You should care....

No, I shouldn't :-), I could!
because, at least in the code I tested, I created the database with SQL myself, knowing about primaray keys, foreign keys etc.

and after that I used a Perl-Module, namely Class::DBI, to access this DB, according to it's documentation; the documentation stated clearly that many-to-many relations aren't supported directly, but how to circumvent this fact using the mappings available via Class::DBI

So I should care about my data-definition, you are right with that, but shouldn't care about the internals of a module I use, if this works as stated in the documentation, and nothing else was my intention to express in my first post.

regards,
tomte

Hlade's Law:

If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person --
they will find an easier way to do it.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: many to many with Class::DBI by Tomte
in thread many to many with Class::DBI by jdtoronto

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