Base
/);
+1;
+
+__END__
+
=head1 NAME
DBIx::Class::Relationship - Inter-table relationships
my $fredsbooks = $schema->resultset('Author')->find({ Name => 'Fred' })->books;
Each relationship sets up an accessor method on the
-L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Row"> objects that represent the items
-of your table. From L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"ResultSet"> objects,
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Result"> objects that represent the items
+of your table. From L<ResultSet|DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"ResultSet"> objects,
the relationships can be searched using the "search_related" method.
-In list context, each returns a list of Row objects for the related class,
+In list context, each returns a list of Result objects for the related class,
in scalar context, a new ResultSet representing the joined tables is
returned. Thus, the calls can be chained to produce complex queries.
Since the database is not actually queried until you attempt to retrieve
All helper methods are called similar to the following template:
- __PACKAGE__->$method_name('relname', 'Foreign::Class', \%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, \%attrs?);
+ __PACKAGE__->$method_name('rel_name', 'Foreign::Class', \%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, \%attrs?);
Both C<cond> and C<attrs> are optional. Pass C<undef> for C<cond> if
you want to use the default value for it, but still want to set C<attrs>.
=item accessor_name
This argument is the name of the method you can call on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Row> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
class matching this relationship. This is often called the
C<relation(ship) name>.
# To retrieve the plain id if you used the ugly version:
$book->get_column('author_id');
-
-If the relationship is optional -- i.e. the column containing the
-foreign key can be NULL -- then the belongs_to relationship does the
-right thing. Thus, in the example above C<< $obj->author >> would
-return C<undef>. However in this case you would probably want to set
-the L<join_type|DBIx::Class::Relationship/join_type> attribute so that
-a C<LEFT JOIN> is done, which makes complex resultsets involving
-C<join> or C<prefetch> operations work correctly. The modified
-declaration is shown below:
+If some of the foreign key columns are
+L<nullable|DBIx::Class::ResultSource/is_nullable> you probably want to set
+the L<join_type|DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base/join_type> attribute to
+C<left> explicitly so that SQL expressing this relation is composed with
+a C<LEFT JOIN> (as opposed to C<INNER JOIN> which is default for
+L</belongs_to> relationships). This ensures that relationship traversal
+works consistently in all situations. (i.e. resultsets involving
+L<join|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/join> or
+L<prefetch|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/prefetch>).
+The modified declaration is shown below:
# in a Book class (where Author has_many Books)
__PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
{ join_type => 'left' }
);
-
Cascading deletes are off by default on a C<belongs_to>
relationship. To turn them on, pass C<< cascade_delete => 1 >>
in the $attr hashref.
=over 4
-=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, \%attrs?
+=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
=back
=item accessor_name
This argument is the name of the method you can call on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Row> object to retrieve a resultset of the related
-class restricted to the ones related to the row object. In list
-context it returns the row objects. This is often called the
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> object to retrieve a resultset of the related
+class restricted to the ones related to the result object. In list
+context it returns the result objects. This is often called the
C<relation(ship) name>.
Use this accessor_name in L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/join>
is added to the end of the method name, eg C<$accessor_name_rs()>.
This method works just like the normal accessor, except that it always
returns a resultset, even in list context. The third method, named C<<
-add_to_$relname >>, will also be added to your Row items; this allows
+add_to_$rel_name >>, will also be added to your Row items; this allows
you to insert new related items, using the same mechanism as in
L<DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base/"create_related">.
=over 4
-=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, \%attrs?
+=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
=back
=item accessor_name
This argument is the name of the method you can call on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Row> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
class matching this relationship. This is often called the
C<relation(ship) name>.
=over 4
-=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, \%attrs?
+=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $related_class, $their_fk_column|\%cond|\@cond|\&cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
=back
=item accessor_name
This argument is the name of the method you can call on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Row> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> object to retrieve the instance of the foreign
class matching this relationship. This is often called the
C<relation(ship) name>.
=over 4
-=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $link_rel_name, $foreign_rel_name, \%attrs?
+=item Arguments: $accessor_name, $link_rel_name, $foreign_rel_name, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
=back
=item accessor_name
This argument is the name of the method you can call on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Row> object to retrieve the rows matching this
+L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> object to retrieve the rows matching this
relationship.
On a many_to_many, unlike other relationships, this cannot be used in
attributes|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> which can be assigned to
relationships as well.
-=cut
-
-1;
-
-=head1 AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
-
-See L<AUTHOR|DBIx::Class/AUTHOR> and L<CONTRIBUTORS|DBIx::Class/CONTRIBUTORS> in DBIx::Class
-
-=head1 LICENSE
+=head1 FURTHER QUESTIONS?
-You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
+Check the list of L<additional DBIC resources|DBIx::Class/GETTING HELP/SUPPORT>.
-=cut
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+This module is free software L<copyright|DBIx::Class/COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE>
+by the L<DBIx::Class (DBIC) authors|DBIx::Class/AUTHORS>. You can
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the
+L<DBIx::Class library|DBIx::Class/COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE>.
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