testing a very basic CD database using SQLite, with DBIx::Class::Schema
as the database frontend.
-The database consists of the following:
-
- table 'artist' with columns: artistid, name
- table 'cd' with columns: cdid, artist, title
- table 'track' with columns: trackid, cd, title
+The database structure is based on the following rules:
+ An artist can have many cds, and each cd belongs to just one artist.
+ A cd can have many tracks, and each track belongs to just one cd.
-And these rules exists:
+The database is implemented with the following:
- one artist can have many cds
- one cd belongs to one artist
- one cd can have many tracks
- one track belongs to one cd
+ table 'artist' with columns: artistid, name
+ table 'cd' with columns: cdid, artistid, title, year
+ table 'track' with columns: trackid, cdid, title
+Each of the table's first columns is the primary key; any subsequent
+keys are foreign keys.
=head2 Installation
=head3 Create the database/tables
-First, create the database directory, then get into that directory, as
-we'll create the database there:
+First, create the database directory under the application directory,
+then get into that directory, as we'll create the database there:
mkdir app
mkdir app/db
cd app/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 in the directory app/db
+Save the following into a file called example.sql:
CREATE TABLE artist (
artistid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
CREATE TABLE cd (
cdid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
artist INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES artist(artistid),
- title TEXT NOT NULL
+ title TEXT NOT NULL,
+ year TEXT
);
CREATE TABLE track (
title TEXT NOT NULL
);
-and create the SQLite database file:
+Now create the SQLite database using that file:
sqlite3 example.db < example.sql
=head3 Set up DBIx::Class::Schema
-Change directory back from db to the directory app:
+Go back to the app/ directory:
cd ../
-Now we'll create some more directories for the classes:
-
- mkdir MyApp
- mkdir MyApp/Schema
- mkdir MyApp/Schema/Result
-
-Create the following DBIx::Class::Schema classes:
-
-MyApp/Schema.pm:
-
- package MyApp::Schema;
- use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/;
- __PACKAGE__->load_namespaces;
-
- 1;
-
-
-MyApp/Schema/Result/Artist.pm:
-
- package MyApp::Schema::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' => 'MyApp::Schema::Result::Cd');
-
- 1;
-
-
-MyApp/Schema/Result/Cd.pm:
-
- package MyApp::Schema::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' => 'MyApp::Schema::Result::Artist');
- __PACKAGE__->has_many('tracks' => 'MyApp::Schema::Result::Track');
-
- 1;
-
-
-MyApp/Schema/Result/Track.pm:
-
- package MyApp::Schema::Result::Track;
- use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
- __PACKAGE__->table('track');
- __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/ trackid cd title /);
- __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('trackid');
- __PACKAGE__->belongs_to('cd' => 'MyApp::Schema::Result::Cd');
+Now copy the examples/Schema/MyApp directory to this directory.
- 1;
+=head3 Populate the database
-
-=head3 Write a script to insert some records
-
-This script should be created in the app/ directory, since it access the
-database in the app/db directory.
-
-insertdb.pl:
-
- #!/usr/bin/perl
-
- use strict;
- use warnings;
-
- use MyApp::Schema;
-
- my $schema = MyApp::Schema->connect('dbi:SQLite:db/example.db');
-
- my @artists = (['Michael Jackson'], ['Eminem']);
- $schema->populate('Artist', [
- [qw/name/],
- @artists,
- ]);
-
- my %albums = (
- 'Thriller' => 'Michael Jackson',
- 'Bad' => 'Michael Jackson',
- 'The Marshall Mathers LP' => 'Eminem',
- );
-
- my @cds;
- foreach my $lp (keys %albums) {
- my $artist = $schema->resultset('Artist')->find({
- name => $albums{$lp}
- });
- push @cds, [$lp, $artist->id];
- }
-
- $schema->populate('Cd', [
- [qw/title artist/],
- @cds,
- ]);
-
-
- my %tracks = (
- 'Beat It' => 'Thriller',
- 'Billie Jean' => 'Thriller',
- 'Dirty Diana' => 'Bad',
- 'Smooth Criminal' => 'Bad',
- 'Leave Me Alone' => 'Bad',
- 'Stan' => 'The Marshall Mathers LP',
- 'The Way I Am' => 'The Marshall Mathers LP',
- );
-
- my @tracks;
- foreach my $track (keys %tracks) {
- my $cdname = $schema->resultset('Cd')->find({
- title => $tracks{$track},
- });
- push @tracks, [$cdname->id, $track];
- }
-
- $schema->populate('Track',[
- [qw/cd title/],
- @tracks,
- ]);
-
-Once created, this script should be run once to fill the database with
-the required data for the following test script.
