Re: Class::DBI has_a() relationships with multi-value keys

Tony Bowden, the maintainter of Class::DBI, has simply said he thinks multicolumn keys are evil. So Class::DBI won't ever support them, if it's up to him. (And why wouldn't it be.)

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Re^2: Class::DBI has_a() relationships with multi-value keys by diotalevi (Canon) on Oct 29, 2004 at 17:02 UTC
Bah. It must be time for a fork then.	[reply]
Re^3: Class::DBI has_a() relationships with multi-value keys by Ovid (Cardinal) on Oct 29, 2004 at 17:31 UTC
I struggle with that. My gut reaction is to say "see my post below" about why using single-column keys is important. However, I can totally understand why retrofitting this module onto an existing schema is a good thing. Rather than a fork, perhaps a patch or an optional module that makes Class::DBI work with multi-value keys? Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course.	[reply]