4e19 100644
--- a/lib/system/profiler.nim
+++ b/lib/system/profiler.nim
@@ -50,10 +50,15 @@ proc captureStackTrace(f: PFrame, st: var StackTrace) =
     inc(i)
     b = b.prev
 
+var
+  profilingRequestedHook*: proc (): bool {.nimcall, benign.}
+    ## set this variable to provide a procedure that implements a profiler in
+    ## user space. See the `nimprof` module for a reference implementation.
+
 when defined(memProfiler):
   type
     MemProfilerHook* = proc (st: StackTrace, requestedSize: int) {.nimcall, benign.}
-  {.deprecated: [TMemProfilerHook: MemProfilerHook].}
+
   var
     profilerHook*: MemProfilerHook
       ## set this variable to provide a procedure that implements a profiler in
@@ -65,17 +70,13 @@ when defined(memProfiler):
     hook(st, requestedSize)
 
   proc nimProfile(requestedSize: int) =
-    if not isNil(profilerHook):
+    if not isNil(profilingRequestedHook) and profilingRequestedHook():
       callProfilerHook(profilerHook, requestedSize)
 else:
-  const
-    SamplingInterval = 50_000
-      # set this to change the default sampling interval
   var
     profilerHook*: ProfilerHook
       ## set this variable to provide a procedure that implements a profiler in
       ## user space. See the `nimprof` module for a reference implementation.
-    gTicker {.threadvar.}: int
 
   proc callProfilerHook(hook: ProfilerHook) {.noinline.} =
     # 'noinline' so that 'nimProfile' does not perform the stack allocation
@@ -86,16 +87,7 @@ else:
 
   proc nimProfile() =
     ## This is invoked by the compiler in every loop and on every proc entry!
-    if gTicker == 0:
-      gTicker = -1
-      if not isNil(profilerHook):
-        # disable recursive calls: XXX should use try..finally,
-        # but that's too expensive!
-        let oldHook = profilerHook
-        profilerHook = nil
-        callProfilerHook(oldHook)
-        profilerHook = oldHook
-      gTicker = SamplingInterval
-    dec gTicker
+    if not isNil(profilingRequestedHook) and profilingRequestedHook():
+      callProfilerHook(profilerHook)
 
 {.pop.}
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/mysql.nim b/lib/wrappers/mysql.nim
index 8253e53a5..af504864d 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/mysql.nim
+++ b/lib/wrappers/mysql.nim
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ type
     decimals*: cuint          # Number of decimals in field
     charsetnr*: cuint         # Character set
     ftype*: Enum_field_types  # Type of field. See mysql_com.h for types
+    extension*: pointer
 
   FIELD* = St_mysql_field
   PFIELD* = ptr FIELD
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/odbcsql.nim b/lib/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
index 43ad80f76..1b2544ec0 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
+++ b/lib/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
@@ -641,11 +641,42 @@ const
   ODBC_CONFIG_SYS_DSN* = 5
   ODBC_REMOVE_SYS_DSN* = 6
 
