For more information on generating complex queries, see
L<SQL::Abstract/WHERE CLAUSES>.
+=head2 Retrieve one and only one row from a resultset
+
+Sometimes you need only the first "top" row of a resultset. While this can be
+easily done with L<< $rs->first|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/first >>, it is suboptimal,
+as a full blown cursor for the resultset will be created and then immediately
+destroyed after fetching the first row object.
+L<< $rs->single|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/single >> is
+designed specifically for this case - it will grab the first returned result
+without even instantiating a cursor.
+
+Before replacing all your calls to C<first()> with C<single()> please observe the
+following CAVEATS:
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+While single() takes a search condition just like search() does, it does
+_not_ accept search attributes. However one can always chain a single() to
+a search():
+
+ my $top_cd = $cd_rs -> search({}, { order_by => 'rating' }) -> single;
+
+
+=item *
+Since single() is the engine behind find(), it is designed to fetch a
+single row per database query. Thus a warning will be issued when the
+underlying SELECT returns more than one row. Sometimes however this usage
+is valid: i.e. we have an arbitrary number of cd's but only one of them is
+at the top of the charts at any given time. If you know what you are doing,
+you can silence the warning by explicitly limiting the resultset size:
+
+ my $top_cd = $cd_rs -> search ({}, { order_by => 'rating', rows => 1 }) -> single;
+
+=back
+
=head2 Arbitrary SQL through a custom ResultSource
Sometimes you have to run arbitrary SQL because your query is too complex
SQL
# Finally, register your new ResultSource with your Schema
- My::Schema->register_source( 'UserFriendsComplex' => $new_source );
+ My::Schema->register_extra_source( 'UserFriendsComplex' => $new_source );
Next, you can execute your complex query using bind parameters like this:
}
) ];
-... and you'll get back a perfect L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet>.
+... and you'll get back a perfect L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> (except, of course,
+that you cannot modify the rows it contains, ie. cannot call L</update>,
+L</delete>, ... on it).
+
+If you prefer to have the definitions of these custom ResultSources in separate
+files (instead of stuffing all of them into the same resultset class), you can
+achieve the same with subclassing the resultset class and defining the
+ResultSource there:
+
+ package My::Schema::UserFriendsComplex;
+
+ use My::Schema::User;
+ use base qw/My::Schema::User/;
+
+ __PACKAGE__->table('dummy'); # currently must be called before anything else
+
+ # Hand in your query as a scalar reference
+ # It will be added as a sub-select after FROM,
+ # so pay attention to the surrounding brackets!
+ __PACKAGE__->name( \<<SQL );
+ ( SELECT u.* FROM user u
+ INNER JOIN user_friends f ON u.id = f.user_id
+ WHERE f.friend_user_id = ?
+ UNION
+ SELECT u.* FROM user u
+ INNER JOIN user_friends f ON u.id = f.friend_user_id
+ WHERE f.user_id = ? )
+ SQL
+
+TIMTOWDI.
=head2 Using specific columns
}
);
- my $count = $rs->next->get_column('count');
-
=head2 SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT colname)
my $rs = $schema->resultset('Foo')->search(
}
);
+ my $count = $rs->next->get_column('count');
+
=head2 Grouping results
L<DBIx::Class> supports C<GROUP BY> as follows:
{},
{
join => [qw/ cds /],
- select => [ 'name', { count => 'cds.cdid' } ],
+ select => [ 'name', { count => 'cds.id' } ],
as => [qw/ name cd_count /],
group_by => [qw/ name /]
}
);
# Equivalent SQL:
- # SELECT name, COUNT( cds.cdid ) FROM artist me
- # LEFT JOIN cd cds ON ( cds.artist = me.artistid )
+ # SELECT name, COUNT( cd.id ) FROM artist
+ # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist
# GROUP BY name
Please see L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> documentation if you
To use your resultset, first tell DBIx::Class to create an instance of it
for you, in your My::DBIC::Schema::CD class:
+ # class definition as normal
+ __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
+ __PACKAGE__->table('cd');
+
+ # tell DBIC to use the custom ResultSet class
__PACKAGE__->resultset_class('My::DBIC::ResultSet::CD');
+Note that C<resultset_class> must be called after C<load_components> and C<table>, or you will get errors about missing methods.
+
Then call your new method in your code:
my $ordered_cds = $schema->resultset('CD')->search_cds_ordered();
'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley'
},
{
- join => [qw/artist/], # join the artist table
+ join => 'artist', # join the artist table
}
);
'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley'
},
{
- join => [qw/ artist /],
+ join => 'artist',
order_by => [qw/ artist.name /]
}
);
'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley'
},
{
- join => [qw/ artist /],
+ join => 'artist',
order_by => [qw/ artist.name /],
- prefetch => [qw/ artist /] # return artist data too!
+ prefetch => 'artist' # return artist data too!
}
);
definitely use data from a related table. Pre-fetching related tables when you
only need columns from the main table will make performance worse!
