ResultSet. The new one will contain all the conditions of the
original, plus any new conditions added in the C<search> call.
-A ResultSet is also an iterator. L</next> is used to return all the
-L<DBIx::Class::Row>s the ResultSet represents.
+A ResultSet also incorporates an implicit iterator. L</next> and L</reset>
+can be used to walk through all the L<DBIx::Class::Row>s the ResultSet
+represents.
The query that the ResultSet represents is B<only> executed against
the database when these methods are called:
+L</find> L</next> L</all> L</first> L</single> L</count>
-=over
-
-=item L</find>
-
-=item L</next>
-
-=item L</all>
-
-=item L</count>
-
-=item L</single>
-
-=item L</first>
-
-=back
-
-=head1 EXAMPLES
+=head1 EXAMPLES
=head2 Chaining resultsets
return $class->new_result(@_) if ref $class;
my ($source, $attrs) = @_;
- $source = $source->handle
+ $source = $source->handle
unless $source->isa('DBIx::Class::ResultSourceHandle');
$attrs = { %{$attrs||{}} };
unless (
(@_ && defined($_[0])) # @_ == () or (undef)
- ||
+ ||
(keys %$attrs # empty attrs or only 'safe' attrs
&& List::Util::first { !$safe{$_} } keys %$attrs)
) {
my $new_attrs = { %{$our_attrs}, %{$attrs} };
# merge new attrs into inherited
- foreach my $key (qw/join prefetch +select +as/) {
+ foreach my $key (qw/join prefetch +select +as bind/) {
next unless exists $attrs->{$key};
$new_attrs->{$key} = $self->_merge_attr($our_attrs->{$key}, $attrs->{$key});
}
resultset query.
CAVEAT: C<search_literal> is provided for Class::DBI compatibility and should
-only be used in that context. C<search_literal> is a convenience method.
+only be used in that context. C<search_literal> is a convenience method.
It is equivalent to calling $schema->search(\[]), but if you want to ensure
columns are bound correctly, use C<search>.
my @cds = $cd_rs->search(\[ 'cdid = ? AND (artist = ? OR artist = ?)', [ 'cdid', 2 ], [ 'artist', 1 ], [ 'artist', 2 ] ]);
-See L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook/Searching> and
+See L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook/Searching> and
L<DBIx::Class::Manual::FAQ/Searching> for searching techniques that do not
require C<search_literal>.
=cut
sub search_literal {
- my ($self, $sql, @bind) = @_;
+ my ($self, $sql, @bind) = @_;
my $attr;
if ( @bind && ref($bind[-1]) eq 'HASH' ) {
$attr = pop @bind;
&& ($info = $self->result_source->relationship_info($key))) {
my $val = delete $input_query->{$key};
next KEY if (ref($val) eq 'ARRAY'); # has_many for multi_create
- my $rel_q = $self->result_source->resolve_condition(
+ my $rel_q = $self->result_source->_resolve_condition(
$info->{cond}, $val, $key
);
die "Can't handle OR join condition in find" if ref($rel_q) eq 'ARRAY';
my $unique_query = $self->_build_unique_query($input_query, \@unique_cols);
$query = $self->_add_alias($unique_query, $alias);
}
+ elsif ($self->{attrs}{accessor} and $self->{attrs}{accessor} eq 'single') {
+ # This means that we got here after a merger of relationship conditions
+ # in ::Relationship::Base::search_related (the row method), and furthermore
+ # the relationship is of the 'single' type. This means that the condition
+ # provided by the relationship (already attached to $self) is sufficient,
+ # as there can be only one row in the databse that would satisfy the
+ # relationship
+ }
else {
my @unique_queries = $self->_unique_queries($input_query, $attrs);
$query = @unique_queries
}
# Run the query
- if (keys %$attrs) {
- my $rs = $self->search($query, $attrs);
- if (keys %{$rs->_resolved_attrs->{collapse}}) {
- my $row = $rs->next;
- carp "Query returned more than one row" if $rs->next;
- return $row;
- }
- else {
- return $rs->single;
- }
+ my $rs = $self->search ($query, $attrs);
+ if (keys %{$rs->_resolved_attrs->{collapse}}) {
+ my $row = $rs->next;
+ carp "Query returned more than one row" if $rs->next;
+ return $row;
}
else {
- if (keys %{$self->_resolved_attrs->{collapse}}) {
- my $rs = $self->search($query);
- my $row = $rs->next;
- carp "Query returned more than one row" if $rs->next;
- return $row;
- }
- else {
- return $self->single($query);
- }
+ return $rs->single;
}
}
sub cursor {
my ($self) = @_;
- my $attrs = { %{$self->_resolved_attrs} };
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
return $self->{cursor}
||= $self->result_source->storage->select($attrs->{from}, $attrs->{select},
$attrs->{where},$attrs);
Query returned more than one row
-In this case, you should be using L</first> or L</find> instead, or if you really
-know what you are doing, use the L</rows> attribute to explicitly limit the size
+In this case, you should be using L</next> or L</find> instead, or if you really
+know what you are doing, use the L</rows> attribute to explicitly limit the size
of the resultset.
+This method will also throw an exception if it is called on a resultset prefetching
+has_many, as such a prefetch implies fetching multiple rows from the database in
+order to assemble the resulting object.
+
=back
=cut
$self->throw_exception('single() only takes search conditions, no attributes. You want ->search( $cond, $attrs )->single()');
}
- my $attrs = { %{$self->_resolved_attrs} };
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
+ if (keys %{$attrs->{collapse}}) {
+ $self->throw_exception(
+ 'single() can not be used on resultsets prefetching has_many. Use find( \%cond ) or next() instead'
+ );
+ }
+
if ($where) {
if (defined $attrs->{where}) {
$attrs->{where} = {
return (@data ? ($self->_construct_object(@data))[0] : undef);
}
+
# _is_unique_query
#
# Try to determine if the specified query is guaranteed to be unique, based on
if (ref $query eq 'ARRAY') {
foreach my $subquery (@$query) {
next unless ref $subquery; # -or
-# warn "ARRAY: " . Dumper $subquery;
$collapsed = $self->_collapse_query($subquery, $collapsed);
}
}
elsif (ref $query eq 'HASH') {
if (keys %$query and (keys %$query)[0] eq '-and') {
foreach my $subquery (@{$query->{-and}}) {
-# warn "HASH: " . Dumper $subquery;
$collapsed = $self->_collapse_query($subquery, $collapsed);
}
}
else {
-# warn "LEAF: " . Dumper $query;
foreach my $col (keys %$query) {
my $value = $query->{$col};
$collapsed->{$col}{$value}++;
sub search_like {
my $class = shift;
- carp join ("\n",
- 'search_like() is deprecated and will be removed in 0.09.',
- 'Instead use ->search({ x => { -like => "y%" } })',
- '(note the outer pair of {}s - they are important!)'
