Class::DBI::mysql man page on Pidora

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   31170 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Pidora logo
[printable version]

Class::DBI::mysql(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation Class::DBI::mysql(3)

NAME
       Class::DBI::mysql - Extensions to Class::DBI for MySQL

SYNOPSIS
	 package Film;
	 use base 'Class::DBI::mysql';
	 __PACKAGE__->set_db('Main', 'dbi:mysql:dbname', 'user', 'password');
	 __PACKAGE__->set_up_table("film");

	 __PACKAGE__->autoinflate(dates => 'Time::Piece');

	 # Somewhere else ...

	 my $type = $class->column_type('column_name');
	 my @allowed = $class->enum_vals('column_name');

	 my $tonights_viewing  = Film->retrieve_random;

DESCRIPTION
       This is an extension to Class::DBI, containing several functions and
       optimisations for the MySQL database. Instead of setting Class::DBI as
       your base class, use this instead.

METHODS
   set_up_table
	       __PACKAGE__->set_up_table("table_name");

       Traditionally, to use Class::DBI, you have to set up the columns:

	       __PACKAGE__->columns(All => qw/list of columns/);
	       __PACKAGE__->columns(Primary => 'column_name');

       Whilst this allows for more flexibility if you're going to arrange your
       columns into a variety of groupings, sometimes you just want to create
       the 'all columns' list. Well, this information is really simple to
       extract from MySQL itself, so why not just use that?

       This call will extract the list of all the columns, and the primary key
       and set them up for you. It will die horribly if the table contains no
       primary key, or has a composite primary key.

   autoinflate
	 __PACKAGE__->autoinflate(column_type => 'Inflation::Class');

	 __PACKAGE__->autoinflate(timestamp => 'Time::Piece');
	 __PACKAGE__->autoinflate(dates => 'Time::Piece');

       This will automatically set up has_a() relationships for all columns of
       the specified type to the given class.

       We currently assume that all classess passed will be able to inflate
       and deflate without needing extra has_a arguments, with the example of
       Time::Piece objects, which we deal with using Time::Piece::mysql (which
       you'll have to have installed!).

       The special type 'dates' will autoinflate all columns of type date,
       datetime or timestamp.

   create_table
	       $class->create_table(q{
		       name    VARCHAR(40)     NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
		       rank    VARCHAR(20)     NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Private',
		       serial  INTEGER	       NOT NULL
	       });

       This creates the table for the class, with the given schema. If the
       table already exists we do nothing.

       A typical use would be:

	       Music::CD->table('cd');
	       Music::CD->create_table(q{
		 cdid	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
		 artist MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
		       title  VARCHAR(255),
		       year   YEAR,
		       INDEX (artist),
		       INDEX (title)
	       });
	       Music::CD->set_up_table;

   drop_table
	       $class->drop_table;

       Drops the table for this class, if it exists.

   column_type
	       my $type = $class->column_type('column_name');

       This returns the 'type' of this table (VARCHAR(20), BIGINT, etc.)

   enum_vals
	       my @allowed = $class->enum_vals('column_name');

       This returns a list of the allowable values for an ENUM column.

   retrieve_random
	       my $film = Film->retrieve_random;

       This will select a random row from the database, and return you the
       relevant object.

       (MySQL 3.23 and higher only, at this point)

SEE ALSO
       Class::DBI. MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/)

AUTHOR
       Tony Bowden

BUGS and QUERIES
       Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to:
	 bug-Class-DBI-mysql@rt.cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
	 Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Tony Bowden.

	 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
	 the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License,
	 or (at your option) any later version.

	 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
	 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
	 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

perl v5.14.1			  2005-09-03		  Class::DBI::mysql(3)
[top]

List of man pages available for Pidora

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net