my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search({ title => '100th Window' });
-IMPORTANT: If called on an object, proxies to new_result instead so
+=over
+
+=item WARNING
+
+If called on an object, proxies to L</new_result> instead, so
my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->new({ title => 'Spoon' });
-will return a CD object, not a ResultSet.
+will return a CD object, not a ResultSet, and is equivalent to:
+
+ my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->new_result({ title => 'Spoon' });
+
+Please also keep in mind that many internals call C<new_result> directly,
+so overloading this method with the idea of intercepting new result object
+creation B<will not work>. See also warning pertaining to L</create>.
+
+=back
=cut
sub new_result {
my ($self, $values) = @_;
- $self->throw_exception( "new_result needs a hash" )
+
+ $self->throw_exception( "new_result takes only one argument - a hashref of values" )
+ if @_ > 2;
+
+ $self->throw_exception( "new_result expects a hashref" )
unless (ref $values eq 'HASH');
my ($merged_cond, $cols_from_relations) = $self->_merge_with_rscond($values);
with an arbitrary depth and width, as long as the relationships actually
exists and the correct column data has been supplied.
-
Instead of hashrefs of plain related data (key/value pairs), you may
also pass new or inserted objects. New objects (not inserted yet, see
L</new>), will be inserted into their appropriate tables.
lot of the internals simply never call it, so your override will be
bypassed more often than not. Override either L<new|DBIx::Class::Row/new>
or L<insert|DBIx::Class::Row/insert> depending on how early in the
-L</create> process you need to intervene.
+L</create> process you need to intervene. See also warning pertaining to
+L</new>.
=back
year => 2005,
});
- if( $cd->in_storage ) {
+ if( !$cd->in_storage ) {
# do some stuff
$cd->insert;
}
to call L<DBIx::Class::Row/insert> to save the newly created row to the
database!
- my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->update_or_new(
- {
- artist => 'Massive Attack',
- title => 'Mezzanine',
- year => 1998,
- },
- { key => 'cd_artist_title' }
- );
-
- if( $cd->in_storage ) {
- # do some stuff
- $cd->insert;
- }
-
=cut
sub update_or_create {
If you want to fetch related objects from other tables as well, see C<prefetch>
below.
+ NOTE: An internal join-chain pruner will discard certain joins while
+ constructing the actual SQL query, as long as the joins in question do not
+ affect the retrieved result. This for example includes 1:1 left joins
+ that are not part of the restriction specification (WHERE/HAVING) nor are
+ a part of the query selection.
+
For more help on using joins with search, see L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Joining>.
=head2 prefetch
Adds to the WHERE clause.
# only return rows WHERE deleted IS NULL for all searches
- __PACKAGE__->resultset_attributes({ where => { deleted => undef } }); )
+ __PACKAGE__->resultset_attributes({ where => { deleted => undef } });
Can be overridden by passing C<< { where => undef } >> as an attribute
to a resultset.
=over 4
-=item Value: ( 'update' | 'shared' )
+=item Value: ( 'update' | 'shared' | \$scalar )
=back
Set to 'update' for a SELECT ... FOR UPDATE or 'shared' for a SELECT
-... FOR SHARED.
+... FOR SHARED. If \$scalar is passed, this is taken directly and embedded in the
+query.
=cut