NAME

Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI - Database interface wrapper

SYNOPSIS

  my $obj = $c->plugin('DBI')->method( ... );     # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI->method()

    or

  $c->plugin('DBI')->method( ... );

DESCRIPTION

A database independent interface that gives your application universal support across many databases including MySQL, PostGRe, and Oracle. Also supports many common flat file formats.

PREREQUISITES

This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed:

  Apache2::WebApp
  Apache::DBI
  DBI
  Params::Validate

INSTALLATION

From source:

  $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-DBI-0.X.X.tar.gz
  $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib
  $ make
  $ make test
  $ make install

Perl one liner using CPAN.pm:

  $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI'

Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode:

  $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
  cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI
  cpan> quit

Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory.

CONFIGURATION

Unless it already exists, add the following to your projects webapp.conf

  [database]
  driver      = mysql
  host        = localhost
  name        = database
  user        = foo
  password    = bar
  auto_commit = 0

OBJECT METHODS

connect

Make a new database connection.

  my $dbh = $c->plugin('DBH')->connect({
      driver    => 'mysql',
      host      => 'localhost',
      name      => 'database',
      user      => 'bar',
      password  => 'baz',
      commit    => 1 || 0,
    });

  my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FR..");

SEE ALSO

Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Apache::DBI, DBI

AUTHOR

Marc S. Brooks, <mbrooks@cpan.org> - http://mbrooks.info

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html