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); # ....