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1 | =head1 NAME |
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3 | DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook - Miscellaneous recipes |
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4 | |
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5 | =head1 SEARCHING |
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6 | |
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7 | =head2 Paged results |
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8 | |
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9 | When you expect a large number of results, you can ask L<DBIx::Class> for a |
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10 | paged resultset, which will fetch only a defined number of records at a time: |
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11 | |
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12 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
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13 | undef, |
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14 | { |
15 | page => 1, # page to return (defaults to 1) |
16 | rows => 10, # number of results per page |
17 | }, |
18 | ); |
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19 | |
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20 | return $rs->all(); # all records for page 1 |
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21 | |
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22 | The C<page> attribute does not have to be specified in your search: |
23 | |
24 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
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25 | undef, |
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26 | { |
27 | rows => 10, |
28 | } |
29 | ); |
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30 | |
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31 | return $rs->page(1); # DBIx::Class::ResultSet containing first 10 records |
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32 | |
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33 | In either of the above cases, you can get a L<Data::Page> object for the |
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34 | resultset (suitable for use in e.g. a template) using the C<pager> method: |
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35 | |
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36 | return $rs->pager(); |
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37 | |
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38 | =head2 Complex WHERE clauses |
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39 | |
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40 | Sometimes you need to formulate a query using specific operators: |
41 | |
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42 | my @albums = $schema->resultset('Album')->search({ |
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43 | artist => { 'like', '%Lamb%' }, |
44 | title => { 'like', '%Fear of Fours%' }, |
45 | }); |
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46 | |
47 | This results in something like the following C<WHERE> clause: |
48 | |
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49 | WHERE artist LIKE '%Lamb%' AND title LIKE '%Fear of Fours%' |
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50 | |
51 | Other queries might require slightly more complex logic: |
52 | |
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53 | my @albums = $schema->resultset('Album')->search({ |
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54 | -or => [ |
55 | -and => [ |
56 | artist => { 'like', '%Smashing Pumpkins%' }, |
57 | title => 'Siamese Dream', |
58 | ], |
59 | artist => 'Starchildren', |
60 | ], |
61 | }); |
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62 | |
63 | This results in the following C<WHERE> clause: |
64 | |
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65 | WHERE ( artist LIKE '%Smashing Pumpkins%' AND title = 'Siamese Dream' ) |
66 | OR artist = 'Starchildren' |
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67 | |
68 | For more information on generating complex queries, see |
69 | L<SQL::Abstract/WHERE CLAUSES>. |
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70 | |
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71 | =head2 Arbitrary SQL through a custom ResultSource |
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72 | |
73 | Sometimes you have to run arbitrary SQL because your query is too complex |
74 | (e.g. it contains Unions, Sub-Selects, Stored Procedures, etc.) or has to |
75 | be optimized for your database in a special way, but you still want to |
76 | get the results as a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet>. |
77 | The recommended way to accomplish this is by defining a separate ResultSource |
78 | for your query. You can then inject complete SQL statements using a scalar |
79 | reference (this is a feature of L<SQL::Abstract>). |
80 | |
81 | Say you want to run a complex custom query on your user data, here's what |
82 | you have to add to your User class: |
83 | |
84 | package My::Schema::User; |
85 | |
86 | use base qw/DBIx::Class/; |
87 | |
88 | # ->load_components, ->table, ->add_columns, etc. |
89 | |
90 | # Make a new ResultSource based on the User class |
91 | my $source = __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance(); |
92 | my $new_source = $source->new( $source ); |
93 | $new_source->source_name( 'UserFriendsComplex' ); |
94 | |
95 | # Hand in your query as a scalar reference |
96 | # It will be added as a sub-select after FROM, |
97 | # so pay attention to the surrounding brackets! |
98 | $new_source->name( \<<SQL ); |
99 | ( SELECT u.* FROM user u |
100 | INNER JOIN user_friends f ON u.id = f.user_id |
101 | WHERE f.friend_user_id = ? |
102 | UNION |
103 | SELECT u.* FROM user u |
104 | INNER JOIN user_friends f ON u.id = f.friend_user_id |
105 | WHERE f.user_id = ? ) |
106 | SQL |
107 | |
108 | # Finally, register your new ResultSource with your Schema |
109 | My::Schema->register_source( 'UserFriendsComplex' => $new_source ); |
110 | |
111 | Next, you can execute your complex query using bind parameters like this: |
112 | |
113 | my $friends = [ $schema->resultset( 'UserFriendsComplex' )->search( {}, |
114 | { |
115 | bind => [ 12345, 12345 ] |
116 | } |
117 | ) ]; |
118 | |
119 | ... and you'll get back a perfect L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet>. |
120 | |
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121 | =head2 Using specific columns |
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122 | |
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123 | When you only want specific columns from a table, you can use |
124 | C<columns> to specify which ones you need. This is useful to avoid |
125 | loading columns with large amounts of data that you aren't about to |
126 | use anyway: |
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127 | |
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128 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
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129 | undef, |
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130 | { |
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131 | columns => [qw/ name /] |
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132 | } |
133 | ); |
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134 | |
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135 | # Equivalent SQL: |
136 | # SELECT artist.name FROM artist |
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137 | |
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138 | This is a shortcut for C<select> and C<as>, see below. C<columns> |
139 | cannot be used together with C<select> and C<as>. |
140 | |
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141 | =head2 Using database functions or stored procedures |
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142 | |
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143 | The combination of C<select> and C<as> can be used to return the result of a |
144 | database function or stored procedure as a column value. You use C<select> to |
145 | specify the source for your column value (e.g. a column name, function, or |
146 | stored procedure name). You then use C<as> to set the column name you will use |
147 | to access the returned value: |
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148 | |
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149 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
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150 | {}, |
