NAME

DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column - Struct for database column info

SYNOPSIS

my $col = DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column->new( 
  name=>$colname, type=>$typename   
);

print $col->name;

if ( $col->type eq 'text' ) {
  print "text, length " . $col->length;
} else {
  print $col->type;
}

DESCRIPTION

DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column objects are very simple structures that hold information about columns in a database table or query result.

They are generally contained in a DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::ColumnSet.

REFERENCE

These methods are available for all types of column.

Constructor

new()

DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column->new() : $column

Constructor.

new_from_hash

DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column->new( %attrs ) : $column

Constructor.

Accessors

type

Dynamically reblesses instances into different subclasses of DBIx::SQLEngine::Schema::Column.

name

$column->name() : $name
$column->name( $name ) 

Basic string accessor.

required

$column->required() : $flag
$column->required( $flag ) 

Basic boolean accessor.

text Attributes

These methods are only available for columns of type text.

length - Template::Hash:number

SEE ALSO

See DBIx::SQLEngine for the overall interface and developer documentation.

See DBIx::SQLEngine::Docs::ReadMe for general information about this distribution, including installation and license information.