[Bast-commits] r5773 - in SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk: . lib/SQL lib/SQL/Abstract t

robkinyon at dev.catalyst.perl.org robkinyon at dev.catalyst.perl.org
Thu Mar 19 18:58:41 GMT 2009


Author: robkinyon
Date: 2009-03-19 18:58:41 +0000 (Thu, 19 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 5773

Added:
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract/
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract/Test.pm
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/07subqueries.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/08special_ops.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/09refkind.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/10test.t
Removed:
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/04from.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/05quotes.t
Modified:
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Changes
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Makefile.PL
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/00new.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/01generate.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/02where.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/03values.t
   SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/06order_by.t
Log:
cp -r from branches/1.50_RC where svk push won't work

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Changes
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Changes	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Changes	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -1,10 +1,58 @@
 Revision history for SQL::Abstract
 
+----------------------------
+revision 1.50  2009-03-10 12:30 (UTC)
+    - fixed the problem with values() not behaving the same as the rest of the code (RT#43483)
+    - fixed interjecting arrayrefref into a where clause
+    - added value-only insert test with a literal SQL snippet
+    - cleanup and enhancement of t/03values.t
+    - better handling of borked SQL in tests
+    - deal properly with parentheses in is_same_sql_bind()
+    - fixed test subs (is_same_*) in SQL::Abstract::Test to return the correct test value
+    - do not version MANIFEST
+
+    Version 1.50 was a major internal refactoring of SQL::Abstract.
+    Great care has been taken to preserve the published behavior
+    documented in previous versions in the 1.* family; however,
+    some features that were previously undocumented, or behaved.
+    differently from the documentation, had to be changed in order
+    to clarify the semantics. Hence, client code that was relying
+    on some dark areas of SQL::Abstract v1.* might behave differently
+    in v1.50.
+
+----------------------------
+revision 1.49_04  2009-03-03
+    - add support for a [\%column_meta => value] bind value format
+
+----------------------------
+revision 1.49_03  2009-02-17
+    - clarify syntax of \['...', @bind] when used with a bindtype
+      of 'columns'
+
+----------------------------
+revision 1.49_02  2009-02-16
+    - added an AST-aware SQL::Abstract::Test library for sql syntax tests
+    - vastly expanded test coverage
+    - support for the { operator => \'...'|\['...', @bind] } syntax
+      allowing to embed arbitrary operators on the LHS
+    - fixed multiple regressions wrt DBIx::Class
+
+----------------------------
+revision 1.49_01  2009-02-11
+    - support for literal SQL through the [$sql, bind] syntax.
+    - added -nest1, -nest2 or -nest_1, -nest_2, ...
+    - optional support for array datatypes
+    - defensive programming : check arguments to functions/methods
+    - fixed bug with global logic of -and/-or (no side-effects any more)
+    - changed logic for distributing an op over arrayrefs
+    - fixed semantics of  _bindtype on array args
+    - dropped the _anoncopy of the %where tree. No longer necessary.
+    - dropped the _modlogic function
     - Make col => [] and col => {$op => [] } DTRT or die instead of generating
-      broken SQL. Added tests for this. 
-    - Added { -desc => 'column' } order by support (Ash)
-    - Tiny "$_"-related fix for { -desc => 'columns'} order by support 
-      - tests + docs (groditi)
+      broken SQL. Added tests for this.
+    - Added { -desc => 'column' } order by support
+    - Tiny "$_"-related fix for { -desc => 'columns'} order by support
+      tests + docs
 
 ----------------------------
 revision 1.20

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Makefile.PL
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Makefile.PL	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/Makefile.PL	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@
 # See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
 # the contents of the Makefile that is written.
 WriteMakefile(
-    NAME              => 'SQL::Abstract',
-    VERSION_FROM      => 'lib/SQL/Abstract.pm', # finds $VERSION
-    PREREQ_PM         => {}, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1
+    NAME           => 'SQL::Abstract',
+    VERSION_FROM   => 'lib/SQL/Abstract.pm', # finds $VERSION
+    PREREQ_PM      => {
+      "List::Util" => 0,
+      "Scalar::Util" => 0,
+      "Test::Builder" => 0,
+      "Test::More" => 0,
+      "Test::Exception" => 0,
+      "Test::Warn" => 0,
+      "Test::Deep" => 0,
+      "Data::Dumper" => 0,
+     }, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1
     ABSTRACT_FROM  => 'lib/SQL/Abstract.pm', # retrieve abstract from module
-    AUTHOR         => 'Nathan Wiger (nate at wiger.org)',
+    AUTHOR         => 'Matt Trout <mst at shadowcat.co.uk>, but see the POD',
 );

Added: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract/Test.pm
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract/Test.pm	                        (rev 0)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract/Test.pm	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+package SQL::Abstract::Test; # see doc at end of file
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base qw/Test::Builder::Module Exporter/;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Carp;
+use Test::Builder;
+use Test::Deep qw(eq_deeply);
+
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw/&is_same_sql_bind &is_same_sql &is_same_bind
+                    &eq_sql_bind &eq_sql &eq_bind 
+                    $case_sensitive $sql_differ/;
+
+our $case_sensitive = 0;
+our $sql_differ; # keeps track of differing portion between SQLs
+our $tb = __PACKAGE__->builder;
+
+# Parser states for _recurse_parse()
+use constant PARSE_TOP_LEVEL => 0;
+use constant PARSE_IN_EXPR => 1;
+use constant PARSE_IN_PARENS => 2;
+
+# These SQL keywords always signal end of the current expression (except inside
+# of a parenthesized subexpression).
+# Format: A list of strings that will be compiled to extended syntax (ie.
+# /.../x) regexes, without capturing parentheses. They will be automatically
+# anchored to word boundaries to match the whole token).
+my @expression_terminator_sql_keywords = (
+  'FROM',
+  '(?:
+    (?:
+        (?: \b (?: LEFT | RIGHT | FULL ) \s+ )?
+        (?: \b (?: CROSS | INNER | OUTER ) \s+ )?
+    )?
+    JOIN
+  )',
+  'ON',
+  'WHERE',
+  'GROUP \s+ BY',
+  'HAVING',
+  'ORDER \s+ BY',
+  'LIMIT',
+  'OFFSET',
+  'FOR',
+  'UNION',
+  'INTERSECT',
+  'EXCEPT',
+);
+
+my $tokenizer_re_str = join('|',
+  map { '\b' . $_ . '\b' }
+    @expression_terminator_sql_keywords, 'AND', 'OR'
+);
+
+my $tokenizer_re = qr/
+  \s*
+  (
+      \(
+    |
+      \)
+    |
+      $tokenizer_re_str
+  )
+  \s*
+/xi;
+
+
+sub is_same_sql_bind {
+  my ($sql1, $bind_ref1, $sql2, $bind_ref2, $msg) = @_;
+
+  # compare
+  my $same_sql  = eq_sql($sql1, $sql2);
+  my $same_bind = eq_bind($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+
+  # call Test::Builder::ok
+  my $ret = $tb->ok($same_sql && $same_bind, $msg);
+
+  # add debugging info
+  if (!$same_sql) {
+    _sql_differ_diag($sql1, $sql2);
+  }
+  if (!$same_bind) {
+    _bind_differ_diag($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+  }
+
+  # pass ok() result further
+  return $ret;
+}
+
+sub is_same_sql {
+  my ($sql1, $sql2, $msg) = @_;
+
+  # compare
+  my $same_sql  = eq_sql($sql1, $sql2);
+
+  # call Test::Builder::ok
+  my $ret = $tb->ok($same_sql, $msg);
+
+  # add debugging info
+  if (!$same_sql) {
+    _sql_differ_diag($sql1, $sql2);
+  }
+
+  # pass ok() result further
+  return $ret;
+}
+
+sub is_same_bind {
+  my ($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2, $msg) = @_;
+
+  # compare
+  my $same_bind = eq_bind($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+
+  # call Test::Builder::ok
+  my $ret = $tb->ok($same_bind, $msg);
+
+  # add debugging info
+  if (!$same_bind) {
+    _bind_differ_diag($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+  }
+
+  # pass ok() result further
+  return $ret;
+}
+
+sub _sql_differ_diag {
+  my ($sql1, $sql2) = @_;
+
+  $tb->diag("SQL expressions differ\n"
+      ."     got: $sql1\n"
+      ."expected: $sql2\n"
+      ."differing in :\n$sql_differ\n"
+      );
+}
+
+sub _bind_differ_diag {
+  my ($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2) = @_;
+
+  $tb->diag("BIND values differ\n"
+      ."     got: " . Dumper($bind_ref1)
+      ."expected: " . Dumper($bind_ref2)
+      );
+}
+
+sub eq_sql_bind {
+  my ($sql1, $bind_ref1, $sql2, $bind_ref2) = @_;
+
+  return eq_sql($sql1, $sql2) && eq_bind($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+}
+
+
+sub eq_bind {
+  my ($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2) = @_;
+
+  return eq_deeply($bind_ref1, $bind_ref2);
+}
+
+sub eq_sql {
+  my ($sql1, $sql2) = @_;
+
+  # parse
+  my $tree1 = parse($sql1);
+  my $tree2 = parse($sql2);
+
+  return _eq_sql($tree1, $tree2);
+}
+
+sub _eq_sql {
+  my ($left, $right) = @_;
+
+  # ignore top-level parentheses 
+  while ($left and $left->[0] and $left->[0]  eq 'PAREN') {$left  = $left->[1]}
+  while ($right and $right->[0] and $right->[0] eq 'PAREN') {$right = $right->[1]}
+
+  # one is defined the other not
+  if ( (defined $left) xor (defined $right) ) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  # one is undefined, then so is the other
+  elsif (not defined $left) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  # if operators are different
+  elsif ($left->[0] ne $right->[0]) {
+    $sql_differ = sprintf "OP [$left->[0]] != [$right->[0]] in\nleft: %s\nright: %s\n",
+      unparse($left),
+      unparse($right);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  # elsif operators are identical, compare operands
+  else { 
+    if ($left->[0] eq 'EXPR' ) { # unary operator
+      (my $l = " $left->[1] " ) =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+      (my $r = " $right->[1] ") =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+      my $eq = $case_sensitive ? $l eq $r : uc($l) eq uc($r);
+      $sql_differ = "[$left->[1]] != [$right->[1]]\n" if not $eq;
+      return $eq;
+    }
+    else { # binary operator
+      return _eq_sql($left->[1][0], $right->[1][0])  # left operand
+          && _eq_sql($left->[1][1], $right->[1][1]); # right operand
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+sub parse {
+  my $s = shift;
+
+  # tokenize string, and remove all optional whitespace
+  my $tokens = [];
+  foreach my $token (split $tokenizer_re, $s) {
+    $token =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+    $token =~ s/\s+([^\w\s])/$1/g;
+    $token =~ s/([^\w\s])\s+/$1/g;
+    push @$tokens, $token if $token !~ /^$/;
+  }
+
+  my $tree = _recurse_parse($tokens, PARSE_TOP_LEVEL);
+  return $tree;
+}
+
+sub _recurse_parse {
+  my ($tokens, $state) = @_;
+
+  my $left;
+  while (1) { # left-associative parsing
+
+    my $lookahead = $tokens->[0];
+    return $left if !defined($lookahead)
+      || ($state == PARSE_IN_PARENS && $lookahead eq ')')
+      || ($state == PARSE_IN_EXPR && grep { $lookahead =~ /^$_$/xi }
+            '\)', @expression_terminator_sql_keywords
+         );
+
+    my $token = shift @$tokens;
+
+    # nested expression in ()
+    if ($token eq '(') {
+      my $right = _recurse_parse($tokens, PARSE_IN_PARENS);
+      $token = shift @$tokens   or croak "missing ')'";
+      $token eq ')'             or croak "unexpected token : $token";
+      $left = $left ? [CONCAT => [$left, [PAREN => $right]]]
+                    : [PAREN  => $right];
+    }
+    # AND/OR
+    elsif ($token eq 'AND' || $token eq 'OR')  {
+      my $right = _recurse_parse($tokens, PARSE_IN_EXPR);
+      $left = [$token => [$left, $right]];
+    }
+    # expression terminator keywords (as they start a new expression)
+    elsif (grep { $token =~ /^$_$/xi } @expression_terminator_sql_keywords) {
+      my $right = _recurse_parse($tokens, PARSE_IN_EXPR);
+      $left = $left ? [CONCAT => [$left, [CONCAT => [[EXPR => $token], [PAREN => $right]]]]]
+                    : [CONCAT => [[EXPR => $token], [PAREN  => $right]]];
+    }
+    # leaf expression
+    else {
+      $left = $left ? [CONCAT => [$left, [EXPR => $token]]]
+                    : [EXPR   => $token];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+sub unparse {
+  my $tree = shift;
+  my $dispatch = {
+    EXPR   => sub {$tree->[1]                                   },
+    PAREN  => sub {"(" . unparse($tree->[1]) . ")"              },
+    CONCAT => sub {join " ",     map {unparse($_)} @{$tree->[1]}},
+    AND    => sub {join " AND ", map {unparse($_)} @{$tree->[1]}},
+    OR     => sub {join " OR ",  map {unparse($_)} @{$tree->[1]}},
+   };
+  $dispatch->{$tree->[0]}->();
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SQL::Abstract::Test - Helper function for testing SQL::Abstract
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  use SQL::Abstract;
+  use Test::More;
+  use SQL::Abstract::Test import => [qw/
+    is_same_sql_bind is_same_sql is_same_bind
+    eq_sql_bind eq_sql eq_bind
+  /];
+  
+  my ($sql, @bind) = SQL::Abstract->new->select(%args);
+
+  is_same_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind, 
+                   $expected_sql, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);
+
+  is_same_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql, $test_msg);
+  is_same_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);
+
+  my $is_same = eq_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind, 
+                            $expected_sql, \@expected_bind);
+
+  my $sql_same = eq_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql);
+  my $bind_same = eq_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This module is only intended for authors of tests on
+L<SQL::Abstract|SQL::Abstract> and related modules;
+it exports functions for comparing two SQL statements
+and their bound values.
+
+The SQL comparison is performed on I<abstract syntax>,
+ignoring differences in spaces or in levels of parentheses.
+Therefore the tests will pass as long as the semantics
+is preserved, even if the surface syntax has changed.
+
+B<Disclaimer> : this is only a half-cooked semantic equivalence;
+parsing is simple-minded, and comparison of SQL abstract syntax trees
+ignores commutativity or associativity of AND/OR operators, Morgan
+laws, etc.
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONS
+
+=head2 is_same_sql_bind
+
+  is_same_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind, 
+                   $expected_sql, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);
+
+Compares given and expected pairs of C<($sql, \@bind)>, and calls
+L<Test::Builder/ok> on the result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test
+fails, a detailed diagnostic is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>,
+this is the one of the three functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>,
+L</is_same_bind>) that needs to be imported.
+
+=head2 is_same_sql
+
+  is_same_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql, $test_msg);
+
+Compares given and expected SQL statements, and calls L<Test::Builder/ok> on
+the result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test fails, a detailed
+diagnostic is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>, this is the one of
+the three functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>, L</is_same_bind>)
+that needs to be imported.
+
+=head2 is_same_bind
+
+  is_same_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);
+
+Compares given and expected bind values, and calls L<Test::Builder/ok> on the
+result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test fails, a detailed diagnostic
+is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>, this is the one of the three
+functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>, L</is_same_bind>) that needs
+to be imported.
+
+=head2 eq_sql_bind
+
+  my $is_same = eq_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind, 
+                            $expected_sql, \@expected_bind);
+
+Compares given and expected pairs of C<($sql, \@bind)>. Similar to
+L</is_same_sql_bind>, but it just returns a boolean value and does not print
+diagnostics or talk to L<Test::Builder>.
+
+=head2 eq_sql
+
+  my $is_same = eq_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql);
+
+Compares the abstract syntax of two SQL statements. Similar to L</is_same_sql>,
+but it just returns a boolean value and does not print diagnostics or talk to
+L<Test::Builder>. If the result is false, the global variable L</$sql_differ>
+will contain the SQL portion where a difference was encountered; this is useful
+for printing diagnostics.
+
+=head2 eq_bind
+
+  my $is_same = eq_sql(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind);
+
+Compares two lists of bind values, taking into account the fact that some of
+the values may be arrayrefs (see L<SQL::Abstract/bindtype>). Similar to
+L</is_same_bind>, but it just returns a boolean value and does not print
+diagnostics or talk to L<Test::Builder>.
+
+=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES
+
+=head2 $case_sensitive
+
+If true, SQL comparisons will be case-sensitive. Default is false;
+
+=head2 $sql_differ
+
+When L</eq_sql> returns false, the global variable
+C<$sql_differ> contains the SQL portion
+where a difference was encountered.
+
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<SQL::Abstract>, L<Test::More>, L<Test::Builder>.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Laurent Dami, E<lt>laurent.dami AT etat  geneve  chE<gt>
+
+Norbert Buchmuller <norbi at nix.hu>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright 2008 by Laurent Dami.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself. 

