Re^2: Class::DBI method sth_to

Thanks much, Perrin. I just now read your post as well as a slightly older post (and this newer one), which both helped me understand the issue a bit better.

It looks like I want is the ->construct method, no? sth_to_objects is fairly inflexible, it would seem more logical to simply have a method that takes a row arrayref, shorterning it for every column it needs. But the existing technique is better for making iterators, I suppose.

Thanks for the link to the mailing list, I missed it the first few times I looked at the wiki (should be in bullets).

The other thing that keeps throwing me off is the use of __CONSTANT__ syntax to pull certain info into the custom SQL. Not a corner of Perl I know much about.

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Re^3: Class::DBI method sth_to_objects by knowmad (Monk) on Oct 11, 2004 at 19:03 UTC
In regards to the use of __CONSTANT__, these are simply substition values. From the POD: `To assist with writing SQL that is inheritable into subclasses, severa +l additional substitutions are available here: __TABLE__, __ESSENTIAL +__ and __IDENTIFIER__. These represent the table name associated wit +h the class, its essential columns, and the primary key of the curren +t object, in the case of an instance method on it.` [download] William	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Class::DBI method sth_to_objects
by knowmad (Monk) on Oct 11, 2004 at 19:03 UTC

In regards to the use of __CONSTANT__, these are simply substition values. From the POD:

To assist with writing SQL that is inheritable into subclasses, severa
+l additional substitutions are available here: __TABLE__, __ESSENTIAL
+__ and __IDENTIFIER__.  These represent the table name associated wit
+h the class, its essential columns, and the primary key of the curren
+t object, in the case of an instance method on it.
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