+  SQL_ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS* = 0   # SQLGetInfo
+  SQL_DATA_SOURCE_NAME* = 2
+  SQL_DATA_SOURCE_READ_ONLY* = 25
+  SQL_DATABASE_NAME* = 2
+  SQL_DBMS_NAME* = 17
+  SQL_DBMS_VERSION* = 18
+  SQL_DRIVER_HDBC* = 3
+  SQL_DRIVER_HENV* = 4
+  SQL_DRIVER_HSTMT* = 5
+  SQL_DRIVER_NAME* = 6
+  SQL_DRIVER_VER* = 7
+  SQL_FETCH_DIRECTION* = 8
+  SQL_ODBC_VER* = 10
+  SQL_DRIVER_ODBC_VER* = 77
+  SQL_SERVER_NAME* = 13
+  SQL_ACTIVE_ENVIRONMENTS* = 116
+  SQL_ACTIVE_STATEMENTS* = 1
+  SQL_SQL_CONFORMANCE* = 118
+  SQL_DATETIME_LITERALS* = 119
+  SQL_ASYNC_MODE* = 10021
+  SQL_BATCH_ROW_COUNT* = 120
+  SQL_BATCH_SUPPORT* = 121
+  SQL_CATALOG_LOCATION* = 114
+  #SQL_CATALOG_NAME* = 10003
+  SQL_CATALOG_NAME_SEPARATOR* = 41
+  SQL_CATALOG_TERM* = 42
+  SQL_CATALOG_USAGE* = 92
+  #SQL_COLLATION_SEQ* = 10004
+  SQL_COLUMN_ALIAS* = 87
+  #SQL_USER_NAME* = 47
+
 proc SQLAllocHandle*(HandleType: TSqlSmallInt, InputHandle: SqlHandle,
                      OutputHandlePtr: var SqlHandle): TSqlSmallInt{.
     dynlib: odbclib, importc.}
 proc SQLSetEnvAttr*(EnvironmentHandle: SqlHEnv, Attribute: TSqlInteger,
-                    Value: SqlPointer, StringLength: TSqlInteger): TSqlSmallInt{.
+                    Value: TSqlInteger, StringLength: TSqlInteger): TSqlSmallInt{.
     dynlib: odbclib, importc.}
 proc SQLGetEnvAttr*(EnvironmentHandle: SqlHEnv, Attribute: TSqlInteger,
                     Value: SqlPointer, BufferLength: TSqlInteger,
@@ -807,5 +838,10 @@ proc SQLStatistics*(hstmt: SqlHStmt, CatalogName: PSQLCHAR,
                     NameLength3: TSqlSmallInt, Unique: SqlUSmallInt,
                     Reserved: SqlUSmallInt): TSqlSmallInt {.
                     dynlib: odbclib, importc.}
+proc SQLErr*(henv: SqlHEnv, hdbc: SqlHDBC, hstmt: SqlHStmt,
+              szSqlState, pfNativeError, szErrorMsg: PSQLCHAR,
+              cbErrorMsgMax: TSqlSmallInt,
+              pcbErrorMsg: PSQLINTEGER): TSqlSmallInt {.
+                    dynlib: odbclib, importc: "SQLError".}
 
 {.pop.}
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim b/lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim
index c5019960c..e7fd2bc36 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim
+++ b/lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ proc column_count*(pStmt: Pstmt): int32{.cdecl, dynlib: Lib,
     importc: "sqlite3_column_count".}
 proc column_name*(para1: Pstmt, para2: int32): cstring{.cdecl, dynlib: Lib,
     importc: "sqlite3_column_name".}
+proc column_table_name*(para1: Pstmt; para2: int32): cstring{.cdecl, dynlib: Lib,
+    importc: "sqlite3_column_table_name".}
 proc column_name16*(para1: Pstmt, para2: int32): pointer{.cdecl, dynlib: Lib,
     importc: "sqlite3_column_name16".}
 proc column_decltype*(para1: Pstmt, i: int32): cstring{.cdecl, dynlib: Lib,
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4c996ebae..2fee6855d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Nim Compiler
 
