INSERT INTO scenes ( film, time, title) VALUES ( (SELECT me.title FROM movies me WHERE ( ( director (SELECT me.name FROM directors me WHERE ( name = ? )) AND title = ? ) )), ?, ? ) #### package TestDB::Scene { use parent 'DBIx::Class::Core'; __PACKAGE__->table('scenes'); __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw); __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key(qw<time>); }; package TestDB::Film { use parent 'DBIx::Class::Core'; __PACKAGE__->table('movies'); __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw<title director>); __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key(qw<title>); __PACKAGE__->has_many( scenes => 'Scene' ); }; package TestDB::Director { use parent 'DBIx::Class::Core'; __PACKAGE__->table('directors'); __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw<name>); __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key(qw<name>); __PACKAGE__->has_many( nasties => 'Film' ); }; package TestDB { use parent 'DBIx::Class::Schema'; __PACKAGE__->load_classes(qw<Film Director Scene>); }; package main { use Modern::Perl; main: { my $schema = deploy_new_to_temp_file(); my $rs = $schema->resultset('Director'); my @population = ( { name => "Lesly Tack", nasties => [ { title => 'Alligator', scenes => [ { title => '1st swamp pan', time => '05:36-12:01', }, ] } ] } ); $rs->populate( \@population ); } sub deploy_new_to_temp_file { my $schema = TestDB->connect('dbi:SQLite:dbname=test'); $schema->deploy( { add_drop_table => 1 } ); return $schema; } };