+ carp (
+ 'search_like() is deprecated and will be removed in DBIC version 0.09.'
+ .' Instead use ->search({ x => { -like => "y%" } })'
+ .' (note the outer pair of {}s - they are important!)'
);
my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
my $query = ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ? { %{shift()} }: {@_};
sub _construct_object {
my ($self, @row) = @_;
- my $info = $self->_collapse_result($self->{_attrs}{as}, \@row);
+
+ my $info = $self->_collapse_result($self->{_attrs}{as}, \@row)
+ or return ();
my @new = $self->result_class->inflate_result($self->result_source, @$info);
@new = $self->{_attrs}{record_filter}->(@new)
if exists $self->{_attrs}{record_filter};
sub _collapse_result {
my ($self, $as_proto, $row) = @_;
+ # if the first row that ever came in is totally empty - this means we got
+ # hit by a smooth^Wempty left-joined resultset. Just noop in that case
+ # instead of producing a {}
+ #
+ my $has_def;
+ for (@$row) {
+ if (defined $_) {
+ $has_def++;
+ last;
+ }
+ }
+ return undef unless $has_def;
+
my @copy = @$row;
# 'foo' => [ undef, 'foo' ]
do { # no need to check anything at the front, we always want the first row
my %const;
-
+
foreach my $this_as (@construct_as) {
$const{$this_as->[0]||''}{$this_as->[1]} = shift(@copy);
}
foreach my $p (@parts) {
$target = $target->[1]->{$p} ||= [];
$cur .= ".${p}";
- if ($cur eq ".${key}" && (my @ckey = @{$collapse{$cur}||[]})) {
+ if ($cur eq ".${key}" && (my @ckey = @{$collapse{$cur}||[]})) {
# collapsing at this point and on final part
my $pos = $collapse_pos{$cur};
CK: foreach my $ck (@ckey) {
=back
-An accessor for the class to use when creating row objects. Defaults to
-C<< result_source->result_class >> - which in most cases is the name of the
+An accessor for the class to use when creating row objects. Defaults to
+C<< result_source->result_class >> - which in most cases is the name of the
L<"table"|DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"ResultSource"> class.
Note that changing the result_class will also remove any components
=back
Performs an SQL C<COUNT> with the same query as the resultset was built
-with to find the number of elements. If passed arguments, does a search
-on the resultset and counts the results of that.
-
-Note: When using C<count> with C<group_by>, L<DBIx::Class> emulates C<GROUP BY>
-using C<COUNT( DISTINCT( columns ) )>. Some databases (notably SQLite) do
-not support C<DISTINCT> with multiple columns. If you are using such a
-database, you should only use columns from the main table in your C<group_by>
-clause.
+with to find the number of elements. Passing arguments is equivalent to
+C<< $rs->search ($cond, \%attrs)->count >>
=cut
my $self = shift;
return $self->search(@_)->count if @_ and defined $_[0];
return scalar @{ $self->get_cache } if $self->get_cache;
- my $count = $self->_count;
- return 0 unless $count;
- # need to take offset from resolved attrs
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
+ # this is a little optimization - it is faster to do the limit
+ # adjustments in software, instead of a subquery
+ my $rows = delete $attrs->{rows};
+ my $offset = delete $attrs->{offset};
+
+ my $crs;
+ if ($self->_has_resolved_attr (qw/collapse group_by/)) {
+ $crs = $self->_count_subq_rs ($attrs);
+ }
+ else {
+ $crs = $self->_count_rs ($attrs);
+ }
+ my $count = $crs->next;
- $count -= $self->{_attrs}{offset} if $self->{_attrs}{offset};
- $count = $self->{attrs}{rows} if
- $self->{attrs}{rows} and $self->{attrs}{rows} < $count;
+ $count -= $offset if $offset;
+ $count = $rows if $rows and $rows < $count;
$count = 0 if ($count < 0);
+
return $count;
}
-sub _count { # Separated out so pager can get the full count
+=head2 count_rs
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $cond, \%attrs??
+
+=item Return Value: $count_rs
+
+=back
+
+Same as L</count> but returns a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSetColumn> object.
+This can be very handy for subqueries:
+
+ ->search( { amount => $some_rs->count_rs->as_query } )
+
+As with regular resultsets the SQL query will be executed only after
+the resultset is accessed via L</next> or L</all>. That would return
+the same single value obtainable via L</count>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub count_rs {
my $self = shift;
- my $select = { count => '*' };
-
- my $attrs = { %{$self->_resolved_attrs} };
- if (my $group_by = delete $attrs->{group_by}) {
- delete $attrs->{having};
- my @distinct = (ref $group_by ? @$group_by : ($group_by));
- # todo: try CONCAT for multi-column pk
- my @pk = $self->result_source->primary_columns;
- if (@pk == 1) {
- my $alias = $attrs->{alias};
- foreach my $column (@distinct) {
- if ($column =~ qr/^(?:\Q${alias}.\E)?$pk[0]$/) {
- @distinct = ($column);
- last;
- }
- }
- }
+ return $self->search(@_)->count_rs if @_;
- $select = { count => { distinct => \@distinct } };
+ # this may look like a lack of abstraction (count() does about the same)
+ # but in fact an _rs *must* use a subquery for the limits, as the
+ # software based limiting can not be ported if this $rs is to be used
+ # in a subquery itself (i.e. ->as_query)
+ if ($self->_has_resolved_attr (qw/collapse group_by offset rows/)) {
+ return $self->_count_subq_rs;
+ }
+ else {
+ return $self->_count_rs;
}
+}
- $attrs->{select} = $select;
- $attrs->{as} = [qw/count/];
+#
+# returns a ResultSetColumn object tied to the count query
+#
+sub _count_rs {
+ my ($self, $attrs) = @_;
- # offset, order by and page are not needed to count. record_filter is cdbi
- delete $attrs->{$_} for qw/rows offset order_by page pager record_filter/;