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diff --git a/tests/closure/tissue1642.nim b/tests/closure/tissue1642.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index e3028c88e..000000000
--- a/tests/closure/tissue1642.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-discard """
-  file: "tissue1642.nim"
-  disabled: true
-"""
-block:
-  var i = 0
-  proc p() = inc(i)
diff --git a/tests/method/tmultim8.nim b/tests/method/tmultim8.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d067b668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/method/tmultim8.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+# bug #3550
+
+type 
+  BaseClass = ref object of RootObj
+  Class1 = ref object of BaseClass
+  Class2 = ref object of BaseClass
+  
+method test(obj: Class1, obj2: BaseClass) =
+  discard
+
+method test(obj: Class2, obj2: BaseClass) =
+  discard
+  
+var obj1 = Class1()
+var obj2 = Class2()
+
+obj1.test(obj2) 
+obj2.test(obj1)
diff --git a/tests/openarray/tptrarrayderef.nim b/tests/openarray/tptrarrayderef.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e73be108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/openarray/tptrarrayderef.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+discard """
+  file: "tptrarrayderef.nim"
+  output: "OK"
+"""
+
+var
+  arr = [1,2,3]
+  arrp = addr(arr)
+  sss = @[4,5,6,7]
+  sssp = addr(sss)
+  ra = new(array[3, int])
+  raa = [11,12,13]
+
+#bug #3586
+proc mutate[T](arr:openarray[T], brr: openArray[T]) =
+  for i in 0..arr.len-1:
+    doAssert(arr[i] == brr[i])
+    
+mutate(arr, arr)
+
+#bug #2240
+proc f(a: openarray[int], b: openArray[int]) =
+  for i in 0..a.len-1:
+   doAssert(a[i] == b[i])
+
+var a = [7,8,9]
+var p = addr a
+f(p[], a)
+f(sssp[], sss)
+
+ra[0] = 11
+ra[1] = 12
+ra[2] = 13
+f(ra[], raa)
+
+#bug #2240b
+proc fillBuffer(buf: var openarray[char]) =
+  for i in 0..buf.len-1:
+    buf[i] = chr(i)
+
+proc fillSeqBuffer(b: ref seq[char]) =
+  fillBuffer(b[])
+
+proc getFilledBuffer(sz: int): ref seq[char] =
+  let s : ref seq[char] = new(seq[char])
+  s[] = newSeq[char](sz)
+  fillBuffer(s[])
+  return s
+  
+let aa = getFilledBuffer(3)
+for i in 0..aa[].len-1:
+  doAssert(aa[i] == chr(i))
+  
+echo "OK"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vm/texcl.nim b/tests/vm/texcl.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ccfd6bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/texcl.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+discard """
+  output: '''false'''
+"""
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  nlOptions = enum
+    nloNone
+    nloDebug
+
+var nlOpts {.compileTime.} = {nloDebug}
+
+proc initOpts(): set[nlOptions] =
+  result.incl nloDebug
+  result.incl nloNone
+  result.excl nloDebug
+  
+const cOpts = initOpts()
+
+macro nlo(): stmt =
+  nlOpts.incl(nloNone)
+  nlOpts.excl(nloDebug)
+  result = newEmptyNode()
+
+nlo()
+echo nloDebug in cOpts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vm/ttouintconv.nim b/tests/vm/ttouintconv.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd25ffb00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/ttouintconv.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import macros
+
+discard """
+msg: '''
+8 9 17
+239 255
+61439 65534 65535
+4026531839 4294967294
+17293822569102704639
+18446744073709551614
+18446744073709551615
+127
+32767
+2147483647
+9223372036854775807
+0
+128
+4294967287'''
+"""
+
+#bug #2514
+
+macro foo(): stmt =
+  var x = 8'u8
+  var y = 9'u16
+  var z = 17'u32
+
+  echo x," ", y," ", z
+
+  var a = 0xEF'u8
+  var aa = 0xFF'u8
+  echo a, " ", aa
+
+  var b = 0xEFFF'u16
+  var bb = 0xFFFE'u16
+  var bbb = 0xFFFF'u16
+  echo b, " ", bb, " ", bbb
+
+  var c = 0xEFFFFFFF'u32
+  var cc = 0xFFFFFFFE'u32
+  echo c, " ", cc
+
+  var d = 0xEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'u64
+  echo d
+
+  var f = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE'u64
+  echo f
+
+  var g = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'u64
+  echo g
+
+  var xx = 0x7F'u8 and 0xFF
+  echo xx
+
+  var yy = 0x7FFF'u16
+  echo yy
+
+  var zz = 0x7FFFFFFF'u32
+  echo zz
+  
+macro foo2(): stmt =
+  var xx = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+  echo xx
+  
+  var yy = 0
+  echo yy
+  
+  var zz = 0x80'u8
+  echo zz
+  
+  var ww = -9
+  var vv = ww.uint
+  var kk = vv.uint32
+  echo kk
+  
+foo()
+foo2()
diff --git a/web/question.txt b/web/question.txt
index 2c3191b9b..4e7c15a10 100644
--- a/web/question.txt
+++ b/web/question.txt
@@ -23,27 +23,27 @@ General FAQ
   shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results
   from that model.
 
-..
 
-  .. container:: standout
 
-    Why should I use Nim?
-    ---------------------
+..  .. container:: standout
 
-    It's a conservative language in a sense that we stick to features that have
-    proven themselves for larger scale programming. But it's revolutionary by
-    the features which have been laid on top.
+..    Why should I use Nim?
+..    ---------------------
 
-    One of Nim's goals is to increase developer productivity without sacrificing
-    the produced software's stability. The way that this is done is by providing
+..    It's a conservative language in a sense that we stick to features that have
+..    proven themselves for larger scale programming. But it's revolutionary by
+..    the features which have been laid on top.
 
-    Depending on your use case.
+..    One of Nim's goals is to increase developer productivity without sacrificing
+..    the produced software's stability. The way that this is done is by providing
 
-    Nim is one of the few programming languages in the world which allows you to
+..    Depending on your use case.
 
+..    Nim is one of the few programming languages in the world which allows you to
 
-    The language inventor describes it as the ultimate programming language
-    with features which make it perfect for just about any problem.
+
+..    The language inventor describes it as the ultimate programming language
+..    with features which make it perfect for just about any problem.
 
 .. container:: standout