diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..230092cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+db
+dist
+.cabal-sandbox
+cabal.sandbox.config
+hscope.out
+codex.tags
diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
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index 000000000..981abc7e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Simple
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.FromRow
+import Control.Applicative
+
+data View = View {
+  viewSchema :: String
+, viewName :: String
+, viewUpdatable :: Bool
+, viewInsertable :: Bool
+} deriving (Show)
+
+instance FromRow View where
+  fromRow = View <$> field <*> field <*>
+    fmap toBool field <*> fmap toBool field
+
+toBool :: String -> Bool
+toBool = (== "YES")
+
+data Column = Column {
+  colSchema :: String
+, colTable :: String
+, colName :: String
+, colPosition :: Int
+, colNullable :: Bool
+, colType :: String
+, colUpdatable :: Bool
+, colMaxLen :: Maybe Int
+, colPrecision :: Maybe Int
+} deriving (Show)
+
+views :: Connection -> String -> IO [View]
+views conn s = query conn q $ Only s
+  where q = "select table_schema, table_name,\
+            \       is_updatable, is_insertable_into \
+            \  from information_schema.views\
+            \ where table_schema = ?"
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  conn <- connect defaultConnectInfo {
+    connectDatabase = "dbapi_test"
+  }
+  mapM_ print =<< views conn "base"
diff --git a/dbapi.cabal b/dbapi.cabal
index 67ad269ec..48add8935 100644
--- a/dbapi.cabal
+++ b/dbapi.cabal
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ cabal-version:       >=1.10
 executable dbapi
   main-is:             Main.hs
   -- other-modules:       
-  -- other-extensions:    
+  other-extensions:    OverloadedStrings
   build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8
+                     , postgresql-simple
   -- hs-source-dirs:      
   default-language:    Haskell2010