+ my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
+ $attrs ||= $self->_resolved_attrs;
- my $tmp_rs = (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $attrs);
- my ($count) = $tmp_rs->cursor->next;
- return $count;
+ my $tmp_attrs = { %$attrs };
+
+ # take off any limits, record_filter is cdbi, and no point of ordering a count
+ delete $tmp_attrs->{$_} for (qw/select as rows offset order_by record_filter/);
+
+ # overwrite the selector (supplied by the storage)
+ $tmp_attrs->{select} = $rsrc->storage->_count_select ($rsrc, $tmp_attrs);
+ $tmp_attrs->{as} = 'count';
+
+ # read the comment on top of the actual function to see what this does
+ $tmp_attrs->{from} = $self->_switch_to_inner_join_if_needed (
+ $tmp_attrs->{from}, $tmp_attrs->{alias}
+ );
+
+ my $tmp_rs = $rsrc->resultset_class->new($rsrc, $tmp_attrs)->get_column ('count');
+
+ return $tmp_rs;
}
+#
+# same as above but uses a subquery
+#
+sub _count_subq_rs {
+ my ($self, $attrs) = @_;
+
+ my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
+ $attrs ||= $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
+ my $sub_attrs = { %$attrs };
+
+ # extra selectors do not go in the subquery and there is no point of ordering it
+ delete $sub_attrs->{$_} for qw/collapse select _prefetch_select as order_by/;
+
+ # if we prefetch, we group_by primary keys only as this is what we would get out
+ # of the rs via ->next/->all. We DO WANT to clobber old group_by regardless
+ if ( keys %{$attrs->{collapse}} ) {
+ $sub_attrs->{group_by} = [ map { "$attrs->{alias}.$_" } ($rsrc->primary_columns) ]
+ }
+
+ $sub_attrs->{select} = $rsrc->storage->_subq_count_select ($rsrc, $sub_attrs);
+
+ # read the comment on top of the actual function to see what this does
+ $sub_attrs->{from} = $self->_switch_to_inner_join_if_needed (
+ $sub_attrs->{from}, $sub_attrs->{alias}
+ );
+
+ # this is so that ordering can be thrown away in things like Top limit
+ $sub_attrs->{-for_count_only} = 1;
+
+ my $sub_rs = $rsrc->resultset_class->new ($rsrc, $sub_attrs);
+
+ $attrs->{from} = [{
+ -alias => 'count_subq',
+ -source_handle => $rsrc->handle,
+ count_subq => $sub_rs->as_query,
+ }];
+
+ # the subquery replaces this
+ delete $attrs->{$_} for qw/where bind collapse group_by having having_bind rows offset/;
+
+ return $self->_count_rs ($attrs);
+}
+
+
+# The DBIC relationship chaining implementation is pretty simple - every
+# new related_relationship is pushed onto the {from} stack, and the {select}
+# window simply slides further in. This means that when we count somewhere
+# in the middle, we got to make sure that everything in the join chain is an
+# actual inner join, otherwise the count will come back with unpredictable
+# results (a resultset may be generated with _some_ rows regardless of if
+# the relation which the $rs currently selects has rows or not). E.g.
+# $artist_rs->cds->count - normally generates:
+# SELECT COUNT( * ) FROM artist me LEFT JOIN cd cds ON cds.artist = me.artistid
+# which actually returns the number of artists * (number of cds || 1)
+#
+# So what we do here is crawl {from}, determine if the current alias is at
+# the top of the stack, and if not - make sure the chain is inner-joined down
+# to the root.
+#
+sub _switch_to_inner_join_if_needed {
+ my ($self, $from, $alias) = @_;
+
+ # subqueries and other oddness is naturally not supported
+ return $from if (
+ ref $from ne 'ARRAY'
+ ||
+ @$from <= 1
+ ||
+ ref $from->[0] ne 'HASH'
+ ||
+ ! $from->[0]{-alias}
+ ||
+ $from->[0]{-alias} eq $alias
+ );
+
+ my $switch_branch;
+ JOINSCAN:
+ for my $j (@{$from}[1 .. $#$from]) {
+ if ($j->[0]{-alias} eq $alias) {
+ $switch_branch = $j->[0]{-join_path};
+ last JOINSCAN;
+ }
+ }
+
+ # something else went wrong
+ return $from unless $switch_branch;
+
+ # So it looks like we will have to switch some stuff around.
+ # local() is useless here as we will be leaving the scope
+ # anyway, and deep cloning is just too fucking expensive
+ # So replace the inner hashref manually
+ my @new_from = ($from->[0]);
+ my $sw_idx = { map { $_ => 1 } @$switch_branch };
+
+ for my $j (@{$from}[1 .. $#$from]) {
+ my $jalias = $j->[0]{-alias};
+
+ if ($sw_idx->{$jalias}) {
+ my %attrs = %{$j->[0]};
+ delete $attrs{-join_type};
+ push @new_from, [
+ \%attrs,
+ @{$j}[ 1 .. $#$j ],
+ ];
+ }
+ else {
+ push @new_from, $j;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return \@new_from;
+}
+
+
sub _bool {
return 1;
}
my @obj;
- # TODO: don't call resolve here
if (keys %{$self->_resolved_attrs->{collapse}}) {
-# if ($self->{attrs}{prefetch}) {
- # Using $self->cursor->all is really just an optimisation.
- # If we're collapsing has_many prefetches it probably makes
- # very little difference, and this is cleaner than hacking
- # _construct_object to survive the approach
+ # Using $self->cursor->all is really just an optimisation.
+ # If we're collapsing has_many prefetches it probably makes
+ # very little difference, and this is cleaner than hacking
+ # _construct_object to survive the approach
+ $self->cursor->reset;
my @row = $self->cursor->next;
while (@row) {
push(@obj, $self->_construct_object(@row));
}
$self->set_cache(\@obj) if $self->{attrs}{cache};
+
return @obj;
}
=back
Resets the resultset's cursor, so you can iterate through the elements again.
+Implicitly resets the storage cursor, so a subsequent L</next> will trigger
+another query.
=cut
return $_[0]->reset->next;
}
+
+# _rs_update_delete
+#
+# Determines whether and what type of subquery is required for the $rs operation.
+# If grouping is necessary either supplies its own, or verifies the current one
+# After all is done delegates to the proper storage method.
