7 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Componentised Class::Data::Accessor/;
9 sub mk_classdata { shift->mk_classaccessor(@_); }
11 $VERSION = '0.04999_01';
17 DBIx::Class - Extensible and flexible object <-> relational mapper.
23 This is an SQL to OO mapper, inspired by the L<Class::DBI> framework,
24 and meant to support compability with it, while restructuring the
25 internals and making it possible to support some new features like
26 self-joins, distinct, group bys and more.
28 This project is still at an early stage, so the maintainers don't make
29 any absolute promise that full backwards-compatibility will be supported;
30 however, if we can without compromising the improvements we're trying to
31 make, we will, and any non-compatible changes will merit a full justification
32 on the mailing list and a CPAN developer release for people to test against.
34 The community can be found via -
36 Mailing list: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class/
38 SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/
40 Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/
42 IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class
46 If you're using L<Class::DBI>, and want an easy and fast way of migrating to
47 DBIx::Class, take a look at L<DBIx::Class::CDBICompat>.
49 There are two ways of using DBIx::Class, the "simple" way and the "schema" way.
50 The "simple" way of using DBIx::Class needs less classes than the "schema"
51 way but doesn't give you the ability to easily use different database connections.
53 Some examples where different database connections are useful are:
55 different users with different rights
56 different databases with the same schema.
60 First you need to create a base class which all other classes will inherit from.
61 See L<DBIx::Class::DB> for information on how to do this.
63 Then you need to create a class for every table you want to use with DBIx::Class.
64 See L<DBIx::Class::Table> for information on how to do this.
68 With this approach, the table classes inherit directly from DBIx::Class::Core,
69 although it might be a good idea to create a "parent" class for all table
70 classes that inherits from DBIx::Class::Core and adds additional methods
71 needed by all table classes, e.g. reading a config file or loading auto primary
74 Look at L<DBIx::Class::Schema> for information on how to do this.
76 If you need more help, check out the introduction in the
81 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::Core> - DBIC Core Classes
83 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::Manual> - User's manual
85 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::CDBICompat> - L<Class::DBI> Compat layer
87 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::DB> - database-level methods
89 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::Table> - table-level methods
91 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::Row> - row-level methods
93 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::PK> - primary key methods
95 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> - search result-set methods
97 =head2 L<DBIx::Class::Relationship> - relationships between tables
101 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
105 Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
107 Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>
109 Dan Kubb <dan.kubb-cpan@onautopilot.com>
111 Dan Sully <daniel@cpan.org>
113 David Kamholz <dkamholz@cpan.org>
117 Marcus Ramberg <mramberg@cpan.org>
123 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.