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151 | { |
152 | select => [ 'name', { LENGTH => 'name' } ], |
153 | as => [qw/ name name_length /], |
154 | } |
155 | ); |
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156 | |
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157 | # Equivalent SQL: |
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158 | # SELECT name name, LENGTH( name ) |
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159 | # FROM artist |
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160 | |
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161 | Note that the C< as > attribute has absolutely nothing to with the sql |
162 | syntax C< SELECT foo AS bar > (see the documentation in |
163 | L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>). If your alias exists as a |
164 | column in your base class (i.e. it was added with C<add_columns>), you |
165 | just access it as normal. Our C<Artist> class has a C<name> column, so |
166 | we just use the C<name> accessor: |
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167 | |
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168 | my $artist = $rs->first(); |
169 | my $name = $artist->name(); |
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170 | |
171 | If on the other hand the alias does not correspond to an existing column, you |
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172 | have to fetch the value using the C<get_column> accessor: |
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173 | |
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174 | my $name_length = $artist->get_column('name_length'); |
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175 | |
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176 | If you don't like using C<get_column>, you can always create an accessor for |
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177 | any of your aliases using either of these: |
178 | |
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179 | # Define accessor manually: |
180 | sub name_length { shift->get_column('name_length'); } |
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181 | |
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182 | # Or use DBIx::Class::AccessorGroup: |
183 | __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('column' => 'name_length'); |
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184 | |
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185 | =head2 SELECT DISTINCT with multiple columns |
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186 | |
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187 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Foo')->search( |
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188 | {}, |
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189 | { |
190 | select => [ |
191 | { distinct => [ $source->columns ] } |
192 | ], |
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193 | as => [ $source->columns ] # remember 'as' is not the same as SQL AS :-) |
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194 | } |
195 | ); |
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196 | |
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197 | =head2 SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT colname) |
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198 | |
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199 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Foo')->search( |
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200 | {}, |
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201 | { |
202 | select => [ |
203 | { count => { distinct => 'colname' } } |
204 | ], |
205 | as => [ 'count' ] |
206 | } |
207 | ); |
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208 | |
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209 | my $count = $rs->next->get_column('count'); |
210 | |
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211 | =head2 Grouping results |
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212 | |
213 | L<DBIx::Class> supports C<GROUP BY> as follows: |
214 | |
215 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
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216 | {}, |
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217 | { |
218 | join => [qw/ cds /], |
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219 | select => [ 'name', { count => 'cds.id' } ], |
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220 | as => [qw/ name cd_count /], |
221 | group_by => [qw/ name /] |
222 | } |
223 | ); |
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224 | |
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225 | # Equivalent SQL: |
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226 | # SELECT name, COUNT( cd.id ) FROM artist |
227 | # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist |
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228 | # GROUP BY name |
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229 | |
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230 | Please see L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> documentation if you |
231 | are in any way unsure about the use of the attributes above (C< join |
232 | >, C< select >, C< as > and C< group_by >). |
233 | |
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234 | =head2 Predefined searches |
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235 | |
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236 | You can write your own L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> class by inheriting from it |
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237 | and define often used searches as methods: |
238 | |
239 | package My::DBIC::ResultSet::CD; |
240 | use strict; |
241 | use warnings; |
242 | use base 'DBIx::Class::ResultSet'; |
243 | |
244 | sub search_cds_ordered { |
245 | my ($self) = @_; |
246 | |
247 | return $self->search( |
248 | {}, |
249 | { order_by => 'name DESC' }, |
250 | ); |
251 | } |
252 | |
253 | 1; |
254 | |
255 | To use your resultset, first tell DBIx::Class to create an instance of it |
256 | for you, in your My::DBIC::Schema::CD class: |
257 | |
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258 | # class definition as normal |
259 | __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /); |
260 | __PACKAGE__->table('cd'); |
261 | |
262 | # tell DBIC to use the custom ResultSet class |
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263 | __PACKAGE__->resultset_class('My::DBIC::ResultSet::CD'); |
264 | |
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265 | Note that C<resultset_class> must be called after C<load_components> and C<table>, or you will get errors about missing methods. |
266 | |
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267 | Then call your new method in your code: |
268 | |
269 | my $ordered_cds = $schema->resultset('CD')->search_cds_ordered(); |
270 | |
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271 | =head2 Using SQL functions on the left hand side of a comparison |
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272 | |
273 | Using SQL functions on the left hand side of a comparison is generally |
274 | not a good idea since it requires a scan of the entire table. However, |
275 | it can be accomplished with C<DBIx::Class> when necessary. |
276 | |
277 | If you do not have quoting on, simply include the function in your search |
278 | specification as you would any column: |
279 | |
280 | $rs->search({ 'YEAR(date_of_birth)' => 1979 }); |
281 | |
282 | With quoting on, or for a more portable solution, use the C<where> |
283 | attribute: |
284 | |
285 | $rs->search({}, { where => \'YEAR(date_of_birth) = 1979' }); |
286 | |
287 | =begin hidden |
288 | |
289 | (When the bind args ordering bug is fixed, this technique will be better |
290 | and can replace the one above.) |
291 | |
292 | With quoting on, or for a more portable solution, use the C<where> and |
293 | C<bind> attributes: |
294 | |
295 | $rs->search({}, { |
296 | where => \'YEAR(date_of_birth) = ?', |
297 | bind => [ 1979 ] |
298 | }); |
299 | |
300 | =end hidden |
301 | |
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302 | =head1 JOINS AND PREFETCHING |
303 | |
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304 | =head2 Using joins and prefetch |
305 | |
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306 | You can use the C<join> attribute to allow searching on, or sorting your |
307 | results by, one or more columns in a related table. To return all CDs matching |
308 | a particular artist name: |
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309 | |