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -1,5 +1,1122 @@
-package SQL::Abstract;
+package SQL::Abstract; # see doc at end of file
 
+# LDNOTE : this code is heavy refactoring from original SQLA.
+# Several design decisions will need discussion during
+# the test / diffusion / acceptance phase; those are marked with flag
+# 'LDNOTE' (note by laurent.dami AT free.fr)
+
+use Carp;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use List::Util   qw/first/;
+use Scalar::Util qw/blessed/;
+
+#======================================================================
+# GLOBALS
+#======================================================================
+
+our $VERSION  = '1.50';
+
+# This would confuse some packagers
+#$VERSION      = eval $VERSION; # numify for warning-free dev releases
+
+our $AUTOLOAD;
+
+# special operators (-in, -between). May be extended/overridden by user.
+# See section WHERE: BUILTIN SPECIAL OPERATORS below for implementation
+my @BUILTIN_SPECIAL_OPS = (
+  {regex => qr/^(not )?between$/i, handler => \&_where_field_BETWEEN},
+  {regex => qr/^(not )?in$/i,      handler => \&_where_field_IN},
+);
+
+#======================================================================
+# DEBUGGING AND ERROR REPORTING
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _debug {
+  return unless $_[0]->{debug}; shift; # a little faster
+  my $func = (caller(1))[3];
+  warn "[$func] ", @_, "\n";
+}
+
+sub belch (@) {
+  my($func) = (caller(1))[3];
+  carp "[$func] Warning: ", @_;
+}
+
+sub puke (@) {
+  my($func) = (caller(1))[3];
+  croak "[$func] Fatal: ", @_;
+}
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# NEW
+#======================================================================
+
+sub new {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $class = ref($self) || $self;
+  my %opt = (ref $_[0] eq 'HASH') ? %{$_[0]} : @_;
+
+  # choose our case by keeping an option around
+  delete $opt{case} if $opt{case} && $opt{case} ne 'lower';
+
+  # default logic for interpreting arrayrefs
+  $opt{logic} = uc $opt{logic} || 'OR';
+
+  # how to return bind vars
+  # LDNOTE: changed nwiger code : why this 'delete' ??
+  # $opt{bindtype} ||= delete($opt{bind_type}) || 'normal';
+  $opt{bindtype} ||= 'normal';
+
+  # default comparison is "=", but can be overridden
+  $opt{cmp} ||= '=';
+
+  # try to recognize which are the 'equality' and 'unequality' ops
+  # (temporary quickfix, should go through a more seasoned API)
+ $opt{equality_op}   = qr/^(\Q$opt{cmp}\E|is|(is\s+)?like)$/i;
+ $opt{inequality_op} = qr/^(!=|<>|(is\s+)?not(\s+like)?)$/i;
+
+  # SQL booleans
+  $opt{sqltrue}  ||= '1=1';
+  $opt{sqlfalse} ||= '0=1';
+
+  # special operators 
+  $opt{special_ops} ||= [];
+  push @{$opt{special_ops}}, @BUILTIN_SPECIAL_OPS;
+
+  return bless \%opt, $class;
+}
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# INSERT methods
+#======================================================================
+
+sub insert {
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $table = $self->_table(shift);
+  my $data  = shift || return;
+
+  my $method       = $self->_METHOD_FOR_refkind("_insert", $data);
+  my ($sql, @bind) = $self->$method($data); 
+  $sql = join " ", $self->_sqlcase('insert into'), $table, $sql;
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @bind) : $sql;
+}
+
+sub _insert_HASHREF { # explicit list of fields and then values
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+
+  my @fields = sort keys %$data;
+
+  my ($sql, @bind) = $self->_insert_values($data);
+
+  # assemble SQL
+  $_ = $self->_quote($_) foreach @fields;
+  $sql = "( ".join(", ", @fields).") ".$sql;
+
+  return ($sql, @bind);
+}
+
+sub _insert_ARRAYREF { # just generate values(?,?) part (no list of fields)
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+
+  # no names (arrayref) so can't generate bindtype
+  $self->{bindtype} ne 'columns'
+    or belch "can't do 'columns' bindtype when called with arrayref";
+
+  # fold the list of values into a hash of column name - value pairs
+  # (where the column names are artificially generated, and their
+  # lexicographical ordering keep the ordering of the original list)
+  my $i = "a";  # incremented values will be in lexicographical order
+  my $data_in_hash = { map { ($i++ => $_) } @$data };
+
+  return $self->_insert_values($data_in_hash);
+}
+
+sub _insert_ARRAYREFREF { # literal SQL with bind
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+
+  my ($sql, @bind) = @${$data};
+  $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+
+  return ($sql, @bind);
+}
+
+
+sub _insert_SCALARREF { # literal SQL without bind
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+
+  return ($$data);
+}
+
+sub _insert_values {
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+
+  my (@values, @all_bind);
+  foreach my $column (sort keys %$data) {
+    my $v = $data->{$column};
+
+    $self->_SWITCH_refkind($v, {
+
+      ARRAYREF => sub { 
+        if ($self->{array_datatypes}) { # if array datatype are activated
+          push @values, '?';
+          push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($column, $v);
+        }
+        else {                          # else literal SQL with bind
+          my ($sql, @bind) = @$v;
+          $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+          push @values, $sql;
+          push @all_bind, @bind;
+        }
+      },
+
+      ARRAYREFREF => sub { # literal SQL with bind
+        my ($sql, @bind) = @${$v};
+        $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+        push @values, $sql;
+        push @all_bind, @bind;
+      },
+
+      # THINK : anything useful to do with a HASHREF ? 
+      HASHREF => sub {  # (nothing, but old SQLA passed it through)
+        #TODO in SQLA >= 2.0 it will die instead
+        belch "HASH ref as bind value in insert is not supported";
+        push @values, '?';
+        push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($column, $v);
+      },
+
+      SCALARREF => sub {  # literal SQL without bind
+        push @values, $$v;
+      },
+
+      SCALAR_or_UNDEF => sub {
+        push @values, '?';
+        push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($column, $v);
+      },
+
+     });
+
+  }
+
+  my $sql = $self->_sqlcase('values')." ( ".join(", ", @values)." )";
+  return ($sql, @all_bind);
+}
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# UPDATE methods
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub update {
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $table = $self->_table(shift);
+  my $data  = shift || return;
+  my $where = shift;
+
+  # first build the 'SET' part of the sql statement
+  my (@set, @all_bind);
+  puke "Unsupported data type specified to \$sql->update"
+    unless ref $data eq 'HASH';
+
+  for my $k (sort keys %$data) {
+    my $v = $data->{$k};
+    my $r = ref $v;
+    my $label = $self->_quote($k);
+
+    $self->_SWITCH_refkind($v, {
+      ARRAYREF => sub { 
+        if ($self->{array_datatypes}) { # array datatype
+          push @set, "$label = ?";
+          push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+        }
+        else {                          # literal SQL with bind
+          my ($sql, @bind) = @$v;
+          $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+          push @set, "$label = $sql";
+          push @all_bind, @bind;
+        }
+      },
+      ARRAYREFREF => sub { # literal SQL with bind
+        my ($sql, @bind) = @${$v};
+        $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+        push @set, "$label = $sql";
+        push @all_bind, @bind;
+      },
+      SCALARREF => sub {  # literal SQL without bind
+        push @set, "$label = $$v";
+       },
+      SCALAR_or_UNDEF => sub {
+        push @set, "$label = ?";
+        push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  # generate sql
+  my $sql = $self->_sqlcase('update') . " $table " . $self->_sqlcase('set ')
+          . join ', ', @set;
+
+  if ($where) {
+    my($where_sql, @where_bind) = $self->where($where);
+    $sql .= $where_sql;
+    push @all_bind, @where_bind;
+  }
+
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @all_bind) : $sql;
+}
+
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# SELECT
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub select {
+  my $self   = shift;
+  my $table  = $self->_table(shift);
+  my $fields = shift || '*';
+  my $where  = shift;
+  my $order  = shift;
+
+  my($where_sql, @bind) = $self->where($where, $order);
+
+  my $f = (ref $fields eq 'ARRAY') ? join ', ', map { $self->_quote($_) } @$fields
+                                   : $fields;
+  my $sql = join(' ', $self->_sqlcase('select'), $f, 
+                      $self->_sqlcase('from'),   $table)
+          . $where_sql;
+
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @bind) : $sql; 
+}
+
+#======================================================================
+# DELETE
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub delete {
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $table = $self->_table(shift);
+  my $where = shift;
+
+
+  my($where_sql, @bind) = $self->where($where);
+  my $sql = $self->_sqlcase('delete from') . " $table" . $where_sql;
+
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @bind) : $sql; 
+}
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: entry point
+#======================================================================
+
+
+
+# Finally, a separate routine just to handle WHERE clauses
+sub where {
+  my ($self, $where, $order) = @_;
+
+  # where ?
+  my ($sql, @bind) = $self->_recurse_where($where);
+  $sql = $sql ? $self->_sqlcase(' where ') . "( $sql )" : '';
+
+  # order by?
+  if ($order) {
+    $sql .= $self->_order_by($order);
+  }
+
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @bind) : $sql; 
+}
+
+
+sub _recurse_where {
+  my ($self, $where, $logic) = @_;
+
+  # dispatch on appropriate method according to refkind of $where
+  my $method = $self->_METHOD_FOR_refkind("_where", $where);
+
+
+  my ($sql, @bind) =  $self->$method($where, $logic); 
+
+  # DBIx::Class directly calls _recurse_where in scalar context, so 
+  # we must implement it, even if not in the official API
+  return wantarray ? ($sql, @bind) : $sql; 
+}
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: top-level ARRAYREF
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub _where_ARRAYREF {
+  my ($self, $where, $logic) = @_;
+
+  $logic = uc($logic || $self->{logic});
+  $logic eq 'AND' or $logic eq 'OR' or puke "unknown logic: $logic";
+
+  my @clauses = @$where;
+
+  # if the array starts with [-and|or => ...], recurse with that logic
+  my $first   = $clauses[0] || '';
+  if ($first =~ /^-(and|or)/i) {
+    $logic = $1;
+    shift @clauses;
+    return $self->_where_ARRAYREF(\@clauses, $logic);
+  }
+
+  #otherwise..
+  my (@sql_clauses, @all_bind);
+
+  # need to use while() so can shift() for pairs
+  while (my $el = shift @clauses) { 
+
+    # switch according to kind of $el and get corresponding ($sql, @bind)
+    my ($sql, @bind) = $self->_SWITCH_refkind($el, {
+
+      # skip empty elements, otherwise get invalid trailing AND stuff
