NAME
DBIx::RunSQL - run SQL from a file
SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use lib 'lib';
use DBIx::RunSQL;
my $test_dbh = DBIx::RunSQL->create(
dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=:memory:',
sql => 'sql/create.sql',
force => 1,
verbose => 1,
);
... # run your tests with a DB setup fresh from setup.sql
METHODS
DBIx::RunSQL->create ARGS
DBIx::RunSQL->run ARGS
Runs the SQL commands and returns the database handle. In list context,
it returns the database handle and the suggested exit code.
* sql - name of the file containing the SQL statements
The default is sql/create.sql
If sql is a reference to a glob or a filehandle, the SQL will be read
from that. not implemented
If sql is undefined, the $::DATA or the 0 filehandle will be read
until exhaustion. not implemented
This allows one to create SQL-as-programs as follows:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w -MDBIx::RunSQL -e 'create()'
create table ...
If you want to run SQL statements from a scalar, you can simply pass
in a reference to a scalar containing the SQL:
sql => \"update mytable set foo='bar';",
* dsn, user, password - DBI parameters for connecting to the DB
* dbh - a premade database handle to be used instead of dsn
* force - continue even if errors are encountered
* verbose - print each SQL statement as it is run
* verbose_handler - callback to call with each SQL statement instead
of print
* verbose_fh - filehandle to write to instead of STDOUT
DBIx::RunSQL->run_sql_file ARGS
my $dbh = DBI->connect(...)
for my $file (sort glob '*.sql') {
DBIx::RunSQL->run_sql_file(
verbose => 1,
dbh => $dbh,
sql => $file,
);
};
Runs an SQL file on a prepared database handle. Returns the number of
errors encountered.
If the statement returns rows, these are printed separated with tabs.
* dbh - a premade database handle
* sql - name of the file containing the SQL statements
* force - continue even if errors are encountered
* verbose - print each SQL statement as it is run
* verbose_handler - callback to call with each SQL statement instead
of print
* verbose_fh - filehandle to write to instead of STDOUT
* output_bool - whether to exit with a nonzero exit code if any row
is found
This makes the function return a nonzero value even if there is no
error but a row was found.
* output_string - whether to output the (one) row and column, without
any headers
DBIx::RunSQL->run_sql ARGS
my $dbh = DBI->connect(...)
for my $file (sort glob '*.sql') {
DBIx::RunSQL->run_sql_file(
verbose => 1,
dbh => $dbh,
sql => 'create table foo',
);
};
Runs an SQL string on a prepared database handle. Returns the number of
errors encountered.
If the statement returns rows, these are printed separated with tabs,
but see the output_bool and output_string options.
* dbh - a premade database handle
* sql - string or array reference containing the SQL statements
* force - continue even if errors are encountered
* verbose - print each SQL statement as it is run
* verbose_handler - callback to call with each SQL statement instead
of print
* verbose_fh - filehandle to write to instead of STDOUT
* output_bool - whether to exit with a nonzero exit code if any row
is found
This makes the function return a nonzero value even if there is no
error but a row was found.
* output_string - whether to output the (one) row and column, without
any headers
DBIx::RunSQL->format_results %options
my $sth= $dbh->prepare( 'select * from foo' );
$sth->execute();
print DBIx::RunSQL->format_results( sth => $sth );
Executes $sth->fetchall_arrayref and returns the results either as tab
separated string or formatted using Text::Table if the module is
available.
If you find yourself using this often to create reports, you may really
want to look at Querylet instead.
* sth - the executed statement handle
* formatter - if you want to force tab or Text::Table usage, you can
do it through that parameter. In fact, the module will use anything
other than tab as the class name and assume that the interface is
compatible to Text::Table.
Note that the query results are returned as one large string, so you
really do not want to run this for large(r) result sets.
DBIx::RunSQL->split_sql ARGS
my @statements= DBIx::RunSQL->split_sql( <<'SQL');
create table foo (name varchar(64));
create trigger foo_insert on foo before insert;
new.name= 'foo-'||old.name;
end;
insert into foo name values ('bar');
SQL
# Returns three elements
This is a helper subroutine to split a sequence of
(semicolon-newline-delimited) SQL statements into separate statements.
It is documented because it is not a very smart subroutine and you
might want to override or replace it. It might also be useful outside
the context of DBIx::RunSQL if you need to split up a large blob of SQL
statements into smaller pieces.
The subroutine needs the whole sequence of SQL statements in memory. If
you are attempting to restore a large SQL dump backup into your
database, this approach might not be suitable.
PROGRAMMER USAGE
This module abstracts away the "run these SQL statements to set up your
database" into a module. In some situations you want to give the setup
SQL to a database admin, but in other situations, for example testing,
you want to run the SQL statements against an in-memory database. This
module abstracts away the reading of SQL from a file and allows for
various command line parameters to be passed in. A skeleton
create-db.sql looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use lib 'lib';
use DBIx::RunSQL;
my $exitcode = DBIx::RunSQL->handle_command_line('myapp');
exit $exitcode;
=head1 NAME
create-db.pl - Create the database
=head1 ABSTRACT
This sets up the database. The following
options are recognized:
=over 4
=item C<--user> USERNAME
=item C<--password> PASSWORD
=item C<--dsn> DSN
The DBI DSN to use for connecting to
the database
=item C<--sql> SQLFILE
The alternative SQL file to use
instead of C<sql/create.sql>.
=item C<--force>
Don't stop on errors
=item C<--help>
Show this message.
=cut
DBIx::RunSQL->handle_command_line
Parses the command line. This is a convenience method, which passes the
following command line arguments to ->create:
--user
--password
--dsn
--sql
--force
--verbose
In addition, it handles the following switches through Pod::Usage:
--help
--man
See also the section PROGRAMMER USAGE for a sample program to set up a
database from an SQL file.
NOTES
COMMENT FILTERING
The module tries to keep the SQL as much verbatim as possible. It
filters all lines that end in semicolons but contain only SQL comments.
All other comments are passed through to the database with the next
statement.
TRIGGER HANDLING
This module uses a very simplicistic approach to recognize triggers.
Triggers are problematic because they consist of multiple SQL
statements and this module does not implement a full SQL parser. An
trigger is recognized by the following sequence of lines
CREATE TRIGGER
...
END;
If your SQL dialect uses a different syntax, it might still work to put
the whole trigger on a single line in the input file.
OTHER APPROACHES
If you find yourself wanting to write SELECT statements, consider
looking at Querylet instead, which is geared towards that and even has
an interface for Excel or HTML output.
If you find yourself wanting to write parametrized queries as .sql
files, consider looking at Data::Phrasebook::SQL or potentially
DBIx::SQLHandler.
SEE ALSO
ORLite::Migrate
REPOSITORY
The public repository of this module is
http://github.com/Corion/DBIx--RunSQL.
SUPPORT
The public support forum of this module is http://perlmonks.org/.
BUG TRACKER
Please report bugs in this module via the RT CPAN bug queue at
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=DBIx-RunSQL or via
mail to bug-dbix-runsql@rt.cpan.org.
AUTHOR
Max Maischein corion@cpan.org
COPYRIGHT (c)
Copyright 2009-2016 by Max Maischein corion@cpan.org.
LICENSE
This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.