NAME

SYNOPSIS

A typical usage of the helper script would be:

    script/myapp_create.pl model FilmDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema::FilmDB \
        create=static dbi:mysql:filmdb dbusername dbpass \
        quote_names=1

If you are unfamiliar with DBIx::Class, see DBIx::Class::Manual::Intro first.

These examples assume that you already have a schema called "MyApp::Schema::FilmDB", which defines some Result classes for tables in "MyApp::Schema::FilmDB::Result::Actor" and "MyApp::Schema::FilmDB::Result::Film". Either created by the helper script (as shown above) or manually.

The helper also creates a Model in "lib/MyApp/Model/FilmDB.pm", if you already have a schema you can create just the Model using:

    script/myapp_create.pl model FilmDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema::FilmDB
        dbi:mysql:filmdb dbusername dbpass

The connect_info is optional and will be hardcoded into the Model if provided. It's better to configure it in your Catalyst config file, which will also override any hardcoded config, see "connect_info" for examples.

Now you have a working Model which accesses your separate DBIC Schema. This can be used/accessed in the normal Catalyst manner, via "$c->model()":

  my $db_model = $c->model('FilmDB');         # a Catalyst::Model
  my $dbic     = $c->model('FilmDB')->schema; # the actual DBIC object

There is also a shortcut, which returns a DBIx::Class::ResultSet directly, instead of a Catalyst::Model:

  my $rs = $c->model('FilmDB::Actor');

See DBIx::Class::ResultSet to find out more about which methods can be called on ResultSets.

You can also define your own ResultSet methods to encapsulate the database/business logic of your applications. These go into, for example, "lib/MyApp/Schema/FilmDB/ResultSet/Actor.pm". The class must inherit from DBIx::Class::ResultSet and is automatically loaded.

Then call your methods like any other DBIx::Class::ResultSet method:

    $c->model('FilmDB::Actor')->SAG_members

  # to access schema methods directly:
  $c->model('FilmDB')->schema->source(...);

  # to access the source object, resultset, and class:
  $c->model('FilmDB')->source(...);
  $c->model('FilmDB')->resultset(...);
  $c->model('FilmDB')->class(...);

  # For resultsets, there's an even quicker shortcut:
  $c->model('FilmDB::Actor')
  # is the same as $c->model('FilmDB')->resultset('Actor')

  # To get the composed schema for making new connections:
  my $newconn = $c->model('FilmDB')->composed_schema->connect(...);

  # Or the same thing via a convenience shortcut:
  my $newconn = $c->model('FilmDB')->connect(...);

  # or, if your schema works on different storage drivers:
  my $newconn = $c->model('FilmDB')->composed_schema->clone();
  $newconn->storage_type('::LDAP');
  $newconn->connection(...);

  # and again, a convenience shortcut
  my $newconn = $c->model('FilmDB')->clone();
  $newconn->storage_type('::LDAP');
  $newconn->connection(...);

DESCRIPTION

When your Catalyst app starts up, a thin Model layer is created as an interface to your DBIC Schema. It should be clearly noted that the model object returned by "$c->model('FilmDB')" is NOT itself a DBIC schema or resultset object, but merely a wrapper proving methods to access the underlying schema.

In addition to this model class, a shortcut class is generated for each source in the schema, allowing easy and direct access to a resultset of the corresponding type. These generated classes are even thinner than the model class, providing no public methods but simply hooking into Catalyst's model() accessor via the ACCEPT_CONTEXT mechanism. The complete contents of each generated class is roughly equivalent to the following:

  package MyApp::Model::FilmDB::Actor
  sub ACCEPT_CONTEXT {
      my ($self, $c) = @_;
      $c->model('FilmDB')->resultset('Actor');
  }

In short, there are three techniques available for obtaining a DBIC resultset object:

  # the long way
  my $rs = $c->model('FilmDB')->schema->resultset('Actor');

  # using the shortcut method on the model object
  my $rs = $c->model('FilmDB')->resultset('Actor');

  # using the generated class directly
  my $rs = $c->model('FilmDB::Actor');

In order to add methods to a DBIC resultset, you cannot simply add them to the source (row, table) definition class; you must define a separate custom resultset class. This is just a matter of making a "lib/MyApp/Schema/ResultSet/Actor.pm" class that inherits from DBIx::Class::ResultSet, if you are using "load_namespaces" in DBIx::Class::Schema, the default for helper script generated schemas.