+      ARRAYREF  => sub {$self->_recurse_where($el)        if @$el},
+
+      ARRAYREFREF => sub { @{${$el}}                 if @{${$el}}},
+
+      HASHREF   => sub {$self->_recurse_where($el, 'and') if %$el},
+           # LDNOTE : previous SQLA code for hashrefs was creating a dirty
+           # side-effect: the first hashref within an array would change
+           # the global logic to 'AND'. So [ {cond1, cond2}, [cond3, cond4] ]
+           # was interpreted as "(cond1 AND cond2) OR (cond3 AND cond4)", 
+           # whereas it should be "(cond1 AND cond2) OR (cond3 OR cond4)".
+
+      SCALARREF => sub { ($$el);                                 },
+
+      SCALAR    => sub {# top-level arrayref with scalars, recurse in pairs
+                        $self->_recurse_where({$el => shift(@clauses)})},
+
+      UNDEF     => sub {puke "not supported : UNDEF in arrayref" },
+    });
+
+    if ($sql) {
+      push @sql_clauses, $sql;
+      push @all_bind, @bind;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $self->_join_sql_clauses($logic, \@sql_clauses, \@all_bind);
+}
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: top-level ARRAYREFREF
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _where_ARRAYREFREF {
+    my ($self, $where) = @_;
+    my ($sql, @bind) = @{${$where}};
+
+    return ($sql, @bind);
+}
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: top-level HASHREF
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _where_HASHREF {
+  my ($self, $where) = @_;
+  my (@sql_clauses, @all_bind);
+
+  # LDNOTE : don't really know why we need to sort keys
+  for my $k (sort keys %$where) { 
+    my $v = $where->{$k};
+
+    # ($k => $v) is either a special op or a regular hashpair
+    my ($sql, @bind) = ($k =~ /^-(.+)/) ? $self->_where_op_in_hash($1, $v)
+                                        : do {
+         my $method = $self->_METHOD_FOR_refkind("_where_hashpair", $v);
+         $self->$method($k, $v);
+       };
+
+    push @sql_clauses, $sql;
+    push @all_bind, @bind;
+  }
+
+  return $self->_join_sql_clauses('and', \@sql_clauses, \@all_bind);
+}
+
+
+sub _where_op_in_hash {
+  my ($self, $op, $v) = @_; 
+
+  $op =~ /^(AND|OR|NEST)[_\d]*/i
+    or puke "unknown operator: -$op";
+  $op = uc($1); # uppercase, remove trailing digits
+  $self->_debug("OP(-$op) within hashref, recursing...");
+
+  $self->_SWITCH_refkind($v, {
+
+    ARRAYREF => sub {
+      # LDNOTE : should deprecate {-or => [...]} and {-and => [...]}
+      # because they are misleading; the only proper way would be
+      # -nest => [-or => ...], -nest => [-and ...]
+      return $self->_where_ARRAYREF($v, $op eq 'NEST' ? '' : $op);
+    },
+
+    HASHREF => sub {
+      if ($op eq 'OR') {
+        belch "-or => {...} should be -nest => [...]";
+        return $self->_where_ARRAYREF([%$v], 'OR');
+      } 
+      else {                  # NEST | AND
+        return $self->_where_HASHREF($v);
+      }
+    },
+
+    SCALARREF  => sub {         # literal SQL
+      $op eq 'NEST' 
+        or puke "-$op => \\\$scalar not supported, use -nest => ...";
+      return ($$v); 
+    },
+
+    ARRAYREFREF => sub {        # literal SQL
+      $op eq 'NEST' 
+        or puke "-$op => \\[..] not supported, use -nest => ...";
+      return @{${$v}};
+    },
+
+    SCALAR => sub { # permissively interpreted as SQL
+      $op eq 'NEST' 
+        or puke "-$op => 'scalar' not supported, use -nest => \\'scalar'";
+      belch "literal SQL should be -nest => \\'scalar' "
+          . "instead of -nest => 'scalar' ";
+      return ($v); 
+    },
+
+    UNDEF => sub {
+      puke "-$op => undef not supported";
+    },
+   });
+}
+
+
+sub _where_hashpair_ARRAYREF {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+
+  if( @$v ) {
+    my @v = @$v; # need copy because of shift below
+    $self->_debug("ARRAY($k) means distribute over elements");
+
+    # put apart first element if it is an operator (-and, -or)
+    my $op = $v[0] =~ /^-/ ? shift @v : undef;
+    $self->_debug("OP($op) reinjected into the distributed array") if $op;
+
+    my @distributed = map { {$k =>  $_} } @v;
+    unshift @distributed, $op if $op;
+
+    return $self->_recurse_where(\@distributed);
+  } 
+  else {
+    # LDNOTE : not sure of this one. What does "distribute over nothing" mean?
+    $self->_debug("empty ARRAY($k) means 0=1");
+    return ($self->{sqlfalse});
+  }
+}
+
+sub _where_hashpair_HASHREF {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+
+  my (@all_sql, @all_bind);
+
+  for my $op (sort keys %$v) {
+    my $val = $v->{$op};
+
+    # put the operator in canonical form
+    $op =~ s/^-//;       # remove initial dash
+    $op =~ tr/_/ /;      # underscores become spaces
+    $op =~ s/^\s+//;     # no initial space
+    $op =~ s/\s+$//;     # no final space
+    $op =~ s/\s+/ /;     # multiple spaces become one
+
+    my ($sql, @bind);
+
+    # CASE: special operators like -in or -between
+    my $special_op = first {$op =~ $_->{regex}} @{$self->{special_ops}};
+    if ($special_op) {
+      ($sql, @bind) = $special_op->{handler}->($self, $k, $op, $val);
+    }
+    else {
+      $self->_SWITCH_refkind($val, {
+
+        ARRAYREF => sub {       # CASE: col => {op => \@vals}
+          ($sql, @bind) = $self->_where_field_op_ARRAYREF($k, $op, $val);
+        },
+
+        SCALARREF => sub {      # CASE: col => {op => \$scalar} (literal SQL without bind)
+          $sql  = join ' ', $self->_convert($self->_quote($k)),
+                            $self->_sqlcase($op),
+                            $$val;
+        },
+
+        ARRAYREFREF => sub {    # CASE: col => {op => \[$sql, @bind]} (literal SQL with bind)
+          my ($sub_sql, @sub_bind) = @$$val;
+          $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@sub_bind);
+          $sql  = join ' ', $self->_convert($self->_quote($k)),
+                            $self->_sqlcase($op),
+                            $sub_sql;
+          @bind = @sub_bind;
+        },
+
+        UNDEF => sub {          # CASE: col => {op => undef} : sql "IS (NOT)? NULL"
+          my $is = ($op =~ $self->{equality_op})   ? 'is'     :
+                   ($op =~ $self->{inequality_op}) ? 'is not' :
+               puke "unexpected operator '$op' with undef operand";
+          $sql = $self->_quote($k) . $self->_sqlcase(" $is null");
+        },
+        
+        FALLBACK => sub {       # CASE: col => {op => $scalar}
+          $sql  = join ' ', $self->_convert($self->_quote($k)),
+                            $self->_sqlcase($op),
+                            $self->_convert('?');
+          @bind = $self->_bindtype($k, $val);
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    push @all_sql, $sql;
+    push @all_bind, @bind;
+  }
+
+  return $self->_join_sql_clauses('and', \@all_sql, \@all_bind);
+}
+
+
+
+sub _where_field_op_ARRAYREF {
+  my ($self, $k, $op, $vals) = @_;
+
+  if(@$vals) {
+    $self->_debug("ARRAY($vals) means multiple elements: [ @$vals ]");
+
+
+
+    # LDNOTE : change the distribution logic when 
+    # $op =~ $self->{inequality_op}, because of Morgan laws : 
+    # with {field => {'!=' => [22, 33]}}, it would be ridiculous to generate
+    # WHERE field != 22 OR  field != 33 : the user probably means 
+    # WHERE field != 22 AND field != 33.
+    my $logic = ($op =~ $self->{inequality_op}) ? 'AND' : 'OR';
+
+    # distribute $op over each member of @$vals
+    return $self->_recurse_where([map { {$k => {$op, $_}} } @$vals], $logic);
+
+  } 
+  else {
+    # try to DWIM on equality operators 
+    # LDNOTE : not 100% sure this is the correct thing to do ...
+    return ($self->{sqlfalse}) if $op =~ $self->{equality_op};
+    return ($self->{sqltrue})  if $op =~ $self->{inequality_op};
+
+    # otherwise
+    puke "operator '$op' applied on an empty array (field '$k')";
+  }
+}
+
+
+sub _where_hashpair_SCALARREF {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+  $self->_debug("SCALAR($k) means literal SQL: $$v");
+  my $sql = $self->_quote($k) . " " . $$v;
+  return ($sql);
+}
+
+# literal SQL with bind
+sub _where_hashpair_ARRAYREFREF {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+  $self->_debug("REF($k) means literal SQL: @${$v}");
+  my ($sql, @bind) = @${$v};
+  $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+  $sql  = $self->_quote($k) . " " . $sql;
+  return ($sql, @bind );
+}
+
+# literal SQL without bind
+sub _where_hashpair_SCALAR {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+  $self->_debug("NOREF($k) means simple key=val: $k $self->{cmp} $v");
+  my $sql = join ' ', $self->_convert($self->_quote($k)), 
+                      $self->_sqlcase($self->{cmp}), 
+                      $self->_convert('?');
+  my @bind =  $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+  return ( $sql, @bind);
+}
+
+
+sub _where_hashpair_UNDEF {
+  my ($self, $k, $v) = @_;
+  $self->_debug("UNDEF($k) means IS NULL");
+  my $sql = $self->_quote($k) . $self->_sqlcase(' is null');
+  return ($sql);
+}
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: TOP-LEVEL OTHERS (SCALARREF, SCALAR, UNDEF)
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub _where_SCALARREF {
+  my ($self, $where) = @_;
+
+  # literal sql
+  $self->_debug("SCALAR(*top) means literal SQL: $$where");
+  return ($$where);
+}
+
+
+sub _where_SCALAR {
+  my ($self, $where) = @_;
+
+  # literal sql
+  $self->_debug("NOREF(*top) means literal SQL: $where");
+  return ($where);
+}
+
+
+sub _where_UNDEF {
+  my ($self) = @_;
+  return ();
+}
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# WHERE: BUILTIN SPECIAL OPERATORS (-in, -between)
+#======================================================================
+
+
+sub _where_field_BETWEEN {
+  my ($self, $k, $op, $vals) = @_;
+
+  ref $vals eq 'ARRAY' && @$vals == 2 
+    or puke "special op 'between' requires an arrayref of two values";
+
+  my ($label)       = $self->_convert($self->_quote($k));
+  my ($placeholder) = $self->_convert('?');
+  my $and           = $self->_sqlcase('and');
+  $op               = $self->_sqlcase($op);
+
+  my $sql  = "( $label $op $placeholder $and $placeholder )";
+  my @bind = $self->_bindtype($k, @$vals);
+  return ($sql, @bind)
+}
+
+
+sub _where_field_IN {
+  my ($self, $k, $op, $vals) = @_;
+
+  # backwards compatibility : if scalar, force into an arrayref
+  $vals = [$vals] if defined $vals && ! ref $vals;
+
+  my ($label)       = $self->_convert($self->_quote($k));
+  my ($placeholder) = $self->_convert('?');
+  $op               = $self->_sqlcase($op);
+
+  my ($sql, @bind) = $self->_SWITCH_refkind($vals, {
+    ARRAYREF => sub {     # list of choices
+      if (@$vals) { # nonempty list
+        my $placeholders  = join ", ", (($placeholder) x @$vals);
+        my $sql           = "$label $op ( $placeholders )";
+        my @bind = $self->_bindtype($k, @$vals);
+
+        return ($sql, @bind);
+      }
+      else { # empty list : some databases won't understand "IN ()", so DWIM
+        my $sql = ($op =~ /\bnot\b/i) ? $self->{sqltrue} : $self->{sqlfalse};
+        return ($sql);
+      }
+    },
+
+    ARRAYREFREF => sub {  # literal SQL with bind
+      my ($sql, @bind) = @$$vals;
+      $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+      return ("$label $op ( $sql )", @bind);
