First off, I think you should definitely post this on CPAN. As for a class name, why not call it what it is - Class::DBI::Psychic? Another name could be Class::DBI::Lite, but that doesn't really describe the true benefits this class provides. From your description, your class does the following:

• Reads the schema from a database
• Auto-generates classes from that schema and provides them for you
• Auto-generates FK relationships, based on the assumption of a well-normalized and well-named schema
• Allows you to treat the database as a true OO store.

That sounds like Class::DBI::Psychic to me, but no-one will use that. So, call it Class::DBI::Simple and have done with it. :-)

And, yes, I want this code. Because, I use your interface for the easy stuff and I can still pass the $dbh some complex SQL, should I need it. It makes the hard (or annoying) things easy and still lets me do the impossible.

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