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310 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search( |
311 | { |
312 | 'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley' |
313 | }, |
314 | { |
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315 | join => 'artist', # join the artist table |
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316 | } |
317 | ); |
318 | |
319 | # Equivalent SQL: |
320 | # SELECT cd.* FROM cd |
321 | # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id |
322 | # WHERE artist.name = 'Bob Marley' |
323 | |
324 | If required, you can now sort on any column in the related tables by including |
325 | it in your C<order_by> attribute: |
326 | |
327 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search( |
328 | { |
329 | 'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley' |
330 | }, |
331 | { |
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332 | join => 'artist', |
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333 | order_by => [qw/ artist.name /] |
334 | } |
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335 | ); |
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336 | |
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337 | # Equivalent SQL: |
338 | # SELECT cd.* FROM cd |
339 | # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id |
340 | # WHERE artist.name = 'Bob Marley' |
341 | # ORDER BY artist.name |
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342 | |
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343 | Note that the C<join> attribute should only be used when you need to search or |
344 | sort using columns in a related table. Joining related tables when you only |
345 | need columns from the main table will make performance worse! |
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346 | |
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347 | Now let's say you want to display a list of CDs, each with the name of the |
348 | artist. The following will work fine: |
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349 | |
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350 | while (my $cd = $rs->next) { |
351 | print "CD: " . $cd->title . ", Artist: " . $cd->artist->name; |
352 | } |
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353 | |
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354 | There is a problem however. We have searched both the C<cd> and C<artist> tables |
355 | in our main query, but we have only returned data from the C<cd> table. To get |
356 | the artist name for any of the CD objects returned, L<DBIx::Class> will go back |
357 | to the database: |
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358 | |
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359 | SELECT artist.* FROM artist WHERE artist.id = ? |
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360 | |
361 | A statement like the one above will run for each and every CD returned by our |
362 | main query. Five CDs, five extra queries. A hundred CDs, one hundred extra |
363 | queries! |
364 | |
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365 | Thankfully, L<DBIx::Class> has a C<prefetch> attribute to solve this problem. |
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366 | This allows you to fetch results from related tables in advance: |
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367 | |
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368 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search( |
369 | { |
370 | 'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley' |
371 | }, |
372 | { |
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373 | join => 'artist', |
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374 | order_by => [qw/ artist.name /], |
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375 | prefetch => 'artist' # return artist data too! |
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376 | } |
377 | ); |
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378 | |
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379 | # Equivalent SQL (note SELECT from both "cd" and "artist"): |
380 | # SELECT cd.*, artist.* FROM cd |
381 | # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id |
382 | # WHERE artist.name = 'Bob Marley' |
383 | # ORDER BY artist.name |
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384 | |
385 | The code to print the CD list remains the same: |
386 | |
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387 | while (my $cd = $rs->next) { |
388 | print "CD: " . $cd->title . ", Artist: " . $cd->artist->name; |
389 | } |
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390 | |
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391 | L<DBIx::Class> has now prefetched all matching data from the C<artist> table, |
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392 | so no additional SQL statements are executed. You now have a much more |
393 | efficient query. |
394 | |
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395 | Note that as of L<DBIx::Class> 0.05999_01, C<prefetch> I<can> be used with |
396 | C<has_many> relationships. |
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397 | |
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398 | Also note that C<prefetch> should only be used when you know you will |
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399 | definitely use data from a related table. Pre-fetching related tables when you |
400 | only need columns from the main table will make performance worse! |
401 | |
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402 | =head2 Multiple joins |
403 | |
404 | In the examples above, the C<join> attribute was a scalar. If you |
405 | pass an array reference instead, you can join to multiple tables. In |
406 | this example, we want to limit the search further, using |
407 | C<LinerNotes>: |
408 | |
409 | # Relationships defined elsewhere: |
410 | # CD->belongs_to('artist' => 'Artist'); |
411 | # CD->has_one('liner_notes' => 'LinerNotes', 'cd'); |
412 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search( |
413 | { |
414 | 'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley' |
415 | 'liner_notes.notes' => { 'like', '%some text%' }, |
416 | }, |
417 | { |
418 | join => [qw/ artist liner_notes /], |
419 | order_by => [qw/ artist.name /], |
420 | } |
421 | ); |
422 | |
423 | # Equivalent SQL: |
424 | # SELECT cd.*, artist.*, liner_notes.* FROM cd |
425 | # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id |
426 | # JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd |
427 | # WHERE artist.name = 'Bob Marley' |
428 | # ORDER BY artist.name |
429 | |
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430 | =head2 Multi-step joins |
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431 | |
432 | Sometimes you want to join more than one relationship deep. In this example, |
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433 | we want to find all C<Artist> objects who have C<CD>s whose C<LinerNotes> |
434 | contain a specific string: |
435 | |
436 | # Relationships defined elsewhere: |
437 | # Artist->has_many('cds' => 'CD', 'artist'); |
438 | # CD->has_one('liner_notes' => 'LinerNotes', 'cd'); |
439 | |
440 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
441 | { |
442 | 'liner_notes.notes' => { 'like', '%some text%' }, |
443 | }, |
444 | { |
445 | join => { |
446 | 'cds' => 'liner_notes' |
447 | } |
448 | } |
449 | ); |
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450 | |
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451 | # Equivalent SQL: |
452 | # SELECT artist.* FROM artist |
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453 | # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist |
454 | # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd |
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455 | # WHERE liner_notes.notes LIKE '%some text%' |
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456 | |
457 | Joins can be nested to an arbitrary level. So if we decide later that we |
458 | want to reduce the number of Artists returned based on who wrote the liner |
459 | notes: |
460 | |
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461 | # Relationship defined elsewhere: |
462 | # LinerNotes->belongs_to('author' => 'Person'); |
463 | |
464 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
465 | { |
466 | 'liner_notes.notes' => { 'like', '%some text%' }, |
467 | 'author.name' => 'A. Writer' |
468 | }, |
469 | { |
470 | join => { |
471 | 'cds' => { |
472 | 'liner_notes' => 'author' |
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473 | } |
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474 | } |
