=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This portion of the tutorial explores L<HTML::FormHandler|HTML::FormHandler> and
-how it can be used to manage forms, perform validation of form input,
-as well as save and restore data to/from the database. This was written
-using HTML::FormHandler version 0.28001.
+This portion of the tutorial explores
+L<HTML::FormHandler|HTML::FormHandler> and how it can be used to manage
+forms, perform validation of form input, and save and restore data
+to or from the database. This was written using HTML::FormHandler version
+0.28001.
See
L<Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::09_AdvancedCRUD|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::09_AdvancedCRUD>
sudo cpan HTML::FormHandler::Model::DBIC
-It will install L<HTML::FormHandler> as a prereq.
+It will install L<HTML::FormHandler> as a prerequisite.
-Also add:
+Also, add:
requires 'HTML::FormHandler::Model::DBIC';
=head2 Using FormHandler in your controllers
-FormHandler doen't have a Catalyst base controller, because interfacing
+FormHandler dosen't have a Catalyst base controller, because interfacing
to a form is only a couple of lines of code.
=head2 Create a Book Form
has_field 'rating' => ( type => 'Integer', range_start => 1, range_end => 5 );
The 'authors' relationship is a 'many-to-many' pseudo-relation, so this field
-can be set to Multiple to allow the selection of multiple authors and make it
+can be set to Multiple to allow the selection of multiple authors; also, make it
required:
has_field 'authors' => ( type => 'Multiple', label_column => 'last_name',
required => 1 );
-Note: FormHandler automatically strips whitespace at the beginning or end of fields.
-If you want some other kind of stripping (or none) you can specify it explicitly.
-(see L<HTML::FormHandler::Manual>)
+Note: FormHandler automatically strips whitespace at the beginning and
+end of fields. If you want some other kind of stripping (or none) you
+can specify it explicitly; see L<HTML::FormHandler::Manual>.
=head2 Try Out the Updated Form