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SQL function from DBIC

by Sixtease (Friar)
on Dec 07, 2008 at 15:10 UTC ( [id://728721]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Sixtease has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hail friends!

I'm working my way through with DBIC in Catalyst and I found myself needing to simply call a postgres function from a template (or from the controller if must be).

I have an enum type in the database and would like to generate <option>s for them within a <select>.

I'd like to see the result of the postgres function enum_range.

I was searching for a simple mechanism that would let me enter arbitrary SQL (not just the condition part), so I could write SELECT enum_range(typename);. But I have failed to find one.

Do you have any advice?

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Re: SQL function from DBIC
by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 07, 2008 at 16:52 UTC
    I think you can do something like:
    my $results = $resultset->search( {}, { 'select' => 'enum_range(typename)', 'as' => 'enumerate', }, ); while (my $result = $results->next) { print $result->get_column('enumerate'); }
    Caution: Code not tested as I do not have postgres, but I did something similar in MySQL (applying a function to a combination of columns) and it worked then.

    CountZero

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      Yeehaw! Works, man. And without defining a result_source. :^)) Thanks a lot. *bows*

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Re: SQL function from DBIC
by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2008 at 15:23 UTC
Re: SQL function from DBIC
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Dec 07, 2008 at 16:32 UTC

    This one time, on #dbix-class, mst told me somet things about virtual views with DBIC.

    package MySchema::Sneaky; use base qw/DBIx::Class/; __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/Core/); __PACKAGE__->table("DUMMY"); # madness going on # scalar ref to the sql statement __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->name( \<<EOSQL); ( select foo, bar from baz ) EOSQL __PACKAGE__->add_columns( qw/ foo bar / );

    Note that SQL::Translator will have trouble ->deploying this kind of table, and you need a hook to remove this table from the definition with something like:

    package MySchema; use strict; use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/; sub sqlt_deploy_hook { my ($self, $sqlt_schema) = @_; my @pesky_tables = grep /^SCALAR\(0x[0-9A-F]+\)/i, keys %{ $sqlt_s +chema->{tables} }; $sqlt_schema->drop_table( $_ ) for @pesky_tables; local $" = ', '; warn "Removed @pesky_tables from list of tables t +o deploy"; use Data::Dumper; #die Dumper $sqlt_schema; }

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Re: SQL function from DBIC
by davidrw (Prior) on Dec 07, 2008 at 15:30 UTC
    See the "Arbitrary SQL through a custom ResultSource" section in DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook

    Also, I think (untested, but appears so from grepping distro) that you can do:
    my $dbh = $myobj->db_Main; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper $dbh->selectall_arrayref( 'select enum_range(typename); +', {Slice=>{}}, () );

      If you are going to dig in and do something with a database handle directly, the recommended way is:

      use Data::Dumper; $schema->storage->dbh_do( sub { my ( $storage, $dbh ) = @_; print Dumper $dbh->selectall_arrayref( 'select enum_range(typename);', { slice => {} } ); } );

      The dbh_do method (documented in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI) gives you the benefit of things like automatic reconnection to the database if your connection has timed out or the server has been restarted.

      Also, db_Main is from Class::DBI, not DBIx::Class, although there is a CDBICompat component that will make the latter work mostly like the former (though in the long run you will be better off by just learning the DBIx::Class way, rather than using CDBICompat).


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Re: SQL function from DBIC
by Sixtease (Friar) on Dec 07, 2008 at 15:59 UTC

    Thanks guys.

    Just how do I get to the object that allows me to call selectall_arrayref? I didn't find anything like that in the DBIx::Class docs. My starting point is $c->model('DB'). :-)

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