475 | } |
476 | ); |
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477 | |
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478 | # Equivalent SQL: |
479 | # SELECT artist.* FROM artist |
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480 | # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist |
481 | # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd |
482 | # LEFT JOIN author ON author.id = liner_notes.author |
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483 | # WHERE liner_notes.notes LIKE '%some text%' |
484 | # AND author.name = 'A. Writer' |
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485 | |
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486 | =head2 Multi-step and multiple joins |
487 | |
488 | With various combinations of array and hash references, you can join |
489 | tables in any combination you desire. For example, to join Artist to |
490 | CD and Concert, and join CD to LinerNotes: |
491 | |
492 | # Relationships defined elsewhere: |
493 | # Artist->has_many('concerts' => 'Concert', 'artist'); |
494 | |
495 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search( |
496 | { }, |
497 | { |
498 | join => [ |
499 | { |
500 | cds => 'liner_notes' |
501 | }, |
502 | 'concerts' |
503 | ], |
504 | } |
505 | ); |
506 | |
507 | # Equivalent SQL: |
508 | # SELECT artist.* FROM artist |
509 | # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist |
510 | # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd |
511 | # LEFT JOIN concert ON artist.id = concert.artist |
512 | |
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513 | =head2 Multi-step prefetch |
514 | |
515 | From 0.04999_05 onwards, C<prefetch> can be nested more than one relationship |
516 | deep using the same syntax as a multi-step join: |
517 | |
518 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Tag')->search( |
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519 | {}, |
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520 | { |
521 | prefetch => { |
522 | cd => 'artist' |
523 | } |
524 | } |
525 | ); |
526 | |
527 | # Equivalent SQL: |
528 | # SELECT tag.*, cd.*, artist.* FROM tag |
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529 | # JOIN cd ON tag.cd = cd.id |
530 | # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id |
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531 | |
532 | Now accessing our C<cd> and C<artist> relationships does not need additional |
533 | SQL statements: |
534 | |
535 | my $tag = $rs->first; |
536 | print $tag->cd->artist->name; |
537 | |
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538 | =head1 ROW-LEVEL OPERATIONS |
539 | |
540 | =head2 Retrieving a row object's Schema |
541 | |
542 | It is possible to get a Schema object from a row object like so: |
543 | |
544 | my $schema = $cd->result_source->schema; |
545 | # use the schema as normal: |
546 | my $artist_rs = $schema->resultset('Artist'); |
547 | |
548 | This can be useful when you don't want to pass around a Schema object to every |
549 | method. |
550 | |
551 | =head2 Getting the value of the primary key for the last database insert |
552 | |
553 | AKA getting last_insert_id |
554 | |
555 | If you are using PK::Auto (which is a core component as of 0.07), this is |
556 | straightforward: |
557 | |
558 | my $foo = $rs->create(\%blah); |
559 | # do more stuff |
560 | my $id = $foo->id; # foo->my_primary_key_field will also work. |
561 | |
562 | If you are not using autoincrementing primary keys, this will probably |
563 | not work, but then you already know the value of the last primary key anyway. |
564 | |
565 | =head2 Stringification |
566 | |
567 | Employ the standard stringification technique by using the C<overload> |
568 | module. |
569 | |
570 | To make an object stringify itself as a single column, use something |
571 | like this (replace C<foo> with the column/method of your choice): |
572 | |
573 | use overload '""' => sub { shift->name}, fallback => 1; |
574 | |
575 | For more complex stringification, you can use an anonymous subroutine: |
576 | |
577 | use overload '""' => sub { $_[0]->name . ", " . |
578 | $_[0]->address }, fallback => 1; |
579 | |
580 | =head3 Stringification Example |
581 | |
582 | Suppose we have two tables: C<Product> and C<Category>. The table |
583 | specifications are: |
584 | |
585 | Product(id, Description, category) |
586 | Category(id, Description) |
587 | |
588 | C<category> is a foreign key into the Category table. |
589 | |
590 | If you have a Product object C<$obj> and write something like |
591 | |
592 | print $obj->category |
593 | |
594 | things will not work as expected. |
595 | |
596 | To obtain, for example, the category description, you should add this |
597 | method to the class defining the Category table: |
598 | |
599 | use overload "" => sub { |
600 | my $self = shift; |
601 | |
602 | return $self->Description; |
603 | }, fallback => 1; |
604 | |
605 | =head2 Want to know if find_or_create found or created a row? |
606 | |
607 | Just use C<find_or_new> instead, then check C<in_storage>: |
608 | |
609 | my $obj = $rs->find_or_new({ blah => 'blarg' }); |
610 | unless ($obj->in_storage) { |
611 | $obj->insert; |
612 | # do whatever else you wanted if it was a new row |
613 | } |
614 | |
615 | =head2 Dynamic Sub-classing DBIx::Class proxy classes |
616 | |
617 | AKA multi-class object inflation from one table |
618 | |
619 | L<DBIx::Class> classes are proxy classes, therefore some different |
620 | techniques need to be employed for more than basic subclassing. In |
621 | this example we have a single user table that carries a boolean bit |
622 | for admin. We would like like to give the admin users |
623 | objects(L<DBIx::Class::Row>) the same methods as a regular user but |
624 | also special admin only methods. It doesn't make sense to create two |
625 | seperate proxy-class files for this. We would be copying all the user |
626 | methods into the Admin class. There is a cleaner way to accomplish |
627 | this. |
628 | |
629 | Overriding the C<inflate_result> method within the User proxy-class |
630 | gives us the effect we want. This method is called by |
631 | L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> when inflating a result from storage. So we |
632 | grab the object being returned, inspect the values we are looking for, |
633 | bless it if it's an admin object, and then return it. See the example |
634 | below: |
635 | |
636 | B<Schema Definition> |
637 | |
638 | package DB::Schema; |
639 | |
640 | use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/; |
641 | |
642 | __PACKAGE__->load_classes(qw/User/); |
643 | |
644 | |
645 | B<Proxy-Class definitions> |
646 | |
647 | package DB::Schema::User; |
648 | |
649 | use strict; |
650 | use warnings; |
651 | use base qw/DBIx::Class/; |
652 | |
653 | ### Defined what our admin class is for ensure_class_loaded |
654 | my $admin_class = __PACKAGE__ . '::Admin'; |
655 | |
656 | __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/Core/); |
657 | |
658 | __PACKAGE__->table('users'); |
659 | |
660 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/user_id email password |
661 | firstname lastname active |
662 | admin/); |
663 | |
664 | __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('user_id'); |
665 | |
666 | sub inflate_result { |
667 | my $self = shift; |
668 | my $ret = $self->next::method(@_); |
669 | if( $ret->admin ) {### If this is an admin rebless for extra functions |
670 | $self->ensure_class_loaded( $admin_class ); |
671 | bless $ret, $admin_class; |
672 | } |
673 | return $ret; |
674 | } |
675 | |
676 | sub hello { |
677 | print "I am a regular user.\n"; |
678 | return ; |
679 | } |
680 | |
681 | |
682 | package DB::Schema::User::Admin; |
683 | |
684 | use strict; |
685 | use warnings; |
686 | use base qw/DB::Schema::User/; |
687 | |
688 | sub hello |
689 | { |
690 | print "I am an admin.\n"; |
691 | return; |
692 | } |
693 | |
694 | sub do_admin_stuff |
695 | { |
696 | print "I am doing admin stuff\n"; |
697 | return ; |
698 | } |
699 | |
700 | B<Test File> test.pl |
701 | |
702 | use warnings; |
703 | use strict; |
704 | use DB::Schema; |
705 | |
706 | my $user_data = { email => 'someguy@place.com', |
707 | password => 'pass1', |
708 | admin => 0 }; |
709 | |
710 | my $admin_data = { email => 'someadmin@adminplace.com', |
711 | password => 'pass2', |
712 | admin => 1 }; |
713 | |
714 | my $schema = DB::Schema->connection('dbi:Pg:dbname=test'); |
715 | |
716 | $schema->resultset('User')->create( $user_data ); |
717 | $schema->resultset('User')->create( $admin_data ); |
718 | |
719 | ### Now we search for them |
720 | my $user = $schema->resultset('User')->single( $user_data ); |
