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-=item * Prefetch uses the cache to populate the prefetched relationships. This
+=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
+=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<Foo->has_many(Bar)> and you do
+traversing a relationship. So, if you have C<Artist->has_many(CDs)> and you do
- my $foo_rs = Foo->search({
- 'bars.col1' => $value,
+ my $artist_rs = $schema->resultset('Artist')->search({
+ 'cds.year' => 2008,
}, {
- join => 'bars',
+ join => 'cds',
});
- my $count = $foo_rs->first->bars->count;
+ my $count = $artist_rs->first->cds->count;
- my $foo_rs_prefetch = $foo_rs->search( {}, { prefetch => 'bars' } );
+ my $artist_rs_prefetch = $artist_rs->search( {}, { prefetch => 'cds' } );
- my $prefetch_count = $foo_rs_prefetch->first->bars->count;
+ my $prefetch_count = $artist_rs_prefetch->first->cds->count;
cmp_ok( $count, '==', $prefetch_count, "Counts should be the same" );