it's something to do with namespaces. try this which works.

package Foo::DBI;
use base 'Class::DBI';

use Class::MethodMaker
  new_with_init   => 'new';

sub init
{
  my $self = shift;
  __PACKAGE__->set_db('Main', 'dbi:Pg:dbname=kickcache;host=somewhere.
+sub.dom');
  __PACKAGE__->table('kickcache');
  __PACKAGE__->columns( All => qw( session username ) );
} 

sub test {
        my $x = Foo::DBI->new;
        my $y = $x->retrieve(0);
        print $y->username, $/;
}

1;

__END__
$ perl -MFoo::DBI -e 'Foo::DBI->test()'
1064452728

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In reply to Re: problem using Class::DBI with Class::Methodmaker by zengargoyle
in thread problem using Class::DBI with Class::Methodmaker by Anonymous Monk

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