+    },
+
+    FALLBACK => sub {
+      puke "special op 'in' requires an arrayref (or arrayref-ref)";
+    },
+  });
+
+  return ($sql, @bind);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# ORDER BY
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _order_by {
+  my ($self, $arg) = @_;
+
+  # construct list of ordering instructions
+  my @order = $self->_SWITCH_refkind($arg, {
+
+    ARRAYREF => sub {
+      map {$self->_SWITCH_refkind($_, {
+              SCALAR    => sub {$self->_quote($_)},
+              UNDEF     => sub {},
+              SCALARREF => sub {$$_}, # literal SQL, no quoting
+              HASHREF   => sub {$self->_order_by_hash($_)}
+             }) } @$arg;
+    },
+
+    SCALAR    => sub {$self->_quote($arg)},
+    UNDEF     => sub {},
+    SCALARREF => sub {$$arg}, # literal SQL, no quoting
+    HASHREF   => sub {$self->_order_by_hash($arg)},
+
+  });
+
+  # build SQL
+  my $order = join ', ', @order;
+  return $order ? $self->_sqlcase(' order by')." $order" : '';
+}
+
+
+sub _order_by_hash {
+  my ($self, $hash) = @_;
+
+  # get first pair in hash
+  my ($key, $val) = each %$hash;
+
+  # check if one pair was found and no other pair in hash
+  $key && !(each %$hash)
+    or puke "hash passed to _order_by must have exactly one key (-desc or -asc)";
+
+  my ($order) = ($key =~ /^-(desc|asc)/i)
+    or puke "invalid key in _order_by hash : $key";
+
+  return $self->_quote($val) ." ". $self->_sqlcase($order);
+}
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# DATASOURCE (FOR NOW, JUST PLAIN TABLE OR LIST OF TABLES)
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _table  {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $from = shift;
+  $self->_SWITCH_refkind($from, {
+    ARRAYREF     => sub {join ', ', map { $self->_quote($_) } @$from;},
+    SCALAR       => sub {$self->_quote($from)},
+    SCALARREF    => sub {$$from},
+    ARRAYREFREF  => sub {join ', ', @$from;},
+  });
+}
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# UTILITY FUNCTIONS
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _quote {
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $label = shift;
+
+  $label or puke "can't quote an empty label";
+
+  # left and right quote characters
+  my ($ql, $qr, @other) = $self->_SWITCH_refkind($self->{quote_char}, {
+    SCALAR   => sub {($self->{quote_char}, $self->{quote_char})},
+    ARRAYREF => sub {@{$self->{quote_char}}},
+    UNDEF    => sub {()},
+   });
+  not @other
+      or puke "quote_char must be an arrayref of 2 values";
+
+  # no quoting if no quoting chars
+  $ql or return $label;
+
+  # no quoting for literal SQL
+  return $$label if ref($label) eq 'SCALAR';
+
+  # separate table / column (if applicable)
+  my $sep = $self->{name_sep} || '';
+  my @to_quote = $sep ? split /\Q$sep\E/, $label : ($label);
+
+  # do the quoting, except for "*" or for `table`.*
+  my @quoted = map { $_ eq '*' ? $_: $ql.$_.$qr} @to_quote;
+
+  # reassemble and return. 
+  return join $sep, @quoted;
+}
+
+
+# Conversion, if applicable
+sub _convert ($) {
+  my ($self, $arg) = @_;
+
+# LDNOTE : modified the previous implementation below because
+# it was not consistent : the first "return" is always an array,
+# the second "return" is context-dependent. Anyway, _convert
+# seems always used with just a single argument, so make it a 
+# scalar function.
+#     return @_ unless $self->{convert};
+#     my $conv = $self->_sqlcase($self->{convert});
+#     my @ret = map { $conv.'('.$_.')' } @_;
+#     return wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];
+  if ($self->{convert}) {
+    my $conv = $self->_sqlcase($self->{convert});
+    $arg = $conv.'('.$arg.')';
+  }
+  return $arg;
+}
+
+# And bindtype
+sub _bindtype (@) {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my($col, @vals) = @_;
+
+  #LDNOTE : changed original implementation below because it did not make 
+  # sense when bindtype eq 'columns' and @vals > 1.
+#  return $self->{bindtype} eq 'columns' ? [ $col, @vals ] : @vals;
+
+  return $self->{bindtype} eq 'columns' ? map {[$col, $_]} @vals : @vals;
+}
+
+# Dies if any element of @bind is not in [colname => value] format
+# if bindtype is 'columns'.
+sub _assert_bindval_matches_bindtype {
+  my ($self, @bind) = @_;
+
+  if ($self->{bindtype} eq 'columns') {
+    foreach my $val (@bind) {
+      if (!defined $val || ref($val) ne 'ARRAY' || @$val != 2) {
+        die "bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: [column_name => bind_value]"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+sub _join_sql_clauses {
+  my ($self, $logic, $clauses_aref, $bind_aref) = @_;
+
+  if (@$clauses_aref > 1) {
+    my $join  = " " . $self->_sqlcase($logic) . " ";
+    my $sql = '( ' . join($join, @$clauses_aref) . ' )';
+    return ($sql, @$bind_aref);
+  }
+  elsif (@$clauses_aref) {
+    return ($clauses_aref->[0], @$bind_aref); # no parentheses
+  }
+  else {
+    return (); # if no SQL, ignore @$bind_aref
+  }
+}
+
+
+# Fix SQL case, if so requested
+sub _sqlcase {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  # LDNOTE: if $self->{case} is true, then it contains 'lower', so we
+  # don't touch the argument ... crooked logic, but let's not change it!
+  return $self->{case} ? $_[0] : uc($_[0]);
+}
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# DISPATCHING FROM REFKIND
+#======================================================================
+
+sub _refkind {
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+  my $suffix = '';
+  my $ref;
+  my $n_steps = 0;
+
+  while (1) {
+    # blessed objects are treated like scalars
+    $ref = (blessed $data) ? '' : ref $data;
+    $n_steps += 1 if $ref;
+    last          if $ref ne 'REF';
+    $data = $$data;
+  }
+
+  my $base = $ref || (defined $data ? 'SCALAR' : 'UNDEF');
+
+  return $base . ('REF' x $n_steps);
+}
+
+
+
+sub _try_refkind {
+  my ($self, $data) = @_;
+  my @try = ($self->_refkind($data));
+  push @try, 'SCALAR_or_UNDEF' if $try[0] eq 'SCALAR' || $try[0] eq 'UNDEF';
+  push @try, 'FALLBACK';
+  return @try;
+}
+
+sub _METHOD_FOR_refkind {
+  my ($self, $meth_prefix, $data) = @_;
+  my $method = first {$_} map {$self->can($meth_prefix."_".$_)} 
+                              $self->_try_refkind($data)
+    or puke "cannot dispatch on '$meth_prefix' for ".$self->_refkind($data);
+  return $method;
+}
+
+
+sub _SWITCH_refkind {
+  my ($self, $data, $dispatch_table) = @_;
+
+  my $coderef = first {$_} map {$dispatch_table->{$_}} 
+                               $self->_try_refkind($data)
+    or puke "no dispatch entry for ".$self->_refkind($data);
+  $coderef->();
+}
+
+
+
+
+#======================================================================
+# VALUES, GENERATE, AUTOLOAD
+#======================================================================
+
+# LDNOTE: original code from nwiger, didn't touch code in that section
+# I feel the AUTOLOAD stuff should not be the default, it should
+# only be activated on explicit demand by user.
+
+sub values {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $data = shift || return;
+    puke "Argument to ", __PACKAGE__, "->values must be a \\%hash"
+        unless ref $data eq 'HASH';
+
+    my @all_bind;
+    foreach my $k ( sort keys %$data ) {
+        my $v = $data->{$k};
+        $self->_SWITCH_refkind($v, {
+          ARRAYREF => sub { 
+            if ($self->{array_datatypes}) { # array datatype
+              push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+            }
+            else {                          # literal SQL with bind
+              my ($sql, @bind) = @$v;
+              $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+              push @all_bind, @bind;
+            }
+          },
+          ARRAYREFREF => sub { # literal SQL with bind
+            my ($sql, @bind) = @${$v};
+            $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+            push @all_bind, @bind;
+          },
+          SCALARREF => sub {  # literal SQL without bind
+          },
+          SCALAR_or_UNDEF => sub {
+            push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+          },
+        });
+    }
+
+    return @all_bind;
+}
+
+sub generate {
+    my $self  = shift;
+
+    my(@sql, @sqlq, @sqlv);
+
+    for (@_) {
+        my $ref = ref $_;
+        if ($ref eq 'HASH') {
+            for my $k (sort keys %$_) {
+                my $v = $_->{$k};
+                my $r = ref $v;
+                my $label = $self->_quote($k);
+                if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
+                    # literal SQL with bind
+                    my ($sql, @bind) = @$v;
+                    $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+                    push @sqlq, "$label = $sql";
+                    push @sqlv, @bind;
+                } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
+                    # literal SQL without bind
+                    push @sqlq, "$label = $$v";
+                } else { 
+                    push @sqlq, "$label = ?";
+                    push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
+                }
+            }
+            push @sql, $self->_sqlcase('set'), join ', ', @sqlq;
+        } elsif ($ref eq 'ARRAY') {
+            # unlike insert(), assume these are ONLY the column names, i.e. for SQL
+            for my $v (@$_) {
+                my $r = ref $v;
+                if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {   # literal SQL with bind
+                    my ($sql, @bind) = @$v;
+                    $self->_assert_bindval_matches_bindtype(@bind);
+                    push @sqlq, $sql;
+                    push @sqlv, @bind;
+                } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {  # literal SQL without bind
+                    # embedded literal SQL
+                    push @sqlq, $$v;
+                } else { 
+                    push @sqlq, '?';
+                    push @sqlv, $v;
+                }
+            }
+            push @sql, '(' . join(', ', @sqlq) . ')';
+        } elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
+            # literal SQL
+            push @sql, $$_;
+        } else {
+            # strings get case twiddled
+            push @sql, $self->_sqlcase($_);
+        }
+    }
+
+    my $sql = join ' ', @sql;
+
+    # this is pretty tricky
+    # if ask for an array, return ($stmt, @bind)
+    # otherwise, s/?/shift @sqlv/ to put it inline
+    if (wantarray) {
+        return ($sql, @sqlv);
+    } else {
+        1 while $sql =~ s/\?/my $d = shift(@sqlv);
+                             ref $d ? $d->[1] : $d/e;
+        return $sql;
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub DESTROY { 1 }
+
+sub AUTOLOAD {
+    # This allows us to check for a local, then _form, attr
+    my $self = shift;
+    my($name) = $AUTOLOAD =~ /.*::(.+)/;
+    return $self->generate($name, @_);
+}
+
+1;
+
+
+
+__END__
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 SQL::Abstract - Generate SQL from Perl data structures
@@ -74,14 +1191,37 @@
     my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);
     $sth->execute(@bind);
 