+Run the script insertdb.pl, which will fill the database with the
+required data for the following test script.
=head3 Create and run the test scripts
-Like the previous script, this script should also be create in the app/
-directory.
-
-testdb.pl:
-
- #!/usr/bin/perl
-
- use strict;
- use warnings;
-
- use MyApp::Schema;
-
- my $schema = MyApp::Schema->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');
- get_tracks_by_artist('Michael Jackson');
-
- get_cd_by_track('Stan');
- get_cds_by_artist('Michael Jackson');
-
- get_artist_by_track('Dirty Diana');
- get_artist_by_cd('The Marshall Mathers LP');
-
-
- sub get_tracks_by_cd {
- my $cdtitle = shift;
- print "get_tracks_by_cd($cdtitle):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Track')->search(
- {
- 'cd.title' => $cdtitle
- },
- {
- join => [qw/ cd /],
- }
- );
- while (my $track = $rs->next) {
- print $track->title . "\n";
- }
- print "\n";
- }
-
- sub get_tracks_by_artist {
- my $artistname = shift;
- print "get_tracks_by_artist($artistname):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Track')->search(
- {
- 'artist.name' => $artistname
- },
- {
- join => {
- 'cd' => 'artist'
- },
- }
- );
- while (my $track = $rs->next) {
- print $track->title . " (from the CD '" . $track->cd->title
- . "')\n";
- }
- print "\n";
- }
-
-
- sub get_cd_by_track {
- my $tracktitle = shift;
- print "get_cd_by_track($tracktitle):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Cd')->search(
- {
- 'tracks.title' => $tracktitle
- },
- {
- join => [qw/ tracks /],
- }
- );
- my $cd = $rs->first;
- print $cd->title . " has the track '$tracktitle'.\n\n";
- }
-
- sub get_cds_by_artist {
- my $artistname = shift;
- print "get_cds_by_artist($artistname):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Cd')->search(
- {
- 'artist.name' => $artistname
- },
- {
- join => [qw/ artist /],
- }
- );
- while (my $cd = $rs->next) {
- print $cd->title . "\n";
- }
- print "\n";
- }
-
-
-
- sub get_artist_by_track {
- my $tracktitle = shift;
- print "get_artist_by_track($tracktitle):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search(
- {
- 'tracks.title' => $tracktitle
- },
- {
- join => {
- 'cds' => 'tracks'
- }
- }
- );
- my $artist = $rs->first;
- print $artist->name . " recorded the track '$tracktitle'.\n\n";
- }
-
- sub get_artist_by_cd {
- my $cdtitle = shift;
- print "get_artist_by_cd($cdtitle):\n";
- my $rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search(
- {
- 'cds.title' => $cdtitle
- },
- {
- join => [qw/ cds /],
- }
- );
- my $artist = $rs->first;
- print $artist->name . " recorded the CD '$cdtitle'.\n\n";
- }
-
-
+Run the script testdb.pl, which will test that the database has
+successfully been filled.
When this script is run, it should output the following:
Dirty Diana
get_tracks_by_artist(Michael Jackson):
- Billie Jean (from the CD 'Thriller')
- Leave Me Alone (from the CD 'Bad')
- Smooth Criminal (from the CD 'Bad')
- Beat It (from the CD 'Thriller')
- Dirty Diana (from the CD 'Bad')
+ Billie Jean
+ Leave Me Alone
+ Smooth Criminal
+ Beat It
+ Dirty Diana
get_cd_by_track(Stan):
- The Marshall Mathers LP has the track 'Stan'.
+ The Marshall Mathers LP
get_cds_by_artist(Michael Jackson):
Thriller
Bad
get_artist_by_track(Dirty Diana):
- Michael Jackson recorded the track 'Dirty Diana'.
+ Michael Jackson
get_artist_by_cd(The Marshall Mathers LP):
- Eminem recorded the CD 'The Marshall Mathers LP'.
+ Eminem
=head3 Discussion about the results