+
+sub _rs_update_delete {
+ my ($self, $op, $values) = @_;
+
+ my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
+
+ my $needs_group_by_subq = $self->_has_resolved_attr (qw/collapse group_by -join/);
+ my $needs_subq = $self->_has_resolved_attr (qw/row offset/);
+
+ if ($needs_group_by_subq or $needs_subq) {
+
+ # make a new $rs selecting only the PKs (that's all we really need)
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
+ delete $attrs->{$_} for qw/collapse select as/;
+ $attrs->{columns} = [ map { "$attrs->{alias}.$_" } ($self->result_source->primary_columns) ];
+
+ if ($needs_group_by_subq) {
+ # make sure no group_by was supplied, or if there is one - make sure it matches
+ # the columns compiled above perfectly. Anything else can not be sanely executed
+ # on most databases so croak right then and there
+
+ if (my $g = $attrs->{group_by}) {
+ my @current_group_by = map
+ { $_ =~ /\./ ? $_ : "$attrs->{alias}.$_" }
+ @$g
+ ;
+
+ if (
+ join ("\x00", sort @current_group_by)
+ ne
+ join ("\x00", sort @{$attrs->{columns}} )
+ ) {
+ $self->throw_exception (
+ "You have just attempted a $op operation on a resultset which does group_by"
+ . ' on columns other than the primary keys, while DBIC internally needs to retrieve'
+ . ' the primary keys in a subselect. All sane RDBMS engines do not support this'
+ . ' kind of queries. Please retry the operation with a modified group_by or'
+ . ' without using one at all.'
+ );
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ $attrs->{group_by} = $attrs->{columns};
+ }
+ }
+
+ my $subrs = (ref $self)->new($rsrc, $attrs);
+
+ return $self->result_source->storage->_subq_update_delete($subrs, $op, $values);
+ }
+ else {
+ return $rsrc->storage->$op(
+ $rsrc,
+ $op eq 'update' ? $values : (),
+ $self->_cond_for_update_delete,
+ );
+ }
+}
+
+
# _cond_for_update_delete
#
# update/delete require the condition to be modified to handle
elsif (ref $full_cond eq 'HASH') {
if ((keys %{$full_cond})[0] eq '-and') {
$cond->{-and} = [];
-
my @cond = @{$full_cond->{-and}};
- for (my $i = 0; $i < @cond; $i++) {
+ for (my $i = 0; $i < @cond; $i++) {
my $entry = $cond[$i];
-
my $hash;
if (ref $entry eq 'HASH') {
$hash = $self->_cond_for_update_delete($entry);
$entry =~ /([^.]+)$/;
$hash->{$1} = $cond[++$i];
}
-
push @{$cond->{-and}}, $hash;
}
}
}
}
else {
- $self->throw_exception(
- "Can't update/delete on resultset with condition unless hash or array"
- );
+ $self->throw_exception("Can't update/delete on resultset with condition unless hash or array");
}
return $cond;
sub update {
my ($self, $values) = @_;
- $self->throw_exception("Values for update must be a hash")
+ $self->throw_exception('Values for update must be a hash')
unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
- carp( 'WARNING! Currently $rs->update() does not generate proper SQL'
- . ' on joined resultsets, and may affect rows well outside of the'
- . ' contents of $rs. Use at your own risk' )
- if ( $self->{attrs}{seen_join} );
-
- my $cond = $self->_cond_for_update_delete;
-
- return $self->result_source->storage->update(
- $self->result_source, $values, $cond
- );
+ return $self->_rs_update_delete ('update', $values);
}
=head2 update_all
sub update_all {
my ($self, $values) = @_;
- $self->throw_exception("Values for update must be a hash")
+ $self->throw_exception('Values for update_all must be a hash')
unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
foreach my $obj ($self->all) {
$obj->set_columns($values)->update;
=item Arguments: none
-=item Return Value: 1
+=item Return Value: $storage_rv
=back
will not run DBIC cascade triggers. See L</delete_all> if you need triggers
to run. See also L<DBIx::Class::Row/delete>.
-delete may not generate correct SQL for a query with joins or a resultset
-chained from a related resultset. In this case it will generate a warning:-
-
- WARNING! Currently $rs->delete() does not generate proper SQL on
- joined resultsets, and may delete rows well outside of the contents
- of $rs. Use at your own risk
-
-In these cases you may find that delete_all is more appropriate, or you
-need to respecify your query in a way that can be expressed without a join.
+Return value will be the amount of rows deleted; exact type of return value
+is storage-dependent.
=cut
sub delete {
- my ($self) = @_;
- $self->throw_exception("Delete should not be passed any arguments")
- if $_[1];
- carp( 'WARNING! Currently $rs->delete() does not generate proper SQL'
- . ' on joined resultsets, and may delete rows well outside of the'
- . ' contents of $rs. Use at your own risk' )
- if ( $self->{attrs}{seen_join} );
- my $cond = $self->_cond_for_update_delete;
-
- $self->result_source->storage->delete($self->result_source, $cond);
- return 1;
+ my $self = shift;
+ $self->throw_exception('delete does not accept any arguments')
+ if @_;
+
+ return $self->_rs_update_delete ('delete');
}
=head2 delete_all
=cut
sub delete_all {
- my ($self) = @_;
+ my $self = shift;
+ $self->throw_exception('delete_all does not accept any arguments')
+ if @_;
+
$_->delete for $self->all;
return 1;
}
forsubmitting to a $resultset->create(...) method.
In void context, C<insert_bulk> in L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI> is used
-to insert the data, as this is a faster method.
+to insert the data, as this is a faster method.
Otherwise, each set of data is inserted into the database using
-L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/create>, and a arrayref of the resulting row
-objects is returned.
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/create>, and the resulting objects are
+accumulated into an array. The array itself, or an array reference
+is returned depending on scalar or list context.
Example: Assuming an Artist Class that has many CDs Classes relating:
my $Artist_rs = $schema->resultset("Artist");
-
- ## Void Context Example
+
+ ## Void Context Example
$Artist_rs->populate([
- { artistid => 4, name => 'Manufactured Crap', cds => [
+ { artistid => 4, name => 'Manufactured Crap', cds => [
{ title => 'My First CD', year => 2006 },
{ title => 'Yet More Tweeny-Pop crap', year => 2007 },
],
],
},
]);
-
+
## Array Context Example
my ($ArtistOne, $ArtistTwo, $ArtistThree) = $Artist_rs->populate([
{ name => "Artist One"},
{ title => "Second CD", year => 2008},
]}
]);
-
+
print $ArtistOne->name; ## response is 'Artist One'
print $ArtistThree->cds->count ## reponse is '2'
]);
Please note an important effect on your data when choosing between void and
-wantarray context. Since void context goes straight to C<insert_bulk> in
+wantarray context. Since void context goes straight to C<insert_bulk> in
L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI> this will skip any component that is overriding
-c<insert>. So if you are using something like L<DBIx-Class-UUIDColumns> to
-create primary keys for you, you will find that your PKs are empty. In this
-case you will have to use the wantarray context in order to create those
+C<insert>. So if you are using something like L<DBIx-Class-UUIDColumns> to
+create primary keys for you, you will find that your PKs are empty. In this
+case you will have to use the wantarray context in order to create those
values.
