my $query = 'select event.* from event where sid = 1 order by timestamp desc, event.sid desc, event.cid desc'; my $sth = MyClass::db_Main->prepare( $query ); $sth->execute; my @events; # # Fetch and construct each object # while (my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) { push(@events, MyClass::Event->construct($row)); } # # Process these objects # foreach my $event (@events) { my $signature = $event->signature; print "Signature Name=".$signature->sig_name."\n"; ## whatever .... } #### package MyClass; use strict; use warnings; use DBI; use base qw(Class::DBI::Pg); { __PACKAGE__->connection("dbi:Pg:dbname=mydb", 'some-user', 'some-password', { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1 }); } ######################################################## package MyClass::Event; use base qw/MyClass/; _PACKAGE__->set_up_table('event'); __PACKAGE__->has_a(signature => 'MyClass::Signature'); ######################################################## package MyClass::Signature; use base qw/MyClass/; _PACKAGE__->set_up_table('signature'); __PACKAGE__->has_many(events => 'MyClass::Event' => signature); # .... #### my $page_size = 24; my $page_num = 3; my $offset = ($page_num - 1) * $page_size; my $query = "select * from event where sid = 1 order by timestamp desc, event.sid desc, event.cid desc OFFSET $offset LIMIT $page_size";