initial merge of Schwern's CDBICompat work, with many thanks

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / Storage / DBI.pm

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
index f676ec1..af2431e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
@@ -1027,6 +1027,9 @@ sub _select {
   } else {
     $self->throw_exception("rows attribute must be positive if present")
       if (defined($attrs->{rows}) && !($attrs->{rows} > 0));
+
+    # MySQL actually recommends this approach.  I cringe.
+    $attrs->{rows} = 2**48 if not defined $attrs->{rows} and defined $attrs->{offset};
     push @args, $attrs->{rows}, $attrs->{offset};
   }
   return $self->_execute(@args);