=cut
my $data = ref $_[0][0] eq 'HASH'
? $_[0] : ref $_[0][0] eq 'ARRAY' ? $self->_normalize_populate_args($_[0]) :
$self->throw_exception('Populate expects an arrayref of hashes or arrayref of arrayrefs');
-
+
if(defined wantarray) {
my @created;
foreach my $item (@$data) {
push(@created, $self->create($item));
}
- return @created;
+ return wantarray ? @created : \@created;
} else {
my ($first, @rest) = @$data;
my @names = grep {!ref $first->{$_}} keys %$first;
my @rels = grep { $self->result_source->has_relationship($_) } keys %$first;
- my @pks = $self->result_source->primary_columns;
+ my @pks = $self->result_source->primary_columns;
- ## do the belongs_to relationships
+ ## do the belongs_to relationships
foreach my $index (0..$#$data) {
- if( grep { !defined $data->[$index]->{$_} } @pks ) {
- my @ret = $self->populate($data);
- return;
+
+ # delegate to create() for any dataset without primary keys with specified relationships
+ if (grep { !defined $data->[$index]->{$_} } @pks ) {
+ for my $r (@rels) {
+ if (grep { ref $data->[$index]{$r} eq $_ } qw/HASH ARRAY/) { # a related set must be a HASH or AoH
+ my @ret = $self->populate($data);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
}
-
+
foreach my $rel (@rels) {
- next unless $data->[$index]->{$rel} && ref $data->[$index]->{$rel} eq "HASH";
+ next unless ref $data->[$index]->{$rel} eq "HASH";
my $result = $self->related_resultset($rel)->create($data->[$index]->{$rel});
my ($reverse) = keys %{$self->result_source->reverse_relationship_info($rel)};
- my $related = $result->result_source->resolve_condition(
+ my $related = $result->result_source->_resolve_condition(
$result->result_source->relationship_info($reverse)->{cond},
- $self,
- $result,
+ $self,
+ $result,
);
delete $data->[$index]->{$rel};
$data->[$index] = {%{$data->[$index]}, %$related};
-
+
push @names, keys %$related if $index == 0;
}
}
my @values = map { [ @$_{@names} ] } @$data;
$self->result_source->storage->insert_bulk(
- $self->result_source,
- \@names,
+ $self->result_source,
+ \@names,
\@values,
);
foreach my $rel (@rels) {
next unless $item->{$rel} && ref $item->{$rel} eq "ARRAY";
- my $parent = $self->find(map {{$_=>$item->{$_}} } @pks)
+ my $parent = $self->find(map {{$_=>$item->{$_}} } @pks)
|| $self->throw_exception('Cannot find the relating object.');
-
+
my $child = $parent->$rel;
-
- my $related = $child->result_source->resolve_condition(
+
+ my $related = $child->result_source->_resolve_condition(
$parent->result_source->relationship_info($rel)->{cond},
$child,
$parent,
foreach my $index (0..$#names) {
$result_to_create{$names[$index]} = $$datum[$index];
}
- push @results_to_create, \%result_to_create;
+ push @results_to_create, \%result_to_create;
}
return \@results_to_create;
}
sub pager {
my ($self) = @_;
+
+ return $self->{pager} if $self->{pager};
+
my $attrs = $self->{attrs};
$self->throw_exception("Can't create pager for non-paged rs")
unless $self->{attrs}{page};
$attrs->{rows} ||= 10;
- return $self->{pager} ||= Data::Page->new(
- $self->_count, $attrs->{rows}, $self->{attrs}{page});
+
+ # throw away the paging flags and re-run the count (possibly
+ # with a subselect) to get the real total count
+ my $count_attrs = { %$attrs };
+ delete $count_attrs->{$_} for qw/rows offset page pager/;
+ my $total_count = (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $count_attrs)->count;
+
+ return $self->{pager} = Data::Page->new(
+ $total_count,
+ $attrs->{rows},
+ $self->{attrs}{page}
+ );
}
=head2 page
$self->throw_exception(
"Can't abstract implicit construct, condition not a hash"
) if ($self->{cond} && !(ref $self->{cond} eq 'HASH'));
-
+
my $collapsed_cond = (
$self->{cond}
? $self->_collapse_cond($self->{cond})
: {}
);
-
+
# precendence must be given to passed values over values inherited from
# the cond, so the order here is important.
my %implied = %{$self->_remove_alias($collapsed_cond, $alias)};
# _is_deterministic_value
#
-# Make an effor to strip non-deterministic values from the condition,
+# Make an effor to strip non-deterministic values from the condition,
# to make sure new_result chokes less
sub _is_deterministic_value {
return 0;
}
+# _has_resolved_attr
+#
+# determines if the resultset defines at least one
+# of the attributes supplied
+#
+# used to determine if a subquery is neccessary
+#
+# supports some virtual attributes:
+# -join
+# This will scan for any joins being present on the resultset.
+# It is not a mere key-search but a deep inspection of {from}
+#
+
+sub _has_resolved_attr {
+ my ($self, @attr_names) = @_;
+
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs;
+
+ my %extra_checks;
+
+ for my $n (@attr_names) {
+ if (grep { $n eq $_ } (qw/-join/) ) {
+ $extra_checks{$n}++;
+ next;
+ }
+
+ my $attr = $attrs->{$n};
+
+ next if not defined $attr;
+
+ if (ref $attr eq 'HASH') {
+ return 1 if keys %$attr;
+ }
+ elsif (ref $attr eq 'ARRAY') {
+ return 1 if @$attr;
+ }
+ else {
+ return 1 if $attr;
+ }
+ }
+
+ # a resolved join is expressed as a multi-level from
+ return 1 if (
+ $extra_checks{-join}
+ and
+ ref $attrs->{from} eq 'ARRAY'
+ and
+ @{$attrs->{from}} > 1
+ );
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
# _collapse_cond
#
# Recursively collapse the condition.
if (ref $cond eq 'ARRAY') {
foreach my $subcond (@$cond) {
next unless ref $subcond; # -or
-# warn "ARRAY: " . Dumper $subcond;
$collapsed = $self->_collapse_cond($subcond, $collapsed);
}
}
elsif (ref $cond eq 'HASH') {
if (keys %$cond and (keys %$cond)[0] eq '-and') {
foreach my $subcond (@{$cond->{-and}}) {
-# warn "HASH: " . Dumper $subcond;
$collapsed = $self->_collapse_cond($subcond, $collapsed);
}
}
else {
-# warn "LEAF: " . Dumper $cond;
foreach my $col (keys %$cond) {
my $value = $cond->{$col};
$collapsed->{$col} = $value;
=cut
-sub as_query { return shift->cursor->as_query(@_) }
+sub as_query {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $attrs = $self->_resolved_attrs_copy;
+
+ # For future use:
+ #
+ # in list ctx:
+ # my ($sql, \@bind, \%dbi_bind_attrs) = _select_args_to_query (...)