-In addition, you can apply SQL functions to elements of your C<%data>
-by specifying an arrayref for the given hash value. For example, if
-you need to execute the Oracle C<to_date> function on a value, you
-can say something like this:
+=head2 Inserting and Updating Arrays
 
+If your database has array types (like for example Postgres),
+activate the special option C<< array_datatypes => 1 >>
+when creating the C<SQL::Abstract> object. 
+Then you may use an arrayref to insert and update database array types:
+
+    my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new(array_datatypes => 1);
     my %data = (
+        planets => [qw/Mercury Venus Earth Mars/]
+    );
+  
+    my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->insert('solar_system', \%data);
+
+This results in:
+
+    $stmt = "INSERT INTO solar_system (planets) VALUES (?)"
+
+    @bind = (['Mercury', 'Venus', 'Earth', 'Mars']);
+
+
+=head2 Inserting and Updating SQL
+
+In order to apply SQL functions to elements of your C<%data> you may
+specify a reference to an arrayref for the given hash value. For example,
+if you need to execute the Oracle C<to_date> function on a value, you can
+say something like this:
+
+    my %data = (
         name => 'Bill',
-        date_entered => ["to_date(?,'MM/DD/YYYY')", "03/02/2003"],
+        date_entered => \["to_date(?,'MM/DD/YYYY')", "03/02/2003"],
     ); 
 
 The first value in the array is the actual SQL. Any other values are
@@ -103,6 +1243,8 @@
 want to specify a WHERE clause for your UPDATE, though, which is
 where handling C<%where> hashes comes in handy...
 
+=head2 Complex where statements
+
 This module can generate pretty complicated WHERE statements
 easily. For example, simple C<key=value> pairs are taken to mean
 equality, and if you want to see if a field is within a set
@@ -138,183 +1280,9 @@
 similar order to each function (table, then fields, then a where 
 clause) to try and simplify things.
 
-=cut
 
-use Carp;
-use strict;
 
-our $VERSION  = '1.23';
-#XXX don't understand this below, leaving it for someone else. did bump the $VERSION --groditi
-our $REVISION = '$Id$';
-our $AUTOLOAD;
 
-# Fix SQL case, if so requested
-sub _sqlcase {
-    my $self = shift;
-    return $self->{case} ? $_[0] : uc($_[0]);
-}
-
-# Anon copies of arrays/hashes
-# Based on deep_copy example by merlyn
-# http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col30.html
-sub _anoncopy {
-    my $orig = shift;
-    return (ref $orig eq 'HASH')  ? +{map { $_ => _anoncopy($orig->{$_}) } keys %$orig}
-         : (ref $orig eq 'ARRAY') ? [map _anoncopy($_), @$orig]
-         : $orig;
-}
-
-# Debug
-sub _debug {
-    return unless $_[0]->{debug}; shift;  # a little faster
-    my $func = (caller(1))[3];
-    warn "[$func] ", @_, "\n";
-}
-
-sub belch (@) {
-    my($func) = (caller(1))[3];
-    carp "[$func] Warning: ", @_;
-}
-
-sub puke (@) {
-    my($func) = (caller(1))[3];
-    croak "[$func] Fatal: ", @_;
-}
-
-# Utility functions
-sub _table  {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $from = shift;
-    if (ref $from eq 'ARRAY') {
-        return $self->_recurse_from(@$from);
-    } elsif (ref $from eq 'HASH') {
-        return $self->_make_as($from);
-    } else {
-        return $self->_quote($from);
-    }
-}
-
-sub _recurse_from {
-    my ($self, $from, @join) = @_;
-    my @sqlf;
-    push(@sqlf, $self->_make_as($from));
-    foreach my $j (@join) {
-        push @sqlf, ', ' . $self->_quote($j) and next unless ref $j;
-        push @sqlf, ', ' . $$j and next if ref $j eq 'SCALAR';
-        my ($to, $on) = @$j;
-
-        # check whether a join type exists
-        my $join_clause = '';
-        my $to_jt = ref($to) eq 'ARRAY' ? $to->[0] : $to;
-        if (ref($to_jt) eq 'HASH' and exists($to_jt->{-join_type})) {
-            $join_clause = $self->_sqlcase(' '.($to_jt->{-join_type}).' JOIN ');
-        } else {
-            $join_clause = $self->_sqlcase(' JOIN ');
-        }
-        push(@sqlf, $join_clause);
-
-        if (ref $to eq 'ARRAY') {
-            push(@sqlf, '(', $self->_recurse_from(@$to), ')');
-        } else {
-            push(@sqlf, $self->_make_as($to));
-        }
-        push(@sqlf, $self->_sqlcase(' ON '), $self->_join_condition($on));
-    }
-    return join('', @sqlf);
-}
-
-sub _make_as {
-    my ($self, $from) = @_;
-    return $self->_quote($from) unless ref $from;
-    return $$from if ref $from eq 'SCALAR';
-    return join(' ', map { (ref $_ eq 'SCALAR' ? $$_ : $self->_quote($_)) }
-                         reverse each %{$self->_skip_options($from)});
-}
-
-sub _skip_options {
-    my ($self, $hash) = @_;
-    my $clean_hash = {};
-    $clean_hash->{$_} = $hash->{$_}
-        for grep {!/^-/} keys %$hash;
-    return $clean_hash;
-}
-
-sub _join_condition {
-    my ($self, $cond) = @_;
-    if (ref $cond eq 'HASH') {
-        my %j;
-        for (keys %$cond) {
-            my $x = '= '.$self->_quote($cond->{$_}); $j{$_} = \$x;
-        };
-        return $self->_recurse_where(\%j);
-    } elsif (ref $cond eq 'ARRAY') {
-        return join(' OR ', map { $self->_join_condition($_) } @$cond);
-    } else {
-        die "Can't handle this yet!";
-    }
-}
-
-
-sub _quote {
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $label = shift;
-
-    return '' unless defined $label;
-
-    return $label
-      if $label eq '*';
-
-    return $$label if ref($label) eq 'SCALAR';
-
-    return $label unless $self->{quote_char};
-
-    if (ref $self->{quote_char} eq "ARRAY") {
-
-        return $self->{quote_char}->[0] . $label . $self->{quote_char}->[1]
-            if !defined $self->{name_sep};
-
-        my $sep = $self->{name_sep};
-        return join($self->{name_sep},
-            map { $_ eq '*'
-                    ? $_
-                    : $self->{quote_char}->[0] . $_ . $self->{quote_char}->[1] }
-              split( /\Q$sep\E/, $label ) );
-    }
-
-
-    return $self->{quote_char} . $label . $self->{quote_char}
-      if !defined $self->{name_sep};
-
-    return join $self->{name_sep},
-        map { $_ eq '*' ? $_ : $self->{quote_char} . $_ . $self->{quote_char} }
-        split /\Q$self->{name_sep}\E/, $label;
-}
-
-# Conversion, if applicable
-sub _convert ($) {
-    my $self = shift;
-    return @_ unless $self->{convert};
-    my $conv = $self->_sqlcase($self->{convert});
-    my @ret = map { $conv.'('.$_.')' } @_;
-    return wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];
-}
-
-# And bindtype
-sub _bindtype (@) {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my($col, at val) = @_;
-    return $self->{bindtype} eq 'columns' ? [ @_ ] : @val;
-}
-
-# Modified -logic or -nest
-sub _modlogic ($) {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $sym = @_ ? lc(shift) : $self->{logic};
-    $sym =~ tr/_/ /;
-    $sym = $self->{logic} if $sym eq 'nest';
-    return $self->_sqlcase($sym);  # override join
-}
-
 =head2 new(option => 'value')
 