721 | my $admin = $schema->resultset('User')->single( $admin_data ); |
722 | |
723 | print ref $user, "\n"; |
724 | print ref $admin, "\n"; |
725 | |
726 | print $user->password , "\n"; # pass1 |
727 | print $admin->password , "\n";# pass2; inherited from User |
728 | print $user->hello , "\n";# I am a regular user. |
729 | print $admin->hello, "\n";# I am an admin. |
730 | |
731 | ### The statement below will NOT print |
732 | print "I can do admin stuff\n" if $user->can('do_admin_stuff'); |
733 | ### The statement below will print |
734 | print "I can do admin stuff\n" if $admin->can('do_admin_stuff'); |
735 | |
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736 | =head2 Skip row object creation for faster results |
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737 | |
738 | DBIx::Class is not built for speed, it's built for convenience and |
739 | ease of use, but sometimes you just need to get the data, and skip the |
740 | fancy objects. |
741 | |
742 | To do this simply use L<DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator>. |
743 | |
744 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD'); |
745 | |
746 | $rs->result_class('DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator'); |
747 | |
748 | my $hash_ref = $rs->find(1); |
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749 | |
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750 | Wasn't that easy? |
751 | |
752 | =head2 Get raw data for blindingly fast results |
753 | |
754 | If the L<HashRefInflator|DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator> solution |
755 | above is not fast enough for you, you can use a DBIx::Class to return values |
756 | exactly as they come out of the data base with none of the convenience methods |
757 | wrapped round them. |
758 | |
759 | This is used like so:- |
760 | |
761 | my $cursor = $rs->cursor |
762 | while (my @vals = $cursor->next) { |
763 | # use $val[0..n] here |
764 | } |
765 | |
766 | You will need to map the array offsets to particular columns (you can |
767 | use the I<select> attribute of C<search()> to force ordering). |
768 | |
769 | =head1 RESULTSET OPERATIONS |
770 | |
771 | =head2 Getting Schema from a ResultSet |
772 | |
773 | To get the schema object from a result set, do the following: |
774 | |
775 | $rs->result_source->schema |
776 | |
777 | =head2 Getting Columns Of Data |
778 | |
779 | AKA Aggregating Data |
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780 | |
781 | If you want to find the sum of a particular column there are several |
782 | ways, the obvious one is to use search: |
783 | |
784 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Items')->search( |
785 | {}, |
786 | { |
787 | select => [ { sum => 'Cost' } ], |
d676881f |
788 | as => [ 'total_cost' ], # remember this 'as' is for DBIx::Class::ResultSet not SQL |
ac2803ef |
789 | } |
790 | ); |
791 | my $tc = $rs->first->get_column('total_cost'); |
792 | |
793 | Or, you can use the L<DBIx::Class::ResultSetColumn>, which gets |
794 | returned when you ask the C<ResultSet> for a column using |
795 | C<get_column>: |
796 | |
797 | my $cost = $schema->resultset('Items')->get_column('Cost'); |
798 | my $tc = $cost->sum; |
799 | |
800 | With this you can also do: |
801 | |
802 | my $minvalue = $cost->min; |
803 | my $maxvalue = $cost->max; |
804 | |
805 | Or just iterate through the values of this column only: |
806 | |
807 | while ( my $c = $cost->next ) { |
808 | print $c; |
809 | } |
810 | |
811 | foreach my $c ($cost->all) { |
812 | print $c; |
813 | } |
814 | |
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815 | C<ResultSetColumn> only has a limited number of built-in functions, if |
816 | you need one that it doesn't have, then you can use the C<func> method |
817 | instead: |
818 | |
819 | my $avg = $cost->func('AVERAGE'); |
820 | |
821 | This will cause the following SQL statement to be run: |
822 | |
823 | SELECT AVERAGE(Cost) FROM Items me |
824 | |
825 | Which will of course only work if your database supports this function. |
ac2803ef |
826 | See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSetColumn> for more documentation. |
827 | |
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828 | =head2 Creating a result set from a set of rows |
829 | |
830 | Sometimes you have a (set of) row objects that you want to put into a |
831 | resultset without the need to hit the DB again. You can do that by using the |
832 | L<set_cache|DBIx::Class::Resultset/set_cache> method: |
833 | |
2d7a4e46 |
834 | my @uploadable_groups; |
204e5c03 |
835 | while (my $group = $groups->next) { |
836 | if ($group->can_upload($self)) { |
837 | push @uploadable_groups, $group; |
838 | } |
839 | } |
840 | my $new_rs = $self->result_source->resultset; |
841 | $new_rs->set_cache(\@uploadable_groups); |
842 | return $new_rs; |
843 | |
844 | |
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845 | =head1 USING RELATIONSHIPS |
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846 | |
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847 | =head2 Create a new row in a related table |
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848 | |
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849 | my $author = $book->create_related('author', { name => 'Fred'}); |
acee4e4d |
850 | |
d2f3e87b |
851 | =head2 Search in a related table |
acee4e4d |
852 | |
853 | Only searches for books named 'Titanic' by the author in $author. |
854 | |
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855 | my $books_rs = $author->search_related('books', { name => 'Titanic' }); |
acee4e4d |
856 | |
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857 | =head2 Delete data in a related table |
acee4e4d |
858 | |
859 | Deletes only the book named Titanic by the author in $author. |
860 | |
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861 | $author->delete_related('books', { name => 'Titanic' }); |
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862 | |
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863 | =head2 Ordering a relationship result set |
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864 | |
865 | If you always want a relation to be ordered, you can specify this when you |
866 | create the relationship. |
867 | |
6f1434fd |
868 | To order C<< $book->pages >> by descending page_number, create the relation |
869 | as follows: |
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870 | |
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871 | __PACKAGE__->has_many('pages' => 'Page', 'book', { order_by => \'page_number DESC'} ); |
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872 | |
d2f3e87b |
873 | =head2 Many-to-many relationships |
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874 | |
d2f3e87b |
875 | This is straightforward using L<ManyToMany|DBIx::Class::Relationship/many_to_many>: |
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876 | |
d2f3e87b |
877 | package My::User; |
6f1434fd |
878 | use base 'DBIx::Class'; |
879 | __PACKAGE__->load_components('Core'); |
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880 | __PACKAGE__->table('user'); |
881 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/id name/); |
882 | __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('id'); |
883 | __PACKAGE__->has_many('user_address' => 'My::UserAddress', 'user'); |
884 | __PACKAGE__->many_to_many('addresses' => 'user_address', 'address'); |
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885 | |
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886 | package My::UserAddress; |
6f1434fd |
887 | use base 'DBIx::Class'; |
888 | __PACKAGE__->load_components('Core'); |
d2f3e87b |
889 | __PACKAGE__->table('user_address'); |
890 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/user address/); |
891 | __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key(qw/user address/); |
892 | __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('user' => 'My::User'); |
893 | __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('address' => 'My::Address'); |
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894 | |
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895 | package My::Address; |
6f1434fd |
896 | use base 'DBIx::Class'; |
897 | __PACKAGE__->load_components('Core'); |
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898 | __PACKAGE__->table('address'); |
899 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/id street town area_code country/); |
900 | __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('id'); |
901 | __PACKAGE__->has_many('user_address' => 'My::UserAddress', 'address'); |
902 | __PACKAGE__->many_to_many('users' => 'user_address', 'user'); |
