Just embarking on Class::DBI and to start, one has to define the database including the fields in each table e.g:

Music::CD->columns(All => qw/cdid artist title year/);

But the list of fields is gettable from the database anyway. I already happen to have a function which does a simple list of table columns. So I have a constructive question. Firstly why can't Class::DBI set this up automatically for you.

And secondly and more practically, is there any reason why I can't do something like: my @colnames = @{get_colnames(table)}; Music::CD->columns(All => \@colnames);

to save writing the fields out (and then having to change them whenever I modify my table)?

I do apologise if this is a naive question.

thanks for any tips,

James Masters.

Edited by planetscape - added code tags

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In reply to Quick way to set up columns with Class::DBI ? by jfrm

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