Install DBIx::Class via CPAN should be sufficient.
-=head3 Create the database/tables.
+=head3 Create the database/tables
First make and change the directory:
mkdir app
cd app
+ mkdir db
+ cd db
This example uses SQLite which is a dependency of DBIx::Class, so you
shouldn't have to install extra software.
-Save the following into a example.sql
+Save the following into a example.sql in the directory db
CREATE TABLE artist (
artistid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
- name TEXT NOT NULL
+ name TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE cd (
title TEXT NOT NULL
);
-and create the sqlite database file:
+and create the SQLite database file:
-sqlite3 example.db < example.sql
+ sqlite3 example.db < example.sql
=head3 Set up DBIx::Class::Schema
-First, create some dirs and change working directory:
+Change directory back from db to the directory app:
+
+ cd ../
+
+Now create some more directories:
mkdir MyDatabase
mkdir MyDatabase/Main
+ mkdir MyDatabase/Main/Result
+ mkdir MyDatabase/Main/ResultSet
Then, create the following DBIx::Class::Schema classes:
MyDatabase/Main.pm:
-
+
package MyDatabase::Main;
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/;
- __PACKAGE__->load_classes(qw/Artist Cd Track/);
+ __PACKAGE__->load_namespaces;
1;
-MyDatabase/Main/Artist.pm:
+MyDatabase/Main/Result/Artist.pm:
- package MyDatabase::Main::Artist;
- use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
- __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto Core/);
+ package MyDatabase::Main::Result::Artist;
+ use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
__PACKAGE__->table('artist');
__PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ artistid name /);
__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('artistid');
- __PACKAGE__->has_many('cds' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Cd');
+ __PACKAGE__->has_many('cds' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Result::Cd');
1;
-MyDatabase/Main/Cd.pm:
+MyDatabase/Main/Result/Cd.pm:
- package MyDatabase::Main::Cd;
- use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
- __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto Core/);
+ package MyDatabase::Main::Result::Cd;
+ use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
+ __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime/);
__PACKAGE__->table('cd');
__PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ cdid artist title/);
__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('cdid');
- __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('artist' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Artist');
- __PACKAGE__->has_many('tracks' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Track');
+ __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('artist' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Result::Artist');
+ __PACKAGE__->has_many('tracks' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Result::Track');
1;
-MyDatabase/Main/Track.pm:
+MyDatabase/Main/Result/Track.pm:
- package MyDatabase::Main::Track;
- use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
- __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto Core/);
+ package MyDatabase::Main::Result::Track;
+ use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
__PACKAGE__->table('track');
- __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ trackid cd title/);
+ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ trackid cd title /);
__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('trackid');
- __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('cd' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Cd');
+ __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('cd' => 'MyDatabase::Main::Result::Cd');
1;
-=head3 Write a script to insert some records.
+=head3 Write a script to insert some records
insertdb.pl
use MyDatabase::Main;
use strict;
- my $schema = MyDatabase::Main->connect('dbi:SQLite:example.db');
+ my $schema = MyDatabase::Main->connect('dbi:SQLite:db/example.db');
- # here's some of the sql that is going to be generated by the schema
+ # here's some of the SQL that is going to be generated by the schema
# INSERT INTO artist VALUES (NULL,'Michael Jackson');
# INSERT INTO artist VALUES (NULL,'Eminem');
my @cds;
foreach my $lp (keys %albums) {
- my $artist = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search({
+ my $artist = $schema->resultset('Artist')->find({
name => $albums{$lp}
});
- push @cds, [$lp, $artist->first];
+ push @cds, [$lp, $artist->id];
}
$schema->populate('Cd', [
my @tracks;
foreach my $track (keys %tracks) {
- my $cdname = $schema->resultset('Cd')->search({
+ my $cdname = $schema->resultset('Cd')->find({
title => $tracks{$track},
});
- push @tracks, [$cdname->first, $track];
+ push @tracks, [$cdname->id, $track];
}
$schema->populate('Track',[
use MyDatabase::Main;
use strict;
- my $schema = MyDatabase::Main->connect('dbi:SQLite:example.db');
- # for other DSNs, e.g. MySql, see the perldoc for the relevant dbd
+ my $schema = MyDatabase::Main->connect('dbi:SQLite:db/example.db');
+ # for other DSNs, e.g. MySQL, see the perldoc for the relevant dbd
# driver, e.g perldoc L<DBD::mysql>.
get_tracks_by_cd('Bad');
},
{
join => [qw/ cd /],
- prefetch => [qw/ cd /]
}
);
while (my $track = $rs->next) {
}
print "\n";
}
-
-
+
+
sub get_cd_by_track {
my $tracktitle = shift;
print "get_cd_by_track($tracktitle):\n";
my $cd = $rs->first;
print $cd->title . "\n\n";
}
-
+
sub get_cds_by_artist {
my $artistname = shift;
print "get_cds_by_artist($artistname):\n";
},
{
join => [qw/ artist /],
- prefetch => [qw/ artist /]
}
);
while (my $cd = $rs->next) {
=head1 Notes
+A reference implementation of the database and scripts in this example
+are available in the main distribution for DBIx::Class under the
+directory F<t/examples/Schema>.
+
With these scripts we're relying on @INC looking in the current
working directory. You may want to add the MyDatabase namespaces to
@INC in a different way when it comes to deployment.
-The testdb.pl script is an excellent start for testing your database
+The F<testdb.pl> script is an excellent start for testing your database
model.
+This example uses L<DBIx::Class::Schema/load_namespaces> to load in the
+appropriate L<Row|DBIx::Class::Row> classes from the MyDatabase::Main::Result namespace,
+and any required resultset classes from the MyDatabase::Main::ResultSet
+namespace (although we created the directory in the directions above we
+did not add, or need to add, any resultset classes).
+
=head1 TODO
=head1 AUTHOR
sc_ from irc.perl.org#dbix-class
Kieren Diment <kd@totaldatasolution.com>
+ Nigel Metheringham <nigelm@cpan.org>
=cut