NAME

Meta::Db::Constraint - a single multi-field constraint object.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: Constraint.pm
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.04

SYNOPSIS

        package foo;
        use Meta::Db::Constraint qw();
        my($object)=Meta::Db::Constraint->new();
        my($result)=$object->method();

DESCRIPTION

This class represents a single, multi-field, constraint on an RDBMS. This could be a UNIQUE or FULLTEXT constraint currently.

FUNCTIONS

        BEGIN()
        getsql_create($$$)
        getsql_comma($$$)
        TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

BEGIN()

This method creates accesor methods for the following attributes: name - name of this constraint. description - description of this constraint.

getsql_create($$$)

This method will create a set of SQL statements to create this type of constraint within the RDMBS. Note that not all RDBMS systems support all constraint types.

getsql_comma($$)

This method will return an SQL snipplet which has all the fields involved with commas in between.

TEST($)

Test suite for this object.

SUPER CLASSES

Meta::Ds::Ohash(3), Meta::Ds::Connected(3)

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV dbman package creation
        0.01 MV more thumbnail issues
        0.02 MV website construction
        0.03 MV web site automation
        0.04 MV SEE ALSO section fix

SEE ALSO

Meta::Ds::Connected(3), Meta::Ds::Ohash(3), strict(3)

TODO

Nothing.