 The C<new()> function takes a list of options and values, and returns
@@ -330,6 +1298,8 @@
 
     SELECT a_field FROM a_table WHERE some_field LIKE '%someval%'
 
+Any setting other than 'lower' is ignored.
+
 =item cmp
 
 This determines what the default comparison operator is. By default
@@ -349,6 +1319,11 @@
 You can also override the comparsion on an individual basis - see
 the huge section on L</"WHERE CLAUSES"> at the bottom.
 
+=item sqltrue, sqlfalse
+
+Expressions for inserting boolean values within SQL statements.
+By default these are C<1=1> and C<1=0>.
+
 =item logic
 
 This determines the default logical operator for multiple WHERE
@@ -373,6 +1348,14 @@
 
     WHERE event_date >= '2/13/99' AND event_date <= '4/24/03'
 
+The logic can also be changed locally by inserting
+an extra first element in the array :
+
+    @where = (-and => event_date => {'>=', '2/13/99'}, 
+                      event_date => {'<=', '4/24/03'} );
+
+See the L</"WHERE CLAUSES"> section for explanations.
+
 =item convert
 
 This will automatically convert comparisons using the specified SQL
@@ -417,7 +1400,7 @@
     );
 
 You can then iterate through this manually, using DBI's C<bind_param()>.
-    
+
     $sth->prepare($stmt);
     my $i = 1;
     for (@bind) {
@@ -439,6 +1422,10 @@
 sub called C<bind_fields()> or something and reuse it repeatedly. You still
 get a layer of abstraction over manual SQL specification.
 
+Note that if you set L</bindtype> to C<columns>, the C<\[$sql, @bind]>
+construct (see L</Literal SQL with placeholders and bind values (subqueries)>)
+will expect the bind values in this format.
+
 =item quote_char
 
 This is the character that a table or column name will be quoted
@@ -447,9 +1434,16 @@
 
   SELECT `a_field` FROM `a_table` WHERE `some_field` LIKE '%someval%'
 
-This is useful if you have tables or columns that are reserved words
-in your database's SQL dialect.
+Alternatively, you can supply an array ref of two items, the first being the left
+hand quote character, and the second the right hand quote character. For
+example, you could supply C<['[',']']> for SQL Server 2000 compliant quotes
+that generates SQL like this:
 
+  SELECT [a_field] FROM [a_table] WHERE [some_field] LIKE '%someval%'
+
+Quoting is useful if you have tables or columns names that are reserved 
+words in your database's SQL dialect.
+
 =item name_sep
 
 This is the character that separates a table and column name.  It is
@@ -458,200 +1452,94 @@
 
   SELECT `table`.`one_field` FROM `table` WHERE `table`.`other_field` = 1
 
-=back
+=item array_datatypes
 
-=cut
+When this option is true, arrayrefs in INSERT or UPDATE are 
+interpreted as array datatypes and are passed directly 
+to the DBI layer.
+When this option is false, arrayrefs are interpreted
+as literal SQL, just like refs to arrayrefs
+(but this behavior is for backwards compatibility; when writing
+new queries, use the "reference to arrayref" syntax
+for literal SQL).
 
-sub new {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $class = ref($self) || $self;
-    my %opt = (ref $_[0] eq 'HASH') ? %{$_[0]} : @_;
 
-    # choose our case by keeping an option around
-    delete $opt{case} if $opt{case} && $opt{case} ne 'lower';
+=item special_ops
 
-    # override logical operator
-    $opt{logic} = uc $opt{logic} if $opt{logic};
+Takes a reference to a list of "special operators" 
+to extend the syntax understood by L<SQL::Abstract>.
+See section L</"SPECIAL OPERATORS"> for details.
 
-    # how to return bind vars
-    $opt{bindtype} ||= delete($opt{bind_type}) || 'normal';
 
-    # default comparison is "=", but can be overridden
-    $opt{cmp} ||= '=';
 
-    # default quotation character around tables/columns
-    $opt{quote_char} ||= '';
+=back
 
-    return bless \%opt, $class;
-}
-
 =head2 insert($table, \@values || \%fieldvals)
 
 This is the simplest function. You simply give it a table name
 and either an arrayref of values or hashref of field/value pairs.
 It returns an SQL INSERT statement and a list of bind values.
+See the sections on L</"Inserting and Updating Arrays"> and
+L</"Inserting and Updating SQL"> for information on how to insert
+with those data types.
 
-=cut
-
-sub insert {
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $table = $self->_table(shift);
-    my $data  = shift || return;
-
-    my $sql   = $self->_sqlcase('insert into') . " $table ";
-    my(@sqlf, @sqlv, @sqlq) = ();
-
-    my $ref = ref $data;
-    if ($ref eq 'HASH') {
-        for my $k (sort keys %$data) {
-            my $v = $data->{$k};
-            my $r = ref $v;
-            # named fields, so must save names in order
-            push @sqlf, $self->_quote($k);
-            if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
-                # SQL included for values
-                my @val = @$v;
-                push @sqlq, shift @val;
-                push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, @val);
-            } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
-                # embedded literal SQL
-                push @sqlq, $$v;
-            } else { 
-                push @sqlq, '?';
-                push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
-            }
-        }
-        $sql .= '(' . join(', ', @sqlf) .') '. $self->_sqlcase('values') . ' ('. join(', ', @sqlq) .')';
-    } elsif ($ref eq 'ARRAY') {
-        # just generate values(?,?) part
-        # no names (arrayref) so can't generate bindtype
-        carp "Warning: ",__PACKAGE__,"->insert called with arrayref when bindtype set"
-            if $self->{bindtype} ne 'normal';
-        for my $v (@$data) {
-            my $r = ref $v;
-            if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
-                my @val = @$v;
-                push @sqlq, shift @val;
-                push @sqlv, @val;
-            } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
-                # embedded literal SQL
-                push @sqlq, $$v;
-            } else { 
-                push @sqlq, '?';
-                push @sqlv, $v;
-            }
-        }
-        $sql .= $self->_sqlcase('values') . ' ('. join(', ', @sqlq) .')';
-    } elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
-        # literal SQL
-        $sql .= $$data;
-    } else {
-        puke "Unsupported data type specified to \$sql->insert";
-    }
-
-    return wantarray ? ($sql, @sqlv) : $sql;
-}
-
 =head2 update($table, \%fieldvals, \%where)
 
 This takes a table, hashref of field/value pairs, and an optional
 hashref L<WHERE clause|/WHERE CLAUSES>. It returns an SQL UPDATE function and a list
 of bind values.
+See the sections on L</"Inserting and Updating Arrays"> and
+L</"Inserting and Updating SQL"> for information on how to insert
+with those data types.
 
-=cut
+=head2 select($source, $fields, $where, $order)
 
-sub update {
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $table = $self->_table(shift);
-    my $data  = shift || return;
-    my $where = shift;
+This returns a SQL SELECT statement and associated list of bind values, as 
+specified by the arguments  :
 
-    my $sql   = $self->_sqlcase('update') . " $table " . $self->_sqlcase('set ');
-    my(@sqlf, @sqlv) = ();
+=over
 
-    puke "Unsupported data type specified to \$sql->update"
-        unless ref $data eq 'HASH';
+=item $source
 
-    for my $k (sort keys %$data) {
-        my $v = $data->{$k};
-        my $r = ref $v;
-        my $label = $self->_quote($k);
-        if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
-            # SQL included for values
-            my @bind = @$v;
-            my $sql = shift @bind;
-            push @sqlf, "$label = $sql";
-            push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, @bind);
-        } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
-            # embedded literal SQL
-            push @sqlf, "$label = $$v";
-        } else { 
-            push @sqlf, "$label = ?";
-            push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
-        }
-    }
+Specification of the 'FROM' part of the statement. 
+The argument can be either a plain scalar (interpreted as a table
+name, will be quoted), or an arrayref (interpreted as a list
+of table names, joined by commas, quoted), or a scalarref
+(literal table name, not quoted), or a ref to an arrayref
+(list of literal table names, joined by commas, not quoted).
 
-    $sql .= join ', ', @sqlf;
+=item $fields
 
-    if ($where) {
-        my($wsql, @wval) = $self->where($where);
-        $sql .= $wsql;
-        push @sqlv, @wval;
-    }
+Specification of the list of fields to retrieve from 
+the source.
+The argument can be either an arrayref (interpreted as a list
+of field names, will be joined by commas and quoted), or a 
+plain scalar (literal SQL, not quoted).
+Please observe that this API is not as flexible as for
+the first argument C<$table>, for backwards compatibility reasons.
 
-    return wantarray ? ($sql, @sqlv) : $sql;
-}
+=item $where
 
-=head2 select($table, \@fields, \%where, \@order)
+Optional argument to specify the WHERE part of the query.
+The argument is most often a hashref, but can also be
+an arrayref or plain scalar -- 
+see section L<WHERE clause|/"WHERE CLAUSES"> for details.
 
-This takes a table, arrayref of fields (or '*'), optional hashref
-L<WHERE clause|/WHERE CLAUSES>, and optional array or hash ref L<ORDER BY clause|/ORDER BY CLAUSES>, and returns the
-corresponding SQL SELECT statement and list of bind values.
+=item $order
 
-=cut
+Optional argument to specify the ORDER BY part of the query.
+The argument can be a scalar, a hashref or an arrayref 
+-- see section L<ORDER BY clause|/"ORDER BY CLAUSES">
+for details.
 
