This is a preliminary beta release of a new module intended for public review.

Here's the "elevator pitch" for the module: The DBIx::SQLEngine classes provide an extended interface for DBI database handles, adding methods that support ad-hoc SQL generation and query execution in a single call, and simplifying your database access code.

This is the most recent revision of a collection of libraries that I've used over the last several years to develop business data applications and object-relational mapping toolkits.

Its goal is to simplify dynamic query execution with the following capabilities:

• Data-driven SQL: Ad-hoc generation of SQL statements from Perl data structures in a variety of formats.
• High-Level Interface: Standard operations are handled by a single method call each. Error handling is standardized.
• Full API Access: Pass-through arbitrary SQL and allow access to entire DBI API for cases when high-level interfaces are insufficient or inconvenient.
• Portability: Dynamic subclassing (via DBIx::AnyDBD) to allow platform-specific support for driver idiosyncrasies and DBMS workarounds.

A further description of the module is in this readme, and here's the module documentation that defines the public interface. To install, download the tarball and use your normal "make" procedure:

Suggestions and comments would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

-Simon

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