+ # $sql also has no wrapping parenthesis in list ctx
+ #
+ my $sqlbind = $self->result_source->storage
+ ->_select_args_to_query ($attrs->{from}, $attrs->{select}, $attrs->{where}, $attrs);
+
+ return $sqlbind;
+}
=head2 find_or_new
my $self = shift;
my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
my $hash = ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ? shift : {@_};
- my $exists = $self->find($hash, $attrs);
- return defined $exists ? $exists : $self->new_result($hash);
+ if (keys %$hash and my $row = $self->find($hash, $attrs) ) {
+ return $row;
+ }
+ return $self->new_result($hash);
}
=head2 create
can also be passed an object representing the foreign row, and the
value will be set to its primary key.
-To create related objects, pass a hashref for the value if the related
-item is a foreign key relationship (L<DBIx::Class::Relationship/belongs_to>),
-and use the name of the relationship as the key. (NOT the name of the field,
-necessarily). For C<has_many> and C<has_one> relationships, pass an arrayref
-of hashrefs containing the data for each of the rows to create in the foreign
-tables, again using the relationship name as the key.
+To create related objects, pass a hashref of related-object column values
+B<keyed on the relationship name>. If the relationship is of type C<multi>
+(L<DBIx::Class::Relationship/has_many>) - pass an arrayref of hashrefs.
+The process will correctly identify columns holding foreign keys, and will
+transparrently populate them from the keys of the corresponding relation.
+This can be applied recursively, and will work correctly for a structure
+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
name=>"Some Person",
email=>"somebody@someplace.com"
});
-
+
Example of creating a new row and also creating rows in a related C<has_many>
or C<has_one> resultset. Note Arrayref.
$artist_rs->create(
- { artistid => 4, name => 'Manufactured Crap', cds => [
+ { artistid => 4, name => 'Manufactured Crap', cds => [
{ title => 'My First CD', year => 2006 },
{ title => 'Yet More Tweeny-Pop crap', year => 2007 },
],
=back
$cd->cd_to_producer->find_or_create({ producer => $producer },
- { key => 'primary });
+ { key => 'primary' });
Tries to find a record based on its primary key or unique constraints; if none
is found, creates one and returns that instead.
my $self = shift;
my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
my $hash = ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ? shift : {@_};
- my $exists = $self->find($hash, $attrs);
- return defined $exists ? $exists : $self->create($hash);
+ if (keys %$hash and my $row = $self->find($hash, $attrs) ) {
+ return $row;
+ }
+ return $self->create($hash);
}
=head2 update_or_create
{ key => 'cd_artist_title' }
);
- $cd->cd_to_producer->update_or_create({
- producer => $producer,
+ $cd->cd_to_producer->update_or_create({
+ producer => $producer,
name => 'harry',
- }, {
+ }, {
key => 'primary,
});
$self->{related_resultsets} ||= {};
return $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel} ||= do {
- my $rel_obj = $self->result_source->relationship_info($rel);
+ my $rel_info = $self->result_source->relationship_info($rel);
$self->throw_exception(
"search_related: result source '" . $self->result_source->source_name .
"' has no such relationship $rel")
- unless $rel_obj;
-
- my ($from,$seen) = $self->_resolve_from($rel);
+ unless $rel_info;
+
+ my ($from,$seen) = $self->_chain_relationship($rel);
my $join_count = $seen->{$rel};
my $alias = ($join_count > 1 ? join('_', $rel, $join_count) : $rel);
return ($self->{attrs} || {})->{alias} || 'me';
}
-sub _resolve_from {
- my ($self, $extra_join) = @_;
+# This code is called by search_related, and makes sure there
+# is clear separation between the joins before, during, and
+# after the relationship. This information is needed later
+# in order to properly resolve prefetch aliases (any alias
+# with a relation_chain_depth less than the depth of the
+# current prefetch is not considered)
+#
+# The increments happen in 1/2s to make it easier to correlate the
+# join depth with the join path. An integer means a relationship
+# specified via a search_related, whereas a fraction means an added
+# join/prefetch via attributes
+sub _chain_relationship {
+ my ($self, $rel) = @_;
my $source = $self->result_source;
my $attrs = $self->{attrs};
-
- my $from = $attrs->{from}
- || [ { $attrs->{alias} => $source->from } ];
-
- my $seen = { %{$attrs->{seen_join}||{}} };
- my $join = ($attrs->{join}
- ? [ $attrs->{join}, $extra_join ]
- : $extra_join);
+ my $from = [ @{
+ $attrs->{from}
+ ||
+ [{
+ -source_handle => $source->handle,
+ -alias => $attrs->{alias},
+ $attrs->{alias} => $source->from,
+ }]
+ }];
+
+ my $seen = { %{$attrs->{seen_join} || {} } };
+ my $jpath = ($attrs->{seen_join} && keys %{$attrs->{seen_join}})
+ ? $from->[-1][0]{-join_path}
+ : [];
+
+
+ # we need to take the prefetch the attrs into account before we
+ # ->_resolve_join as otherwise they get lost - captainL
+ my $merged = $self->_merge_attr( $attrs->{join}, $attrs->{prefetch} );
+
+ my @requested_joins = $source->_resolve_join(
+ $merged,
+ $attrs->{alias},
+ $seen,
+ $jpath,
+ );
+
+ push @$from, @requested_joins;
+
+ $seen->{-relation_chain_depth} += 0.5;
+
+ # if $self already had a join/prefetch specified on it, the requested
+ # $rel might very well be already included. What we do in this case
+ # is effectively a no-op (except that we bump up the chain_depth on
+ # the join in question so we could tell it *is* the search_related)
+ my $already_joined;
+
+
