NAME

DBIx::Class::Loader - Dynamic definition of DBIx::Class sub classes.

SYNOPSIS

  use DBIx::Class::Loader;

  my $loader = DBIx::Class::Loader->new(
    dsn                     => "dbi:mysql:dbname",
    user                    => "root",
    password                => "",
    namespace               => "Data",
    additional_classes      => qw/DBIx::Class::Foo/,
    additional_base_classes => qw/My::Stuff/,
    left_base_classes       => qw/DBIx::Class::Bar/,
    constraint              => '^foo.*',
    relationships           => 1,
    options                 => { AutoCommit => 1 }, 
    inflect                 => { child => 'children' }
  );
  my $class = $loader->find_class('film'); # $class => Data::Film
  my $obj = $class->find(1);

use with mod_perl

in your startup.pl

  # load all tables
  use DBIx::Class::Loader;
  my $loader = DBIx::Class::Loader->new(
    dsn       => "dbi:mysql:dbname",
    user      => "root",
    password  => "",
    namespace => "Data",
  );

in your web application.

  use strict;

  # you can use Data::Film directly
  my $film = Data::Film->retrieve($id);

DESCRIPTION

DBIx::Class::Loader automate the definition of DBIx::Class sub-classes. scan table schemas and setup columns, primary key.

class names are defined by table names and namespace option.

 +-----------+-----------+-----------+
 |   table   | namespace | class     |
 +-----------+-----------+-----------+
 |   foo     | Data      | Data::Foo |
 |   foo_bar |           | FooBar    |
 +-----------+-----------+-----------+

DBIx::Class::Loader supports MySQL, Postgres and SQLite.

See DBIx::Class::Loader::Generic for more, and DBIx::Class::Loader::Writing for notes on writing your own db-specific subclass for an unsupported db.

Class::DBI::Loader and Class::DBI are now obsolete, use DBIx::Class and this module instead. ;)

AUTHOR

Sebastian Riedel, sri@oook.de

Based upon the work of IKEBE Tomohiro

THANK YOU

Adam Anderson, Andy Grundman, Autrijus Tang, Dan Kubb, David Naughton, Randal Schwartz, Simon Flack and all the others who've helped.

LICENSE

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

SEE ALSO

DBIx::Class