+=head2 Multiple joins
+
+In the examples above, the C<join> attribute was a scalar. If you
+pass an array reference instead, you can join to multiple tables. In
+this example, we want to limit the search further, using
+C<LinerNotes>:
+
+ # Relationships defined elsewhere:
+ # CD->belongs_to('artist' => 'Artist');
+ # CD->has_one('liner_notes' => 'LinerNotes', 'cd');
+ my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search(
+ {
+ 'artist.name' => 'Bob Marley'
+ 'liner_notes.notes' => { 'like', '%some text%' },
+ },
+ {
+ join => [qw/ artist liner_notes /],
+ order_by => [qw/ artist.name /],
+ }
+ );
+
+ # Equivalent SQL:
+ # SELECT cd.*, artist.*, liner_notes.* FROM cd
+ # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id
+ # JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd
+ # WHERE artist.name = 'Bob Marley'
+ # ORDER BY artist.name
+
=head2 Multi-step joins
Sometimes you want to join more than one relationship deep. In this example,
# Equivalent SQL:
# SELECT artist.* FROM artist
- # JOIN ( cd ON artist.id = cd.artist )
- # JOIN ( liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd )
+ # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist
+ # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd
# WHERE liner_notes.notes LIKE '%some text%'
Joins can be nested to an arbitrary level. So if we decide later that we
# Equivalent SQL:
# SELECT artist.* FROM artist
- # JOIN ( cd ON artist.id = cd.artist )
- # JOIN ( liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd )
- # JOIN ( author ON author.id = liner_notes.author )
+ # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist
+ # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd
+ # LEFT JOIN author ON author.id = liner_notes.author
# WHERE liner_notes.notes LIKE '%some text%'
# AND author.name = 'A. Writer'
+=head2 Multi-step and multiple joins
+
+With various combinations of array and hash references, you can join
+tables in any combination you desire. For example, to join Artist to
+CD and Concert, and join CD to LinerNotes:
+
+ # Relationships defined elsewhere:
+ # Artist->has_many('concerts' => 'Concert', 'artist');
+
+ my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search(
+ { },
+ {
+ join => [
+ {
+ cds => 'liner_notes'
+ },
+ 'concerts'
+ ],
+ }
+ );
+
+ # Equivalent SQL:
+ # SELECT artist.* FROM artist
+ # LEFT JOIN cd ON artist.id = cd.artist
+ # LEFT JOIN liner_notes ON cd.id = liner_notes.cd
+ # LEFT JOIN concert ON artist.id = concert.artist
+
=head2 Multi-step prefetch
From 0.04999_05 onwards, C<prefetch> can be nested more than one relationship
# Equivalent SQL:
# SELECT tag.*, cd.*, artist.* FROM tag
- # JOIN cd ON tag.cd = cd.cdid
- # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.artistid
+ # JOIN cd ON tag.cd = cd.id
+ # JOIN artist ON cd.artist = artist.id
Now accessing our C<cd> and C<artist> relationships does not need additional
SQL statements:
### The statement below will print
print "I can do admin stuff\n" if $admin->can('do_admin_stuff');
-=head2 Skip object creation for faster results
+=head2 Skip row object creation for faster results
DBIx::Class is not built for speed, it's built for convenience and
ease of use, but sometimes you just need to get the data, and skip the
$rs->result_class('DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator');
my $hash_ref = $rs->find(1);
-
+
Wasn't that easy?
=head2 Get raw data for blindingly fast results
Which will of course only work if your database supports this function.
See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSetColumn> for more documentation.
+=head2 Creating a result set from a set of rows
+
+Sometimes you have a (set of) row objects that you want to put into a
+resultset without the need to hit the DB again. You can do that by using the
+L<set_cache|DBIx::Class::Resultset/set_cache> method:
+
+ my @uploadable_groups;
+ while (my $group = $groups->next) {
+ if ($group->can_upload($self)) {
+ push @uploadable_groups, $group;
+ }
+ }
+ my $new_rs = $self->result_source->resultset;
+ $new_rs->set_cache(\@uploadable_groups);
+ return $new_rs;
+
+
=head1 USING RELATIONSHIPS
=head2 Create a new row in a related table
__PACKAGE__->has_many('pages' => 'Page', 'book', { order_by => \'page_number DESC'} );
+=head2 Filtering a relationship result set
+
+If you want to get a filtered result set, you can just add add to $attr as follows:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->has_many('pages' => 'Page', 'book', { where => { scrap => 0 } } );
+
=head2 Many-to-many relationships
This is straightforward using L<ManyToMany|DBIx::Class::Relationship/many_to_many>:
generator to put the quotes the correct place.
In most cases you should set these as part of the arguments passed to
-L<DBIx::Class::Schema/conect>:
+L<DBIx::Class::Schema/connect>:
my $schema = My::Schema->connect(
'dbi:mysql:my_db',
The limit dialect can also be set at connect time by specifying a
C<limit_dialect> key in the final hash as shown above.
+=head2 Working with PostgreSQL array types
+
+If your SQL::Abstract version (>= 1.50) supports it, you can assign to
+PostgreSQL array values by passing array references in the C<\%columns>
+(C<\%vals>) hashref of the L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/create> and
+L<DBIx::Class::Row/update> family of methods:
+
+ $resultset->create({
+ numbers => [1, 2, 3]
+ });
+
+ $row->update(
+ {
+ numbers => [1, 2, 3]
+ },
+ {
+ day => '2008-11-24'
+ }
+ );
+
+In conditions (eg. C<\%cond> in the L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/search> family of
+methods) you cannot directly use array references (since this is interpreted as
+a list of values to be C<OR>ed), but you can use the following syntax to force
+passing them as bind values:
+
+ $resultset->search(
+ {
+ numbers => \[ '= ?', [1, 2, 3] ]
+ }
+ );
+
+See L<SQL::Abstract/array_datatypes> and L<SQL::Abstract/Literal SQL with
+placeholders and bind values (subqueries)> for more explanation.
+
=head1 BOOTSTRAPPING/MIGRATING
=head2 Easy migration from class-based to schema-based setup
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