903 | |
904 | $rs = $user->addresses(); # get all addresses for a user |
905 | $rs = $address->users(); # get all users for an address |
906 | |
907 | =head1 TRANSACTIONS |
908 | |
909 | As of version 0.04001, there is improved transaction support in |
910 | L<DBIx::Class::Storage> and L<DBIx::Class::Schema>. Here is an |
911 | example of the recommended way to use it: |
912 | |
913 | my $genus = $schema->resultset('Genus')->find(12); |
914 | |
915 | my $coderef2 = sub { |
916 | $genus->extinct(1); |
917 | $genus->update; |
918 | }; |
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919 | |
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920 | my $coderef1 = sub { |
35d4fe78 |
921 | $genus->add_to_species({ name => 'troglodyte' }); |
922 | $genus->wings(2); |
923 | $genus->update; |
6f1434fd |
924 | $schema->txn_do($coderef2); # Can have a nested transaction. Only the outer will actualy commit |
181a28f4 |
925 | return $genus->species; |
926 | }; |
927 | |
181a28f4 |
928 | my $rs; |
929 | eval { |
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930 | $rs = $schema->txn_do($coderef1); |
181a28f4 |
931 | }; |
932 | |
933 | if ($@) { # Transaction failed |
934 | die "the sky is falling!" # |
935 | if ($@ =~ /Rollback failed/); # Rollback failed |
936 | |
937 | deal_with_failed_transaction(); |
35d4fe78 |
938 | } |
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939 | |
181a28f4 |
940 | Nested transactions will work as expected. That is, only the outermost |
941 | transaction will actually issue a commit to the $dbh, and a rollback |
942 | at any level of any transaction will cause the entire nested |
943 | transaction to fail. Support for savepoints and for true nested |
40dbc108 |
944 | transactions (for databases that support them) will hopefully be added |
945 | in the future. |
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946 | |
d2f3e87b |
947 | =head1 SQL |
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948 | |
d2f3e87b |
949 | =head2 Creating Schemas From An Existing Database |
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950 | |
d2f3e87b |
951 | L<DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader> will connect to a database and create a |
952 | L<DBIx::Class::Schema> and associated sources by examining the database. |
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953 | |
d2f3e87b |
954 | The recommend way of achieving this is to use the |
955 | L<make_schema_at|DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader/make_schema_at> method: |
bade79c4 |
956 | |
6f1434fd |
957 | perl -MDBIx::Class::Schema::Loader=make_schema_at,dump_to_dir:./lib \ |
958 | -e 'make_schema_at("My::Schema", { debug => 1 }, [ "dbi:Pg:dbname=foo","postgres" ])' |
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959 | |
d2f3e87b |
960 | This will create a tree of files rooted at C<./lib/My/Schema/> containing |
961 | source definitions for all the tables found in the C<foo> database. |
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962 | |
d2f3e87b |
963 | =head2 Creating DDL SQL |
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964 | |
264f1571 |
965 | The following functionality requires you to have L<SQL::Translator> |
966 | (also known as "SQL Fairy") installed. |
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967 | |
264f1571 |
968 | To create a set of database-specific .sql files for the above schema: |
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969 | |
264f1571 |
970 | my $schema = My::Schema->connect($dsn); |
971 | $schema->create_ddl_dir(['MySQL', 'SQLite', 'PostgreSQL'], |
972 | '0.1', |
d2f3e87b |
973 | './dbscriptdir/' |
264f1571 |
974 | ); |
975 | |
976 | By default this will create schema files in the current directory, for |
977 | MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL, using the $VERSION from your Schema.pm. |
978 | |
979 | To create a new database using the schema: |
980 | |
981 | my $schema = My::Schema->connect($dsn); |
982 | $schema->deploy({ add_drop_tables => 1}); |
983 | |
984 | To import created .sql files using the mysql client: |
985 | |
986 | mysql -h "host" -D "database" -u "user" -p < My_Schema_1.0_MySQL.sql |
987 | |
988 | To create C<ALTER TABLE> conversion scripts to update a database to a |
989 | newer version of your schema at a later point, first set a new |
d2f3e87b |
990 | C<$VERSION> in your Schema file, then: |
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991 | |
992 | my $schema = My::Schema->connect($dsn); |
993 | $schema->create_ddl_dir(['MySQL', 'SQLite', 'PostgreSQL'], |
994 | '0.2', |
995 | '/dbscriptdir/', |
996 | '0.1' |
997 | ); |
998 | |
999 | This will produce new database-specific .sql files for the new version |
1000 | of the schema, plus scripts to convert from version 0.1 to 0.2. This |
1001 | requires that the files for 0.1 as created above are available in the |
1002 | given directory to diff against. |
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1003 | |
6f1434fd |
1004 | =head2 Select from dual |
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1005 | |
1006 | Dummy tables are needed by some databases to allow calling functions |
1007 | or expressions that aren't based on table content, for examples of how |
1008 | this applies to various database types, see: |
1009 | L<http://troels.arvin.dk/db/rdbms/#other-dummy_table>. |
1010 | |
1011 | Note: If you're using Oracles dual table don't B<ever> do anything |
1012 | other than a select, if you CRUD on your dual table you *will* break |
1013 | your database. |
1014 | |
1015 | Make a table class as you would for any other table |
1016 | |
1017 | package MyAppDB::Dual; |
1018 | use strict; |
1019 | use warnings; |
1020 | use base 'DBIx::Class'; |
1021 | __PACKAGE__->load_components("Core"); |
1022 | __PACKAGE__->table("Dual"); |
1023 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns( |
1024 | "dummy", |
1025 | { data_type => "VARCHAR2", is_nullable => 0, size => 1 }, |
1026 | ); |
1027 | |
1028 | Once you've loaded your table class select from it using C<select> |
1029 | and C<as> instead of C<columns> |
1030 | |
1031 | my $rs = $schema->resultset('Dual')->search(undef, |
1032 | { select => [ 'sydate' ], |
1033 | as => [ 'now' ] |
1034 | }, |
1035 | ); |
1036 | |
1037 | All you have to do now is be careful how you access your resultset, the below |
1038 | will not work because there is no column called 'now' in the Dual table class |
1039 | |
1040 | while (my $dual = $rs->next) { |
1041 | print $dual->now."\n"; |
1042 | } |
6f1434fd |
1043 | # Can't locate object method "now" via package "MyAppDB::Dual" at headshot.pl line 23. |
16cd5b28 |
1044 | |
1045 | You could of course use 'dummy' in C<as> instead of 'now', or C<add_columns> to |
1046 | your Dual class for whatever you wanted to select from dual, but that's just |
1047 | silly, instead use C<get_column> |
1048 | |
1049 | while (my $dual = $rs->next) { |
1050 | print $dual->get_column('now')."\n"; |
1051 | } |
1052 | |
1053 | Or use C<cursor> |
1054 | |
1055 | my $cursor = $rs->cursor; |
1056 | while (my @vals = $cursor->next) { |
1057 | print $vals[0]."\n"; |
1058 | } |
1059 | |
1060 | Or use L<DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator> |
1061 | |
1062 | $rs->result_class('DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator'); |
1063 | while ( my $dual = $rs->next ) { |
1064 | print $dual->{now}."\n"; |
1065 | } |
1066 | |
1067 | Here are some example C<select> conditions to illustrate the different syntax |
1068 | you could use for doing stuff like |
1069 | C<oracles.heavily(nested(functions_can('take', 'lots'), OF), 'args')> |
1070 | |
1071 | # get a sequence value |
1072 | select => [ 'A_SEQ.nextval' ], |
1073 | |
1074 | # get create table sql |
1075 | select => [ { 'dbms_metadata.get_ddl' => [ "'TABLE'", "'ARTIST'" ]} ], |
1076 | |
1077 | # get a random num between 0 and 100 |
1078 | select => [ { "trunc" => [ { "dbms_random.value" => [0,100] } ]} ], |
1079 | |
1080 | # what year is it? |
1081 | select => [ { 'extract' => [ \'year from sysdate' ] } ], |
1082 | |
1083 | # do some math |
1084 | select => [ {'round' => [{'cos' => [ \'180 * 3.14159265359/180' ]}]}], |
1085 | |
1086 | # which day of the week were you born on? |
6f1434fd |
1087 | select => [{'to_char' => [{'to_date' => [ "'25-DEC-1980'", "'dd-mon-yyyy'" ]}, "'day'"]}], |
16cd5b28 |
1088 | |
1089 | # select 16 rows from dual |
1090 | select => [ "'hello'" ], |
1091 | as => [ 'world' ], |
1092 | group_by => [ 'cube( 1, 2, 3, 4 )' ], |
1093 | |
1094 | |
1095 | |
d2f3e87b |
1096 | =head2 Adding Indexes And Functions To Your SQL |
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1097 | |