-sub select {
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $table  = $self->_table(shift);
-    my $fields = shift || '*';
-    my $where  = shift;
-    my $order  = shift;
+=back
 
-    my $f = (ref $fields eq 'ARRAY') ? join ', ', map { $self->_quote($_) } @$fields : $fields;
-    my $sql = join ' ', $self->_sqlcase('select'), $f, $self->_sqlcase('from'), $table;
 
-    my(@sqlf, @sqlv) = ();
-    my($wsql, @wval) = $self->where($where, $order);
-    $sql .= $wsql;
-    push @sqlv, @wval;
-
-    return wantarray ? ($sql, @sqlv) : $sql; 
-}
-
 =head2 delete($table, \%where)
 
 This takes a table name and optional hashref L<WHERE clause|/WHERE CLAUSES>.
 It returns an SQL DELETE statement and list of bind values.
 
-=cut
-
-sub delete {
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $table = $self->_table(shift);
-    my $where = shift;
-
-    my $sql = $self->_sqlcase('delete from') . " $table";
-    my(@sqlf, @sqlv) = ();
-
-    if ($where) {
-        my($wsql, @wval) = $self->where($where);
-        $sql .= $wsql;
-        push @sqlv, @wval;
-    }
-
-    return wantarray ? ($sql, @sqlv) : $sql; 
-}
-
 =head2 where(\%where, \@order)
 
 This is used to generate just the WHERE clause. For example,
@@ -660,248 +1548,7 @@
 to produce a WHERE clause, use this. It returns an SQL WHERE
 clause and list of bind values.
 
-=cut
 
-# Finally, a separate routine just to handle WHERE clauses
-sub where {
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $where = shift;
-    my $order = shift;
-
-    # Need a separate routine to properly wrap w/ "where"
-    my $sql = '';
-    my @ret = $self->_recurse_where($where);
-    if (@ret) {
-        my $wh = shift @ret;
-        $sql .= $self->_sqlcase(' where ') . $wh if $wh;
-    }
-
-    # order by?
-    if ($order) {
-        $sql .= $self->_order_by($order);
-    }
-
-    return wantarray ? ($sql, @ret) : $sql; 
-}
-
-
-sub _recurse_where {
-    local $^W = 0;  # really, you've gotta be fucking kidding me
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $where = _anoncopy(shift);   # prevent destroying original
-    my $ref   = ref $where || '';
-    my $join  = shift || $self->{logic} ||
-                    ($ref eq 'ARRAY' ? $self->_sqlcase('or') : $self->_sqlcase('and'));
-
-    # For assembling SQL fields and values
-    my(@sqlf, @sqlv) = ();
-
-    # If an arrayref, then we join each element
-    if ($ref eq 'ARRAY') {
-        # need to use while() so can shift() for arrays
-        my $subjoin;
-        while (my $el = shift @$where) {
-
-            # skip empty elements, otherwise get invalid trailing AND stuff
-            if (my $ref2 = ref $el) {
-                if ($ref2 eq 'ARRAY') {
-                    next unless @$el;
-                } elsif ($ref2 eq 'HASH') {
-                    next unless %$el;
-                    $subjoin ||= $self->_sqlcase('and');
-                } elsif ($ref2 eq 'SCALAR') {
-                    # literal SQL
-                    push @sqlf, $$el;
-                    next;
-                }
-                $self->_debug("$ref2(*top) means join with $subjoin");
-            } else {
-                # top-level arrayref with scalars, recurse in pairs
-                $self->_debug("NOREF(*top) means join with $subjoin");
-                $el = {$el => shift(@$where)};
-            }
-            my @ret = $self->_recurse_where($el, $subjoin);
-            push @sqlf, shift @ret;
-            push @sqlv, @ret;
-        }
-    }
-    elsif ($ref eq 'HASH') {
-        # Note: during recursion, the last element will always be a hashref,
-        # since it needs to point a column => value. So this be the end.
-        for my $k (sort keys %$where) {
-            my $v = $where->{$k};
-            my $label = $self->_quote($k);
-
-            if ($k =~ /^-(\D+)/) {
-                # special nesting, like -and, -or, -nest, so shift over
-                my $subjoin = $self->_modlogic($1);
-                $self->_debug("OP(-$1) means special logic ($subjoin), recursing...");
-                my @ret = $self->_recurse_where($v, $subjoin);
-                push @sqlf, shift @ret;
-                push @sqlv, @ret;
-            } elsif (! defined($v)) {
-                # undef = null
-                $self->_debug("UNDEF($k) means IS NULL");
-                push @sqlf, $label . $self->_sqlcase(' is null');
-            } elsif (ref $v eq 'ARRAY') {
-                if( @$v ) {
-                    my @v = @$v;
-                    # multiple elements: multiple options
-                    $self->_debug("ARRAY($k) means multiple elements: [ @v ]");
-
-                    # special nesting, like -and, -or, -nest, so shift over
-                    my $subjoin = $self->_sqlcase('or');
-                    if ($v[0] =~ /^-(\D+)/) {
-                        $subjoin = $self->_modlogic($1);    # override subjoin
-                        $self->_debug("OP(-$1) means special logic ($subjoin), shifting...");
-                        shift @v;
-                    }
-
-                    # map into an array of hashrefs and recurse
-                    my @ret = $self->_recurse_where([map { {$k =>  $_} } @v], $subjoin);
-
-                    # push results into our structure
-                    push @sqlf, shift @ret;
-                    push @sqlv, @ret;
-                } else {
-                    $self->_debug("empty ARRAY($k) means 0=1");
-                    push @sqlf, '0=1';
-                }
-            } elsif (ref $v eq 'HASH') {
-                # modified operator { '!=', 'completed' }
-                for my $f (sort keys %$v) {
-                    my $x = $v->{$f};
-
-                    # do the right thing for single -in values
-                    $x = [$x] if ($f =~ /^-?\s*(not[\s_]+)?in\s*$/i  &&  ref $x ne 'ARRAY');
-
-                    $self->_debug("HASH($k) means modified operator: { $f }");
-
-                    # check for the operator being "IN" or "BETWEEN" or whatever
-                    if (ref $x eq 'ARRAY') {
-                          if ($f =~ /^-?\s*(not[\s_]+)?(in|between)\s*$/i) {
-                              my $u = $self->_modlogic($1 . $2);
-                              $self->_debug("HASH($f => $x) uses special operator: [ $u ]");
-                              if ($u =~ /between/i) {
-                                  # SQL sucks
-                                  # Throw an exception if you try to use between with
-                                  # anything other than 2 values
-                                  $self->puke("You need two values to use between") unless @$x == 2;
-                                  push @sqlf, join ' ', $self->_convert($label), $u, $self->_convert('?'),
-                                                        $self->_sqlcase('and'), $self->_convert('?');
-                              } elsif (@$x) {
-                                  # DWIM for empty arrayrefs
-                                  push @sqlf, join ' ', $self->_convert($label), $u, '(',
-                                                  join(', ', map { $self->_convert('?') } @$x),
-                                              ')';
-                              } elsif(@$x == 0){
-                                  # Empty IN defaults to 0=1 and empty NOT IN to 1=1
-                                  push(@sqlf, ($u =~ /not/i ? "1=1" : "0=1"));
-                              }
-                              push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, @$x);
-                          } elsif(@$x) {
-                                # multiple elements: multiple options
-                                $self->_debug("ARRAY($x) means multiple elements: [ @$x ]");
-                                # map into an array of hashrefs and recurse
-                                my @ret = $self->_recurse_where([map { {$k => {$f, $_}} } @$x]);
-
-                                # push results into our structure
-                                push @sqlf, shift @ret;
-                                push @sqlv, @ret;
-                          } else {
-                              #DTRT for $op => []
-                              # I feel like <= and >= should resolve to 0=1 but I am not sure.
-                              if($f eq '='){
-                                  push @sqlf, '0=1';
-                              } elsif( $f eq '!='){
-                                  push @sqlf, '1=1';
-                              } else {
-                                  $self->puke("Can not generate SQL for '${f}' comparison of '${k}' using empty array");
-                              }
-                          }
-                    } elsif (! defined($x)) {
-                        # undef = NOT null
-                        my $not = ($f eq '!=' || $f eq 'not like') ? ' not' : '';
-                        push @sqlf, $label . $self->_sqlcase(" is$not null");
-                    } else {
-                        # regular ol' value
-                        $f =~ s/^-//;   # strip leading -like =>
-                        $f =~ s/_/ /;   # _ => " "
-                        push @sqlf, join ' ', $self->_convert($label), $self->_sqlcase($f), $self->_convert('?');
-                        push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $x);
-                    }
-                }
-            } elsif (ref $v eq 'SCALAR') {
-                # literal SQL
-                $self->_debug("SCALAR($k) means literal SQL: $$v");
-                push @sqlf, "$label $$v";
-            } else {
-                # standard key => val
-                $self->_debug("NOREF($k) means simple key=val: $k $self->{cmp} $v");
-                push @sqlf, join ' ', $self->_convert($label), $self->_sqlcase($self->{cmp}), $self->_convert('?');
-                push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
-        # literal sql
-        $self->_debug("SCALAR(*top) means literal SQL: $$where");
-        push @sqlf, $$where;
-    }
-    elsif (defined $where) {
-        # literal sql
-        $self->_debug("NOREF(*top) means literal SQL: $where");
-        push @sqlf, $where;
-    }
-
-    # assemble and return sql
-    my $wsql = @sqlf ? '( ' . join(" $join ", @sqlf) . ' )' : '';
-    return wantarray ? ($wsql, @sqlv) : $wsql; 
-}
-
-sub _order_by {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $ref = ref $_[0] || '';
-    
-    my $_order_hash = sub {
-      local *__ANON__ = '_order_by_hash';
-      my ($col, $order);
-      my $hash = shift; # $_ was failing in some cases for me --groditi
-      if ( $col = $hash->{'-desc'} ) {
-        $order = 'DESC'
-      } elsif ( $col = $hash->{'-asc'} ) {
-        $order = 'ASC';
-      } else {
-        puke "Hash must have a key of '-desc' or '-asc' for ORDER BY";
-      }
-      return $self->_quote($col) . " $order";
-      
-    };
-    
-    my @vals;
-    if ($ref eq 'ARRAY') {
-      foreach (@{ $_[0] }) {
-        my $ref = ref $_;
-        if (!$ref || $ref eq 'SCALAR') {
-          push @vals, $self->_quote($_);
-        } elsif ($ref eq 'HASH') {
-          push @vals, $_order_hash->($_);
-        } else {
-          puke "Unsupported nested data struct $ref for ORDER BY";
-        }
-      }
-    } elsif ($ref eq 'HASH') {
-      push @vals, $_order_hash->($_[0]);
-    } elsif (!$ref || $ref eq 'SCALAR') {
-      push @vals, $self->_quote($_[0]);
-    } else {
-      puke "Unsupported data struct $ref for ORDER BY";
-    }
-
-    my $val = join ', ', @vals;
-    return $val ? $self->_sqlcase(' order by')." $val" : '';
-}
-
 =head2 values(\%data)
 
 This just returns the values from the hash C<%data>, in the same
@@ -909,16 +1556,6 @@
 Using this allows you to markedly speed up your queries if you
 are affecting lots of rows. See below under the L</"PERFORMANCE"> section.
 
