Clearer 'no such rel' errors, correct exception on pkless prefetch

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / ResultSource.pm

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
index b849696..ebe2ff1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ The column names given will be created as accessor methods on your
 L<DBIx::Class::Row> objects. You can change the name of the accessor
 by supplying an L</accessor> in the column_info hash.
 
+If a column name beginning with a plus sign ('+col1') is provided, the
+attributes provided will be merged with any existing attributes for the
+column, with the new attributes taking precedence in the case that an
+attribute already exists. Using this without a hashref 
+(C<< $source->add_columns(qw/+col1 +col2/) >>) is legal, but useless --
+it does the same thing it would do without the plus.
+
 The contents of the column_info are not set in stone. The following
 keys are currently recognised/used by DBIx::Class:
 
@@ -288,9 +295,17 @@ sub add_columns {
   my @added;
   my $columns = $self->_columns;
   while (my $col = shift @cols) {
+    my $column_info = {};
+    if ($col =~ s/^\+//) {
+      $column_info = $self->column_info($col);
+    }
+
     # If next entry is { ... } use that for the column info, if not
     # use an empty hashref
-    my $column_info = ref $cols[0] ? shift(@cols) : {};
+    if (ref $cols[0]) {
+      my $new_info = shift(@cols);
+      %$column_info = (%$column_info, %$new_info);
+    }
     push(@added, $col) unless exists $columns->{$col};
     $columns->{$col} = $column_info;
   }
@@ -465,10 +480,11 @@ called after L</add_columns>.
 Additionally, defines a L<unique constraint|add_unique_constraint>
 named C<primary>.
 
-The primary key columns are used by L<DBIx::Class::PK::Auto> to
-retrieve automatically created values from the database. They are also
-used as default joining columns when specifying relationships, see
-L<DBIx::Class::Relationship>.
+Note: you normally do want to define a primary key on your sources
+B<even if the underlying database table does not have a primary key>.
+See
+L<DBIx::Class::Intro/The Significance and Importance of Primary Keys>
+for more info.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -507,8 +523,8 @@ sub _pri_cols {
   my $self = shift;
   my @pcols = $self->primary_columns
     or $self->throw_exception (sprintf(
-      'Operation requires a primary key to be declared on %s via set_primary_key',
-      ref $self,
+      "Operation requires a primary key to be declared on '%s' via set_primary_key",
+      $self->source_name,
     ));
   return @pcols;
 }
@@ -1226,7 +1242,7 @@ sub _resolve_join {
     for my $rel (keys %$join) {
 
       my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info($rel)
-        or $self->throw_exception("No such relationship ${rel}");
+        or $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel' on " . $self->source_name);
 
       my $force_left = $parent_force_left;
       $force_left ||= lc($rel_info->{attrs}{join_type}||'') eq 'left';
@@ -1256,7 +1272,7 @@ sub _resolve_join {
     );
 
     my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info($join)
-      or $self->throw_exception("No such relationship ${join}");
+      or $self->throw_exception("No such relationship $join on " . $self->source_name);
 
     my $rel_src = $self->related_source($join);
     return [ { $as => $rel_src->from,
@@ -1424,7 +1440,7 @@ sub _resolve_prefetch {
     my $as = shift @{$p->{-join_aliases}};
 
     my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info( $pre );
-    $self->throw_exception( $self->name . " has no such relationship '$pre'" )
+    $self->throw_exception( $self->source_name . " has no such relationship '$pre'" )
       unless $rel_info;
     my $as_prefix = ($alias =~ /^.*?\.(.+)$/ ? $1.'.' : '');
     my $rel_source = $self->related_source($pre);
@@ -1485,7 +1501,7 @@ Returns the result source object for the given relationship.
 sub related_source {
   my ($self, $rel) = @_;
   if( !$self->has_relationship( $rel ) ) {
-    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel'");
+    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel' on " . $self->source_name);
   }
   return $self->schema->source($self->relationship_info($rel)->{source});
 }
@@ -1507,7 +1523,7 @@ Returns the class name for objects in the given relationship.
 sub related_class {
   my ($self, $rel) = @_;
   if( !$self->has_relationship( $rel ) ) {
-    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel'");
+    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel' on " . $self->source_name);
   }
   return $self->schema->class($self->relationship_info($rel)->{source});
 }