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1098 | Often you will want indexes on columns on your table to speed up searching. To |
1099 | do this, create a method called C<sqlt_deploy_hook> in the relevant source |
1100 | class: |
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1101 | |
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1102 | package My::Schema::Artist; |
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1103 | |
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1104 | __PACKAGE__->table('artist'); |
1105 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(id => { ... }, name => { ... }) |
b0a20454 |
1106 | |
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1107 | sub sqlt_deploy_hook { |
1108 | my ($self, $sqlt_table) = @_; |
1109 | |
1110 | $sqlt_table->add_index(name => 'idx_name', fields => ['name']); |
1111 | } |
1112 | |
1113 | 1; |
1114 | |
1115 | Sometimes you might want to change the index depending on the type of the |
1116 | database for which SQL is being generated: |
1117 | |
1118 | my ($db_type = $sqlt_table->schema->translator->producer_type) |
1119 | =~ s/^SQL::Translator::Producer:://; |
1120 | |
1121 | You can also add hooks to the schema level to stop certain tables being |
1122 | created: |
1123 | |
1124 | package My::Schema; |
1125 | |
1126 | ... |
1127 | |
1128 | sub sqlt_deploy_hook { |
1129 | my ($self, $sqlt_schema) = @_; |
1130 | |
1131 | $sqlt_schema->drop_table('table_name'); |
1132 | } |
1133 | |
1134 | You could also add views or procedures to the output using |
1135 | L<SQL::Translator::Schema/add_view> or |
1136 | L<SQL::Translator::Schema/add_procedure>. |
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1137 | |
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1138 | =head2 Schema versioning |
1139 | |
1140 | The following example shows simplistically how you might use DBIx::Class to |
1141 | deploy versioned schemas to your customers. The basic process is as follows: |
1142 | |
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1143 | =over 4 |
1144 | |
1145 | =item 1. |
1146 | |
1147 | Create a DBIx::Class schema |
1148 | |
1149 | =item 2. |
1150 | |
1151 | Save the schema |
1152 | |
1153 | =item 3. |
1154 | |
1155 | Deploy to customers |
1156 | |
1157 | =item 4. |
1158 | |
1159 | Modify schema to change functionality |
1160 | |
1161 | =item 5. |
1162 | |
1163 | Deploy update to customers |
1164 | |
1165 | =back |
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1166 | |
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1167 | B<Create a DBIx::Class schema> |
362500af |
1168 | |
1169 | This can either be done manually, or generated from an existing database as |
d2f3e87b |
1170 | described under L</Creating Schemas From An Existing Database> |
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1171 | |
d2f3e87b |
1172 | B<Save the schema> |
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1173 | |
d2f3e87b |
1174 | Call L<DBIx::Class::Schema/create_ddl_dir> as above under L</Creating DDL SQL>. |
362500af |
1175 | |
d2f3e87b |
1176 | B<Deploy to customers> |
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1177 | |
1178 | There are several ways you could deploy your schema. These are probably |
1179 | beyond the scope of this recipe, but might include: |
1180 | |
da4779ad |
1181 | =over 4 |
1182 | |
1183 | =item 1. |
1184 | |
1185 | Require customer to apply manually using their RDBMS. |
1186 | |
1187 | =item 2. |
1188 | |
1189 | Package along with your app, making database dump/schema update/tests |
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1190 | all part of your install. |
1191 | |
da4779ad |
1192 | =back |
1193 | |
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1194 | B<Modify the schema to change functionality> |
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1195 | |
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1196 | As your application evolves, it may be necessary to modify your schema |
1197 | to change functionality. Once the changes are made to your schema in |
1198 | DBIx::Class, export the modified schema and the conversion scripts as |
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1199 | in L</Creating DDL SQL>. |
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1200 | |
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1201 | B<Deploy update to customers> |
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1202 | |
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1203 | Add the L<DBIx::Class::Schema::Versioned> schema component to your |
1204 | Schema class. This will add a new table to your database called |
ecea7937 |
1205 | C<dbix_class_schema_vesion> which will keep track of which version is installed |
264f1571 |
1206 | and warn if the user trys to run a newer schema version than the |
1207 | database thinks it has. |
1208 | |
1209 | Alternatively, you can send the conversion sql scripts to your |
1210 | customers as above. |
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1211 | |
d2f3e87b |
1212 | =head2 Setting quoting for the generated SQL. |
1213 | |
1214 | If the database contains column names with spaces and/or reserved words, they |
1215 | need to be quoted in the SQL queries. This is done using: |
1216 | |
1217 | __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->quote_char([ qw/[ ]/] ); |
1218 | __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->name_sep('.'); |
1219 | |
1220 | The first sets the quote characters. Either a pair of matching |
1221 | brackets, or a C<"> or C<'>: |
1222 | |
1223 | __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->quote_char('"'); |
1224 | |
1225 | Check the documentation of your database for the correct quote |
1226 | characters to use. C<name_sep> needs to be set to allow the SQL |
1227 | generator to put the quotes the correct place. |
1228 | |
1229 | In most cases you should set these as part of the arguments passed to |
1230 | L<DBIx::Class::Schema/conect>: |
1231 | |
1232 | my $schema = My::Schema->connect( |
1233 | 'dbi:mysql:my_db', |
1234 | 'db_user', |
1235 | 'db_password', |
1236 | { |
1237 | quote_char => '"', |
1238 | name_sep => '.' |
1239 | } |
1240 | ) |
1241 | |
7be93b07 |
1242 | =head2 Setting limit dialect for SQL::Abstract::Limit |
1243 | |
324572ca |
1244 | In some cases, SQL::Abstract::Limit cannot determine the dialect of |
1245 | the remote SQL server by looking at the database handle. This is a |
1246 | common problem when using the DBD::JDBC, since the DBD-driver only |
1247 | know that in has a Java-driver available, not which JDBC driver the |
1248 | Java component has loaded. This specifically sets the limit_dialect |
1249 | to Microsoft SQL-server (See more names in SQL::Abstract::Limit |
1250 | -documentation. |
7be93b07 |
1251 | |
1252 | __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->limit_dialect('mssql'); |
1253 | |
324572ca |
1254 | The JDBC bridge is one way of getting access to a MSSQL server from a platform |
7be93b07 |
1255 | that Microsoft doesn't deliver native client libraries for. (e.g. Linux) |
1256 | |
d2f3e87b |
1257 | The limit dialect can also be set at connect time by specifying a |
1258 | C<limit_dialect> key in the final hash as shown above. |
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1259 | |
d2f3e87b |
1260 | =head1 BOOTSTRAPPING/MIGRATING |
2437a1e3 |
1261 | |
d2f3e87b |
1262 | =head2 Easy migration from class-based to schema-based setup |
2437a1e3 |
1263 | |
d2f3e87b |
1264 | You want to start using the schema-based approach to L<DBIx::Class> |
1265 | (see L<SchemaIntro.pod>), but have an established class-based setup with lots |
1266 | of existing classes that you don't want to move by hand. Try this nifty script |
1267 | instead: |
1268 | |
1269 | use MyDB; |
1270 | use SQL::Translator; |
1271 | |
1272 | my $schema = MyDB->schema_instance; |
2437a1e3 |
1273 | |
d2f3e87b |
1274 | my $translator = SQL::Translator->new( |
1275 | debug => $debug || 0, |
1276 | trace => $trace || 0, |
1277 | no_comments => $no_comments || 0, |
1278 | show_warnings => $show_warnings || 0, |
1279 | add_drop_table => $add_drop_table || 0, |
1280 | validate => $validate || 0, |
1281 | parser_args => { |
1282 | 'DBIx::Schema' => $schema, |
1283 | }, |
1284 | producer_args => { |
1285 | 'prefix' => 'My::Schema', |
1286 | }, |
1287 | ); |
1288 | |
1289 | $translator->parser('SQL::Translator::Parser::DBIx::Class'); |
1290 | $translator->producer('SQL::Translator::Producer::DBIx::Class::File'); |
1291 | |
1292 | my $output = $translator->translate(@args) or die |
1293 | "Error: " . $translator->error; |
1294 | |
1295 | print $output; |
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1296 | |
d2f3e87b |