See "Predefined searches" in DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook for information on definining your own DBIx::Class::ResultSet classes for use with "load_classes" in DBIx::Class::Schema, the old default.

CONFIG PARAMETERS

  connect_info => {
    dsn => 'dbi:Pg:dbname=mypgdb',
    user => 'postgres',
    password => ''
  }

  connect_info => {
    dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=foo.db',
    on_connect_do => [
      'PRAGMA synchronous = OFF',
    ]
  }

  connect_info => {
    dsn => 'dbi:Pg:dbname=mypgdb',
    user => 'postgres',
    password => '',
    pg_enable_utf8 => 1,
    on_connect_do => [
      'some SQL statement',
      'another SQL statement',
    ],
  }

    <Model::FilmDB>
        schema_class   MyApp::Schema::FilmDB
        traits Caching
        <connect_info>
            dsn   dbi:Pg:dbname=mypgdb
            user   postgres
            password ""
            auto_savepoint 1
            quote_names 1
            on_connect_do   some SQL statement
            on_connect_do   another SQL statement
        </connect_info>
        user_defined_schema_accessor foo
    </Model::FilmDB>

    <Model::FilmDB>
        schema_class   MyApp::Schema::FilmDB
        connect_info   dbi:SQLite:dbname=foo.db
    </Model::FilmDB>

  Model::MyDB:
      schema_class: MyDB
      traits: Caching
      connect_info:
          dsn: dbi:Oracle:mydb
          user: mtfnpy
          password: mypass
          LongReadLen: 1000000
          LongTruncOk: 1
          on_connect_call: 'datetime_setup'
          quote_names: 1

  connect_info => [
    'dbi:Pg:dbname=mypgdb',
    'postgres',
    '',
    {
      pg_enable_utf8 => 1,
    },
    {
      auto_savepoint => 1,
      on_connect_do => [
        'some SQL statement',
        'another SQL statement',
      ],
    }
  ]

    traits Caching
    traits +MyApp::TraitFor::Model::Foo

ATTRIBUTES

Other attributes available:

ATTRIBUTES FROM MooseX::Traits::Pluggable

CONFIGURING YOUR SCHEMA AND RESULTSETS

METHODS

ENVIRONMENT

CMDS_NO_SOURCES

Set this variable if you will be using schemas with no sources (Result classes) to disable the warning. The warning is there because having no Result classes is usually a mistake.

Setting up DBIC authentication

  package MyApp;

  use Catalyst qw/... Authentication .../;

  ...

  __PACKAGE__->config('Plugin::Authentication' =>
                {
                    default_realm => 'members',
                    members => {
                        credential => {
                            class => 'Password',
                            password_field => 'password',
                            password_type => 'hashed'
                            password_hash_type => 'SHA-256'
                        },
                        store => {
                            class => 'DBIx::Class',
                            user_model => 'DB::User',
                            role_relation => 'roles',
                            role_field => 'rolename',
                        }
                    }
                });

METHOD PROXYING

See Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::SchemaProxy.

SEE ALSO

Catalyst::Manual, Catalyst::Test, Catalyst::Request, Catalyst::Response, Catalyst::Helper, Catalyst,

Stuff related to DBIC and this Model style:

DBIx::Class, DBIx::Class::Schema, DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader, Catalyst::Helper::Model::DBIC::Schema, CatalystX::Component::Traits, MooseX::Traits::Pluggable

Traits:

Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::Caching, Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::Replicated, Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::SchemaProxy, Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::PerRequestSchema, Catalyst::TraitFor::Model::DBIC::Schema::QueryLog

AUTHOR

CONTRIBUTORS

dandv: Dan Dascalescu "dandv at cpan.org"

bluefeet: Aran Deltac "bluefeet@cpan.org"

t0m: Tomas Doran "bobtfish@bobtfish.net"

osfameron: "osfameron@cpan.org"

ozum: Ozum Eldogan "ozum@ozum.net"

Pavel I. Shaydo "zwon@trinitum.org"

SineSwiper: Brendan Byrd <byrd.b@insightcom.com>

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