use utf8; package Model::DB::Result::Thing; use base 'DBIx::Class::Core'; use strict; use warnings; __PACKAGE__->table("things"); # etc. etc. some fields are defined here __PACKAGE__->add_columns( "id", { data_type => "integer", is_auto_increment => 1, is_nullable => 0, }, "name", { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 }, #### use utf8; package Model::DB::Result::OtherThing; use base 'DBIx::Class::Core'; use strict; use warnings; __PACKAGE__->table("otherthings"); # etc. etc. some fields are defined here __PACKAGE__->add_columns( "id", { data_type => "integer", is_auto_increment => 1, is_nullable => 0, }, "othername", { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 }, #### [debug] Loaded components: .---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------. | Class | Type | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | Console::Controller::OtherThing | instance | | [snip] | | | Console::Model::DB::Thing | class | | Console::Model::DB::OtherThing | class |