1297 | You could use L<Module::Find> to search for all subclasses in the MyDB::* |
1298 | namespace, which is currently left as an exercise for the reader. |
2437a1e3 |
1299 | |
d2f3e87b |
1300 | =head1 OVERLOADING METHODS |
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1301 | |
ab872312 |
1302 | L<DBIx::Class> uses the L<Class::C3> package, which provides for redispatch of |
1303 | method calls, useful for things like default values and triggers. You have to |
1304 | use calls to C<next::method> to overload methods. More information on using |
1305 | L<Class::C3> with L<DBIx::Class> can be found in |
086b93a2 |
1306 | L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component>. |
1307 | |
d2f3e87b |
1308 | =head2 Setting default values for a row |
1309 | |
1310 | It's as simple as overriding the C<new> method. Note the use of |
1311 | C<next::method>. |
1312 | |
1313 | sub new { |
1314 | my ( $class, $attrs ) = @_; |
1315 | |
1316 | $attrs->{foo} = 'bar' unless defined $attrs->{foo}; |
1317 | |
1318 | my $new = $class->next::method($attrs); |
1319 | |
1320 | return $new; |
1321 | } |
1322 | |
1323 | For more information about C<next::method>, look in the L<Class::C3> |
1324 | documentation. See also L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component> for more |
1325 | ways to write your own base classes to do this. |
1326 | |
1327 | People looking for ways to do "triggers" with DBIx::Class are probably |
1328 | just looking for this. |
1329 | |
1330 | =head2 Changing one field whenever another changes |
086b93a2 |
1331 | |
1332 | For example, say that you have three columns, C<id>, C<number>, and |
1333 | C<squared>. You would like to make changes to C<number> and have |
1334 | C<squared> be automagically set to the value of C<number> squared. |
1335 | You can accomplish this by overriding C<store_column>: |
1336 | |
1337 | sub store_column { |
1338 | my ( $self, $name, $value ) = @_; |
1339 | if ($name eq 'number') { |
1340 | $self->squared($value * $value); |
1341 | } |
1342 | $self->next::method($name, $value); |
1343 | } |
1344 | |
1345 | Note that the hard work is done by the call to C<next::method>, which |
324572ca |
1346 | redispatches your call to store_column in the superclass(es). |
086b93a2 |
1347 | |
d2f3e87b |
1348 | =head2 Automatically creating related objects |
086b93a2 |
1349 | |
324572ca |
1350 | You might have a class C<Artist> which has many C<CD>s. Further, if you |
086b93a2 |
1351 | want to create a C<CD> object every time you insert an C<Artist> object. |
ccbebdbc |
1352 | You can accomplish this by overriding C<insert> on your objects: |
086b93a2 |
1353 | |
1354 | sub insert { |
ccbebdbc |
1355 | my ( $self, @args ) = @_; |
1356 | $self->next::method(@args); |
086b93a2 |
1357 | $self->cds->new({})->fill_from_artist($self)->insert; |
1358 | return $self; |
1359 | } |
1360 | |
1361 | where C<fill_from_artist> is a method you specify in C<CD> which sets |
1362 | values in C<CD> based on the data in the C<Artist> object you pass in. |
1363 | |
d2f3e87b |
1364 | =head2 Wrapping/overloading a column accessor |
1365 | |
1366 | B<Problem:> |
1367 | |
1368 | Say you have a table "Camera" and want to associate a description |
1369 | with each camera. For most cameras, you'll be able to generate the description from |
1370 | the other columns. However, in a few special cases you may want to associate a |
1371 | custom description with a camera. |
1372 | |
1373 | B<Solution:> |
1374 | |
1375 | In your database schema, define a description field in the "Camera" table that |
1376 | can contain text and null values. |
1377 | |
1378 | In DBIC, we'll overload the column accessor to provide a sane default if no |
1379 | custom description is defined. The accessor will either return or generate the |
1380 | description, depending on whether the field is null or not. |
1381 | |
1382 | First, in your "Camera" schema class, define the description field as follows: |
1383 | |
1384 | __PACKAGE__->add_columns(description => { accessor => '_description' }); |
1385 | |
1386 | Next, we'll define the accessor-wrapper subroutine: |
1387 | |
1388 | sub description { |
1389 | my $self = shift; |
1390 | |
1391 | # If there is an update to the column, we'll let the original accessor |
1392 | # deal with it. |
1393 | return $self->_description(@_) if @_; |
1394 | |
1395 | # Fetch the column value. |
1396 | my $description = $self->_description; |
1397 | |
1398 | # If there's something in the description field, then just return that. |
1399 | return $description if defined $description && length $descripton; |
1400 | |
1401 | # Otherwise, generate a description. |
1402 | return $self->generate_description; |
1403 | } |
1404 | |
1405 | =head1 DEBUGGING AND PROFILING |
1406 | |
1407 | =head2 DBIx::Class objects with Data::Dumper |
1def3451 |
1408 | |
1409 | L<Data::Dumper> can be a very useful tool for debugging, but sometimes it can |
1410 | be hard to find the pertinent data in all the data it can generate. |
1411 | Specifically, if one naively tries to use it like so, |
1412 | |
1413 | use Data::Dumper; |
1414 | |
1415 | my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->find(1); |
1416 | print Dumper($cd); |
1417 | |
1418 | several pages worth of data from the CD object's schema and result source will |
1419 | be dumped to the screen. Since usually one is only interested in a few column |
1420 | values of the object, this is not very helpful. |
1421 | |
1422 | Luckily, it is possible to modify the data before L<Data::Dumper> outputs |
1423 | it. Simply define a hook that L<Data::Dumper> will call on the object before |
1424 | dumping it. For example, |
1425 | |
1426 | package My::DB::CD; |
1427 | |
1428 | sub _dumper_hook { |
99fb1058 |
1429 | $_[0] = bless { |
1430 | %{ $_[0] }, |
1def3451 |
1431 | result_source => undef, |
99fb1058 |
1432 | }, ref($_[0]); |
1def3451 |
1433 | } |
1434 | |
1435 | [...] |
1436 | |
1437 | use Data::Dumper; |
1438 | |
22139027 |
1439 | local $Data::Dumper::Freezer = '_dumper_hook'; |
1def3451 |
1440 | |
1441 | my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->find(1); |
1442 | print Dumper($cd); |
1443 | # dumps $cd without its ResultSource |
1444 | |
1445 | If the structure of your schema is such that there is a common base class for |
1446 | all your table classes, simply put a method similar to C<_dumper_hook> in the |
1447 | base class and set C<$Data::Dumper::Freezer> to its name and L<Data::Dumper> |
1448 | will automagically clean up your data before printing it. See |
1449 | L<Data::Dumper/EXAMPLES> for more information. |
1450 | |
4c248161 |
1451 | =head2 Profiling |
1452 | |
85f78622 |
1453 | When you enable L<DBIx::Class::Storage>'s debugging it prints the SQL |
4c248161 |
1454 | executed as well as notifications of query completion and transaction |
1455 | begin/commit. If you'd like to profile the SQL you can subclass the |
1456 | L<DBIx::Class::Storage::Statistics> class and write your own profiling |
1457 | mechanism: |
1458 | |
1459 | package My::Profiler; |
1460 | use strict; |
1461 | |
1462 | use base 'DBIx::Class::Storage::Statistics'; |
1463 | |
1464 | use Time::HiRes qw(time); |
1465 | |
1466 | my $start; |
1467 | |
1468 | sub query_start { |
1469 | my $self = shift(); |
1470 | my $sql = shift(); |
1471 | my $params = @_; |
1472 | |
70f39278 |
1473 | $self->print("Executing $sql: ".join(', ', @params)."\n"); |
4c248161 |
1474 | $start = time(); |
1475 | } |
1476 | |
1477 | sub query_end { |
1478 | my $self = shift(); |
1479 | my $sql = shift(); |
1480 | my @params = @_; |
1481 | |
70f39278 |
1482 | my $elapsed = sprintf("%0.4f", time() - $start); |
1483 | $self->print("Execution took $elapsed seconds.\n"); |
4c248161 |
1484 | $start = undef; |
1485 | } |
1486 | |
1487 | 1; |
1488 | |
1489 | You can then install that class as the debugging object: |
1490 | |
70f39278 |
1491 | __PACKAGE__->storage->debugobj(new My::Profiler()); |
1492 | __PACKAGE__->storage->debug(1); |
4c248161 |
1493 | |
1494 | A more complicated example might involve storing each execution of SQL in an |
1495 | array: |
1496 | |
1497 | sub query_end { |
1498 | my $self = shift(); |
1499 | my $sql = shift(); |
1500 | my @params = @_; |
1501 | |
1502 | my $elapsed = time() - $start; |
1503 | push(@{ $calls{$sql} }, { |
1504 | params => \@params, |
1505 | elapsed => $elapsed |
1506 | }); |
1507 | } |
1508 | |
1509 | You could then create average, high and low execution times for an SQL |
1510 | statement and dig down to see if certain parameters cause aberrant behavior. |
70f39278 |
1511 | You might want to check out L<DBIx::Class::QueryLog> as well. |
4c248161 |
1512 | |
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1513 | |
40dbc108 |
1514 | =cut |