NAME

Class::DBI::View - Virtual table for Class::DBI

SYNOPSIS

package CD::Music::SalesRanking;
use base qw(CD::DBI); # your Class::DBI base class
use Class::DBI::View qw(TemporaryTable);

__PACKAGE__->columns(All => qw(id count));
__PACKAGE__->setup_view(<<SQL);
  SELECT cd_id AS id, COUNT(*) AS count
  FROM cd_sales
  GROUP BY cd_id
  ORDER BY count
  LIMIT 1, 10
SQL

DESCRIPTION

Class::DBI::View is a Class::DBI wrapper to make virtual VIEWs.

METHODS

import

use Class::DBI::View qw(TemporaryTable);
use Class::DBI::View qw(SubQuery);
use Class::DBI::View qw(Having);

When use()ing this module, you should supply which strategy (implmentation) you use to create virtual view, which is one of 'TemporaryTable', 'SubQuery' or 'Having'.

setup_view

$class->setup_view($sql [, %opt ]);

Setups virtual VIEW for $class. $sql should be a raw SQL statement to build the VIEW.

%opt can be any of these:

cache_for_session

Caches temporary table per database connection. Only valid for TemporaryTable implementation.

# creates tmp table once per session
__PACKAGE__->setup_view($sql, cache_for_session => 1);

TIPS AND TRAPS

You know Class::DBI's retrieve method wants value for primary key. What if your view doesn't have primary column? Quick solution would be making primary column by combining some columns like:

__PACKAGE__->columns(All => qw(id acc_id orgname sub_id productname));
__PACKAGE__->setup_view( <<SQL );
SELECT CONCAT(a.acc_id, '.', a.subs_id) AS id,
       a.acc_id, a.orgname,
       s.sub_id, s.productname
FROM   accounts a, subscriptions s
WHERE  a.acc_id = s.acc_id
SQL

NOTES

• Currently update/delete/insert-related methods (like create) are not supported. Supporting it would make things too complicated IMHO. So only SELECT-related methods (search etc.) would be enough. (Patches are welcome, off course)

AUTHOR

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net> with feedbacks from:

Dominic Mitchell E<lt>dom@semantico.comE<gt>
Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.bunce@pobox.comE<gt>

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

SEE ALSO

Class::DBI