+ # we consider the last one thus reverse
+ for my $j (reverse @requested_joins) {
+ if ($rel eq $j->[0]{-join_path}[-1]) {
+ $j->[0]{-relation_chain_depth} += 0.5;
+ $already_joined++;
+ last;
+ }
+ }
- # we need to take the prefetch the attrs into account before we
- # ->resolve_join as otherwise they get lost - captainL
- my $merged = $self->_merge_attr( $join, $attrs->{prefetch} );
+# alternative way to scan the entire chain - not backwards compatible
+# for my $j (reverse @$from) {
+# next unless ref $j eq 'ARRAY';
+# if ($j->[0]{-join_path} && $j->[0]{-join_path}[-1] eq $rel) {
+# $j->[0]{-relation_chain_depth} += 0.5;
+# $already_joined++;
+# last;
+# }
+# }
- $from = [
- @$from,
- ($join ? $source->resolve_join($merged, $attrs->{alias}, $seen) : ()),
- ];
+ unless ($already_joined) {
+ push @$from, $source->_resolve_join(
+ $rel,
+ $attrs->{alias},
+ $seen,
+ $jpath,
+ );
+ }
+
+ $seen->{-relation_chain_depth} += 0.5;
return ($from,$seen);
}
+# too many times we have to do $attrs = { %{$self->_resolved_attrs} }
+sub _resolved_attrs_copy {
+ my $self = shift;
+ return { %{$self->_resolved_attrs (@_)} };
+}
+
sub _resolved_attrs {
my $self = shift;
return $self->{_attrs} if $self->{_attrs};
# build columns (as long as select isn't set) into a set of as/select hashes
unless ( $attrs->{select} ) {
@colbits = map {
- ( ref($_) eq 'HASH' ) ? $_
- : {
- (
- /^\Q${alias}.\E(.+)$/ ? $1
- : $_
- ) => ( /\./ ? $_ : "${alias}.$_" )
+ ( ref($_) eq 'HASH' )
+ ? $_
+ : {
+ (
+ /^\Q${alias}.\E(.+)$/
+ ? "$1"
+ : "$_"
+ )
+ =>
+ (
+ /\./
+ ? "$_"
+ : "${alias}.$_"
+ )
}
} ( ref($attrs->{columns}) eq 'ARRAY' ) ? @{ delete $attrs->{columns}} : (delete $attrs->{columns} || $source->columns );
}
push( @{ $attrs->{as} }, @$adds );
}
- $attrs->{from} ||= [ { $self->{attrs}{alias} => $source->from } ];
+ $attrs->{from} ||= [ {
+ -source_handle => $source->handle,
+ -alias => $self->{attrs}{alias},
+ $self->{attrs}{alias} => $source->from,
+ } ];
+
+ if ( $attrs->{join} || $attrs->{prefetch} ) {
+
+ $self->throw_exception ('join/prefetch can not be used with a literal scalarref {from}')
+ if ref $attrs->{from} ne 'ARRAY';
- if ( exists $attrs->{join} || exists $attrs->{prefetch} ) {
my $join = delete $attrs->{join} || {};
if ( defined $attrs->{prefetch} ) {
$join = $self->_merge_attr( $join, $attrs->{prefetch} );
-
}
$attrs->{from} = # have to copy here to avoid corrupting the original
[
- @{ $attrs->{from} },
- $source->resolve_join(
- $join, $alias, { %{ $attrs->{seen_join} || {} } }
- )
+ @{ $attrs->{from} },
+ $source->_resolve_join(
+ $join,
+ $alias,
+ { %{ $attrs->{seen_join} || {} } },
+ ($attrs->{seen_join} && keys %{$attrs->{seen_join}})
+ ? $attrs->{from}[-1][0]{-join_path}
+ : []
+ ,
+ )
];
-
}
- $attrs->{group_by} ||= $attrs->{select}
- if delete $attrs->{distinct};
- if ( $attrs->{order_by} ) {
+ if ( defined $attrs->{order_by} ) {
$attrs->{order_by} = (
ref( $attrs->{order_by} ) eq 'ARRAY'
? [ @{ $attrs->{order_by} } ]
- : [ $attrs->{order_by} ]
+ : [ $attrs->{order_by} || () ]
);
}
- else {
- $attrs->{order_by} = [];
+
+ if ($attrs->{group_by} and ref $attrs->{group_by} ne 'ARRAY') {
+ $attrs->{group_by} = [ $attrs->{group_by} ];
+ }
+
+ # generate the distinct induced group_by early, as prefetch will be carried via a
+ # subquery (since a group_by is present)
+ if (delete $attrs->{distinct}) {
+ $attrs->{group_by} ||= [ grep { !ref($_) || (ref($_) ne 'HASH') } @{$attrs->{select}} ];
}
- my $collapse = $attrs->{collapse} || {};
+ $attrs->{collapse} ||= {};
if ( my $prefetch = delete $attrs->{prefetch} ) {
$prefetch = $self->_merge_attr( {}, $prefetch );
- my @pre_order;
- my $seen = { %{ $attrs->{seen_join} || {} } };
- foreach my $p ( ref $prefetch eq 'ARRAY' ? @$prefetch : ($prefetch) ) {
-
- # bring joins back to level of current class
- my @prefetch =
- $source->resolve_prefetch( $p, $alias, $seen, \@pre_order, $collapse );
- push( @{ $attrs->{select} }, map { $_->[0] } @prefetch );
- push( @{ $attrs->{as} }, map { $_->[1] } @prefetch );
- }
- push( @{ $attrs->{order_by} }, @pre_order );
+
+ my $prefetch_ordering = [];
+
+ my $join_map = $self->_joinpath_aliases ($attrs->{from}, $attrs->{seen_join});
+
+ my @prefetch =
+ $source->_resolve_prefetch( $prefetch, $alias, $join_map, $prefetch_ordering, $attrs->{collapse} );
+
+ # we need to somehow mark which columns came from prefetch
+ $attrs->{_prefetch_select} = [ map { $_->[0] } @prefetch ];
+
+ push @{ $attrs->{select} }, @{$attrs->{_prefetch_select}};
+ push @{ $attrs->{as} }, (map { $_->[1] } @prefetch);
+
+ push( @{$attrs->{order_by}}, @$prefetch_ordering );
+ $attrs->{_collapse_order_by} = \@$prefetch_ordering;
}
- $attrs->{collapse} = $collapse;
- if ( $attrs->{page} ) {
- $attrs->{offset} ||= 0;
- $attrs->{offset} += ( $attrs->{rows} * ( $attrs->{page} - 1 ) );
+ # if both page and offset are specified, produce a combined offset
+ # even though it doesn't make much sense, this is what pre 081xx has
+ # been doing
+ if (my $page = delete $attrs->{page}) {
+ $attrs->{offset} =
+ ($attrs->{rows} * ($page - 1))
+ +
+ ($attrs->{offset} || 0)
+ ;
}
return $self->{_attrs} = $attrs;
}
+sub _joinpath_aliases {
+ my ($self, $fromspec, $seen) = @_;
+
+ my $paths = {};
+ return $paths unless ref $fromspec eq 'ARRAY';
+
+ my $cur_depth = $seen->{-relation_chain_depth} || 0;
+
+ if (int ($cur_depth) != $cur_depth) {
+ $self->throw_exception ("-relation_chain_depth is not an integer, something went horribly wrong ($cur_depth)");
+ }
+
+ for my $j (@$fromspec) {
+
+ next if ref $j ne 'ARRAY';
+ next if ($j->[0]{-relation_chain_depth} || 0) < $cur_depth;
