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NAME
    DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader - Dynamic definition of a
    DBIx::Class::Schema

SYNOPSIS
      package My::Schema;
      use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader/;

      __PACKAGE__->load_from_connection(
        dsn                     => "dbi:mysql:dbname",
        user                    => "root",
        password                => "",
        additional_classes      => [qw/DBIx::Class::Foo/],
        additional_base_classes => [qw/My::Stuff/],
        left_base_classes       => [qw/DBIx::Class::Bar/],
        constraint              => '^foo.*',
        relationships           => 1,
        options                 => { AutoCommit => 1 }, 
        inflect                 => { child => 'children' },
        debug                   => 1,
      );

      # in seperate application code ...

      use My::Schema;

      my $schema1 = My::Schema->connect( $dsn, $user, $password, $attrs);
      # -or-
      my $schema1 = "My::Schema";
      # ^^ defaults to dsn/user/pass from load_from_connection()

      # Get a list of the original (database) names of the tables that
      #  were loaded
      my @tables = $schema1->loader->tables;

      # Get a hashref of table_name => 'TableName' table-to-moniker
      #   mappings.
      my $monikers = $schema1->loader->monikers;

      # Get a hashref of table_name => 'My::Schema::TableName'
      #   table-to-classname mappings.
      my $classes = $schema1->loader->classes;

      # Use the schema as per normal for L<DBIx::Class::Schema>
      my $rs = $schema1->resultset($monikers->{table_table})->search(...);

DESCRIPTION
    DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader automates the definition of a
    DBIx::Class::Schema by scanning table schemas and setting up columns and
    primary keys.

    DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader supports MySQL, Postgres, SQLite and DB2.
    See DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Generic for more, and
    DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Writing for notes on writing your own
    db-specific subclass for an unsupported db.

    This module requires DBIx::Class::Loader 0.5 or later, and obsoletes
    DBIx::Class::Loader for DBIx::Class version 0.5 and later.

METHODS
  load_from_connection
    Example in Synopsis above demonstrates the available arguments. For
    detailed information on the arguments, see the
    DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Generic documentation.

AUTHOR
    Brandon Black, "bblack@gmail.com"

    Based on DBIx::Class::Loader by Sebastian Riedel

    Based upon the work of IKEBE Tomohiro

THANK YOU
    Adam Anderson, Andy Grundman, Autrijus Tang, Dan Kubb, David Naughton,
    Randal Schwartz, Simon Flack and all the others who've helped.

LICENSE
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
    DBIx::Class