I am in love with Class::DBI and Class::DBI is in love with me. 
package User;
# read the docs for why not to sub-class exactly like this
use base Class::DBI::mysql; 

__PACKAGE__->set_db('Main', 'dbi:mysql:dbname', 'user', 'password');

__PACKAGE__->set_up_table( 'USERINFORMATION');

1;

# In your program
package main;

use User;

my $howmany = User->count;

my $user = User->search(username => $_[0]);
print $user->userid;
print $user->username;

#update username
$user->username('Biff');
$user->update;

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In reply to Re: Writing Better Objects by clscott
in thread Writing Better Objects by Angel

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