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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use lib qw(t/lib);
+use DBICTest;
+
+my ($dsn, $user, $pass) = @ENV{map { "DBICTEST_ORA_${_}" } qw/DSN USER PASS/};
+
+eval "use DateTime; use DateTime::Format::Oracle;";
+if ($@) {
+ plan skip_all => 'needs DateTime and DateTime::Format::Oracle for testing';
+}
+elsif (not ($dsn && $user && $pass)) {
+ plan skip_all => 'Set $ENV{DBICTEST_ORA_DSN}, _USER and _PASS to run this test. ' .
+ 'Warning: This test drops and creates a table called \'track\'';
+}
+else {
+ plan tests => 4;
+}
+
+# DateTime::Format::Oracle needs this set
+$ENV{NLS_DATE_FORMAT} = 'DD-MON-YY';
+
+my $schema = DBICTest::Schema->connect($dsn, $user, $pass);
+
+# Need to redefine the last_updated_on column
+my $col_metadata = $schema->class('Track')->column_info('last_updated_on');
+$schema->class('Track')->add_column( 'last_updated_on' => {
+ data_type => 'date' });
+
+my $dbh = $schema->storage->dbh;
+
+eval {
+ $dbh->do("DROP TABLE track");
+};
+$dbh->do("CREATE TABLE track (trackid NUMBER(12), cd NUMBER(12), position NUMBER(12), title VARCHAR(255), last_updated_on DATE)");
+
+# insert a row to play with
+my $new = $schema->resultset('Track')->create({ trackid => 1, cd => 1, position => 1, title => 'Track1', last_updated_on => '06-MAY-07' });
+is($new->trackid, 1, "insert sucessful");
+
+my $track = $schema->resultset('Track')->find( 1 );
+
+is( ref($track->last_updated_on), 'DateTime', "last_updated_on inflated ok");
+
+is( $track->last_updated_on->month, 5, "DateTime methods work on inflated column");
+
+my $dt = DateTime->now();
+$track->last_updated_on($dt);
+$track->update;
+
+is( $track->last_updated_on->month, $dt->month, "deflate ok");
+
+# clean up our mess
+END {
+ # Set the metadata back for the last_updated_on column
+ $schema->class('Track')->add_column( 'last_updated_on' => $col_metadata );
+
+ if($dbh) {
+ $dbh->do("DROP TABLE track");
+ }
+}
+