NAME

Fey::Column::Alias - Represents an alias for a column

SYNOPSIS

  my $alias = $user_id_col->alias();

DESCRIPTION

This class represents an alias for a column. Column aliases allow you to use the same column in different ways multiple times in a query, which makes certain types of queries simpler to express.

METHODS

Fey::Column::Alias->new()

This method constructs a new Fey::Column::Alias object. It takes the following parameters:

• column - required

  This is the Fey::Column object which we are aliasing.

• alias_name - optional

  This should be a valid column name for your DBMS. If not provided, a unique name is automatically created.

$alias->name()

This returns the name of the column for which this object is an alias.

$alias->alias_name()

Returns the name for this alias.

$alias->type()

$alias->generic_type()

$alias->length()

$alias->precision()

$alias->is_auto_increment()

$alias->is_nullable()

$alias->default()

Returns the specified attribute for the column, just like the Fey::Column methods of the same name.

$alias->table()

Returns the Fey::Table object to which the column alias belongs, if any.

$alias->is_alias()

Always returns false.

$alias->sql()

$alias->sql_with_alias()

$alias->sql_or_alias()

Returns the appropriate SQL snippet for the alias.

$alias->id()

Returns a unique identifier for the column. This method throws an exception if the alias does not belong to a table.

ROLES

This class does the Fey::Role::ColumnLike and Fey::Role::Named roles.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky, <autarch@urth.org>

BUGS

See Fey for details on how to report bugs.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2006-2009 Dave Rolsky, All Rights Reserved.

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