+
+ my $jpath = $j->[0]{-join_path};
+
+ my $p = $paths;
+ $p = $p->{$_} ||= {} for @{$jpath}[$cur_depth .. $#$jpath];
+ push @{$p->{-join_aliases} }, $j->[0]{-alias};
+ }
+
+ return $paths;
+}
+
sub _rollout_attr {
my ($self, $attr) = @_;
-
+
if (ref $attr eq 'HASH') {
return $self->_rollout_hash($attr);
} elsif (ref $attr eq 'ARRAY') {
}
} else {
return ($a eq $b_key) ? 1 : 0;
- }
+ }
} else {
if (ref $a eq 'HASH') {
my ($a_key) = keys %{$a};
return $import unless defined($orig);
return $orig unless defined($import);
-
+
$orig = $self->_rollout_attr($orig);
$import = $self->_rollout_attr($import);
=back
-Which column(s) to order the results by. If a single column name, or
-an arrayref of names is supplied, the argument is passed through
-directly to SQL. The hashref syntax allows for connection-agnostic
-specification of ordering direction:
+Which column(s) to order the results by.
+
+[The full list of suitable values is documented in
+L<SQL::Abstract/"ORDER BY CLAUSES">; the following is a summary of
+common options.]
+
+If a single column name, or an arrayref of names is supplied, the
+argument is passed through directly to SQL. The hashref syntax allows
+for connection-agnostic specification of ordering direction:
For descending order:
}
);
-You need to use the relationship (not the table) name in conditions,
-because they are aliased as such. The current table is aliased as "me", so
+You need to use the relationship (not the table) name in conditions,
+because they are aliased as such. The current table is aliased as "me", so
you need to use me.column_name in order to avoid ambiguity. For example:
- # Get CDs from 1984 with a 'Foo' track
+ # Get CDs from 1984 with a 'Foo' track
my $rs = $schema->resultset('CD')->search(
- {
+ {
'me.year' => 1984,
'tracks.name' => 'Foo'
},
{ join => 'tracks' }
);
-
+
If the same join is supplied twice, it will be aliased to <rel>_2 (and
similarly for a third time). For e.g.
case.
Simple prefetches will be joined automatically, so there is no need
-for a C<join> attribute in the above search.
+for a C<join> attribute in the above search.
C<prefetch> can be used with the following relationship types: C<belongs_to>,
C<has_one> (or if you're using C<add_relationship>, any relationship declared
with an accessor type of 'single' or 'filter'). A more complex example that
-prefetches an artists cds, the tracks on those cds, and the tags associted
+prefetches an artists cds, the tracks on those cds, and the tags associted
with that artist is given below (assuming many-to-many from artists to tags):
my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search(
]
}
);
-
+
B<NOTE:> If you specify a C<prefetch> attribute, the C<join> and C<select>
attributes will be ignored.
+B<CAVEATs>: Prefetch does a lot of deep magic. As such, it may not behave
+exactly as you might expect.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Prefetch uses the L</cache> to populate the prefetched relationships. This
+may or may not be what you want.
+
+=item *
+
+If you specify a condition on a prefetched relationship, ONLY those
+rows that match the prefetched condition will be fetched into that relationship.
+This means that adding prefetch to a search() B<may alter> what is returned by
+traversing a relationship. So, if you have C<< Artist->has_many(CDs) >> and you do
+
+ my $artist_rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search({
+ 'cds.year' => 2008,
+ }, {
+ join => 'cds',
+ });
+
+ my $count = $artist_rs->first->cds->count;
+
+ my $artist_rs_prefetch = $artist_rs->search( {}, { prefetch => 'cds' } );
+
+ my $prefetch_count = $artist_rs_prefetch->first->cds->count;
+
+ cmp_ok( $count, '==', $prefetch_count, "Counts should be the same" );
+
+that cmp_ok() may or may not pass depending on the datasets involved. This
+behavior may or may not survive the 0.09 transition.
+
+=back
+
=head2 page
=over 4
identical to creating a non-pages resultset and then calling ->page($page)
on it.
-If L<rows> attribute is not specified it defualts to 10 rows per page.
+If L<rows> attribute is not specified it defaults to 10 rows per page.
When you have a paged resultset, L</count> will only return the number
of rows in the page. To get the total, use the L</pager> and call
# SELECT child.* FROM person child
# INNER JOIN person father ON child.father_id = father.id
-If you need to express really complex joins or you need a subselect, you
+You can select from a subquery by passing a resultset to from as follows.
+
+ $schema->resultset('Artist')->search(
+ undef,
+ { alias => 'artist2',
+ from => [ { artist2 => $artist_rs->as_query } ],
+ } );
+
+ # and you'll get sql like this..
+ # SELECT artist2.artistid, artist2.name, artist2.rank, artist2.charfield FROM
+ # ( SELECT me.artistid, me.name, me.rank, me.charfield FROM artists me ) artist2
+
+If you need to express really complex joins, you
can supply literal SQL to C<from> via a scalar reference. In this case
-the contents of the scalar will replace the table name asscoiated with the
+the contents of the scalar will replace the table name associated with the
resultsource.
WARNING: This technique might very well not work as expected on chained
$table = $rs->result_source->name;
$latest = $rs->search (
undef,
- { from => \ "
- (SELECT e1.* FROM $table e1
- JOIN $table e2
- ON e1.location = e2.location
- AND e1.sequence < e2.sequence
- WHERE e2.sequence is NULL
+ { from => \ "
+ (SELECT e1.* FROM $table e1
+ JOIN $table e2
+ ON e1.location = e2.location
+ AND e1.sequence < e2.sequence
+ WHERE e2.sequence is NULL
) me",
},
);