-=cut
-
-sub values {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $data = shift || return;
-    puke "Argument to ", __PACKAGE__, "->values must be a \\%hash"
-        unless ref $data eq 'HASH';
-    return map { $self->_bindtype($_, $data->{$_}) } sort keys %$data;
-}
-
 =head2 generate($any, 'number', $of, \@data, $struct, \%types)
 
 Warning: This is an experimental method and subject to change.
@@ -952,89 +1589,13 @@
 You get the idea. Strings get their case twiddled, but everything
 else remains verbatim.
 
-=cut
 
-sub generate {
-    my $self  = shift;
 
-    my(@sql, @sqlq, @sqlv);
 
-    for (@_) {
-        my $ref = ref $_;
-        if ($ref eq 'HASH') {
-            for my $k (sort keys %$_) {
-                my $v = $_->{$k};
-                my $r = ref $v;
-                my $label = $self->_quote($k);
-                if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
-                    # SQL included for values
-                    my @bind = @$v;
-                    my $sql = shift @bind;
-                    push @sqlq, "$label = $sql";
-                    push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, @bind);
-                } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
-                    # embedded literal SQL
-                    push @sqlq, "$label = $$v";
-                } else { 
-                    push @sqlq, "$label = ?";
-                    push @sqlv, $self->_bindtype($k, $v);
-                }
-            }
-            push @sql, $self->_sqlcase('set'), join ', ', @sqlq;
-        } elsif ($ref eq 'ARRAY') {
-            # unlike insert(), assume these are ONLY the column names, i.e. for SQL
-            for my $v (@$_) {
-                my $r = ref $v;
-                if ($r eq 'ARRAY') {
-                    my @val = @$v;
-                    push @sqlq, shift @val;
-                    push @sqlv, @val;
-                } elsif ($r eq 'SCALAR') {
-                    # embedded literal SQL
-                    push @sqlq, $$v;
-                } else { 
-                    push @sqlq, '?';
-                    push @sqlv, $v;
-                }
-            }
-            push @sql, '(' . join(', ', @sqlq) . ')';
-        } elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
-            # literal SQL
-            push @sql, $$_;
-        } else {
-            # strings get case twiddled
-            push @sql, $self->_sqlcase($_);
-        }
-    }
+=head1 WHERE CLAUSES
 
-    my $sql = join ' ', @sql;
+=head2 Introduction
 
-    # this is pretty tricky
-    # if ask for an array, return ($stmt, @bind)
-    # otherwise, s/?/shift @sqlv/ to put it inline
-    if (wantarray) {
-        return ($sql, @sqlv);
-    } else {
-        1 while $sql =~ s/\?/my $d = shift(@sqlv);
-                             ref $d ? $d->[1] : $d/e;
-        return $sql;
-    }
-}
-
-sub DESTROY { 1 }
-sub AUTOLOAD {
-    # This allows us to check for a local, then _form, attr
-    my $self = shift;
-    my($name) = $AUTOLOAD =~ /.*::(.+)/;
-    return $self->generate($name, @_);
-}
-
-1;
-
-__END__
-
-=head1 WHERE CLAUSES
-
 This module uses a variation on the idea from L<DBIx::Abstract>. It
 is B<NOT>, repeat I<not> 100% compatible. B<The main logic of this
 module is that things in arrays are OR'ed, and things in hashes
@@ -1048,6 +1609,8 @@
 However, note that the C<%where> hash can be used directly in any
 of the other functions as well, as described above.
 
+=head2 Key-value pairs
+
 So, let's get started. To begin, a simple hash:
 
     my %where  = (
@@ -1074,9 +1637,11 @@
     $stmt = "WHERE user = ? AND ( status = ? OR status = ? OR status = ? )";
     @bind = ('nwiger', 'assigned', 'in-progress', 'pending');
 
-Please note that an empty arrayref will be considered a logical false and
+An empty arrayref will be considered a logical false and
 will generate 0=1.
 
+=head2 Key-value pairs
+
 If you want to specify a different type of operator for your comparison,
 you can use a hashref for a given column:
 
@@ -1094,15 +1659,22 @@
 
     status => { '!=', ['assigned', 'in-progress', 'pending'] };
 
-An empty arrayref will try to Do The Right Thing for the operators '=', '!=',
-'-in' '-not_in', but will throw an exception for everything else.
-
 Which would give you:
 
-    "WHERE status != ? OR status != ? OR status != ?"
+    "WHERE status != ? AND status != ? AND status != ?"
 
-But, this is probably not what you want in this case (look at it). So
-the hashref can also contain multiple pairs, in which case it is expanded
+Notice that since the operator was recognized as being a 'negative' 
+operator, the arrayref was interpreted with 'AND' logic (because
+of Morgan's laws). By contrast, the reverse
+
+    status => { '=', ['assigned', 'in-progress', 'pending'] };
+
+would generate :
+
+    "WHERE status = ? OR status = ? OR status = ?"
+
+
+The hashref can also contain multiple pairs, in which case it is expanded
 into an C<AND> of its elements:
 
     my %where  = (
@@ -1119,6 +1691,7 @@
     $stmt = "WHERE user = ? AND status != ? AND status NOT LIKE ?";
     @bind = ('nwiger', 'completed', 'pending%');
 
+
 To get an OR instead, you can combine it with the arrayref idea:
 
     my %where => (
@@ -1131,7 +1704,24 @@
     $stmt = "WHERE user = ? AND priority = ? OR priority != ?";
     @bind = ('nwiger', '2', '1');
 
-However, there is a subtle trap if you want to say something like
+If you want to include literal SQL (with or without bind values), just use a
+scalar reference or array reference as the value:
+
+    my %where  = (
+        date_entered => { '>' => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YYYY')", "11/26/2008"] },
+        date_expires => { '<' => \"now()" }
+    );
+
+Which would generate:
+
+    $stmt = "WHERE date_entered > "to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YYYY') AND date_expires < now()";
+    @bind = ('11/26/2008');
+
+
+=head2 Logic and nesting operators
+
+In the example above,
+there is a subtle trap if you want to say something like
 this (notice the C<AND>):
 
     WHERE priority != ? AND priority != ?
@@ -1143,8 +1733,10 @@
 As the second C<!=> key will obliterate the first. The solution
 is to use the special C<-modifier> form inside an arrayref:
 
-    priority => [ -and => {'!=', 2}, {'!=', 1} ]
+    priority => [ -and => {'!=', 2}, 
+                          {'!=', 1} ]
 
+
 Normally, these would be joined by C<OR>, but the modifier tells it
 to use C<AND> instead. (Hint: You can use this in conjunction with the
 C<logic> option to C<new()> in order to change the way your queries
@@ -1179,6 +1771,19 @@
         -nest => [ workhrs => {'>', 20}, geo => 'ASIA' ],
     );
 
+If you need several nested subexpressions, you can number
+the C<-nest> branches :
+
+    my %where = (
+         user => 'nwiger',
+        -nest1 => ...,
+        -nest2 => ...,
+        ...
+    );
+
+
+=head2 Special operators : IN, BETWEEN, etc.
+
 You can also use the hashref format to compare a list of fields using the
 C<IN> comparison operator, by specifying the list as an arrayref:
 
@@ -1192,9 +1797,12 @@
     $stmt = "WHERE status = ? AND reportid IN (?,?,?)";
     @bind = ('completed', '567', '2335', '2');
 
-You can use this same format to use other grouping functions, such
-as C<BETWEEN>, C<SOME>, and so forth. For example:
+The reverse operator C<-not_in> generates SQL C<NOT IN> and is used in 
+the same way.
 
+Another pair of operators is C<-between> and C<-not_between>, 
+used with an arrayref of two values:
+
     my %where  = (
         user   => 'nwiger',
         completion_date => {
@@ -1206,6 +1814,11 @@
 
     WHERE user = ? AND completion_date NOT BETWEEN ( ? AND ? )
 
+These are the two builtin "special operators"; but the 
+list can be expanded : see section L</"SPECIAL OPERATORS"> below.
+
+=head2 Nested conditions
+
 So far, we've seen how multiple conditions are joined with a top-level
 C<AND>.  We can change this by putting the different conditions we want in
 hashes and then putting those hashes in an array. For example:
@@ -1234,8 +1847,8 @@
          -and => [
             user => 'nwiger',
             -nest => [
-                -and => [workhrs => {'>', 20}, geo => 'ASIA' ],
-                -and => [workhrs => {'<', 50}, geo => 'EURO' ]
+                ["-and", workhrs => {'>', 20}, geo => 'ASIA' ],
+                ["-and", workhrs => {'<', 50}, geo => 'EURO' ]
             ],
         ],
     );
@@ -1246,6 +1859,8 @@
           ( ( workhrs > ? AND geo = ? )
          OR ( workhrs < ? AND geo = ? ) ) )
 
+=head2 Literal SQL
+
 Finally, sometimes only literal SQL will do. If you want to include
 literal SQL verbatim, you can specify it as a scalar reference, namely:
 
@@ -1271,8 +1886,134 @@
         requestor => { '!=', undef },
     );
 
+
 TMTOWTDI.
 
+Conditions on boolean columns can be expressed in the 
+same way, passing a reference to an empty string :
+
+    my %where = (
+        priority  => { '<', 2 },
+        is_ready  => \"";
+    );
+
+which yields
+
+    $stmt = "WHERE priority < ? AND is_ready";
+    @bind = ('2');
+
+
+=head2 Literal SQL with placeholders and bind values (subqueries)
+
+If the literal SQL to be inserted has placeholders and bind values,
+use a reference to an arrayref (yes this is a double reference --
+not so common, but perfectly legal Perl). For example, to find a date
+in Postgres you can use something like this:
+
+    my %where = (
+       date_column => \[q/= date '2008-09-30' - ?::integer/, 10/]
+    )
+
+This would create:
+
+    $stmt = "WHERE ( date_column = date '2008-09-30' - ?::integer )"
+    @bind = ('10');
+
+Note that you must pass the bind values in the same format as they are returned
+by L</where>. That means that if you set L</bindtype> to C<columns>, you must
+provide the bind values in the C<< [ column_meta => value ] >> format, where
+C<column_meta> is an opaque scalar value; most commonly the column name, but
+you can use any scalar value (including references and blessed references),
+L<SQL::Abstract> will simply pass it through intact. So if C<bindtype> is set
+to C<columns> the above example will look like:
+
+    my %where = (
+       date_column => \[q/= date '2008-09-30' - ?::integer/, [ dummy => 10 ]/]
+    )
+
+Literal SQL is especially useful for nesting parenthesized clauses in the
+main SQL query. Here is a first example :
+
+  my ($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) = ("SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?",
+                               100, "foo%");
+  my %where = (
+    foo => 1234,
+    bar => \["IN ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  );
+
+This yields :
+
+  $stmt = "WHERE (foo = ? AND bar IN (SELECT c1 FROM t1 
+                                             WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?))";
+  @bind = (1234, 100, "foo%");
+
+Other subquery operators, like for example C<"E<gt> ALL"> or C<"NOT IN">, 
+are expressed in the same way. Of course the C<$sub_stmt> and
+its associated bind values can be generated through a former call 
+to C<select()> :
+
+  my ($sub_stmt, @sub_bind)
+     = $sql->select("t1", "c1", {c2 => {"<" => 100}, 
+                                 c3 => {-like => "foo%"}});
+  my %where = (
+    foo => 1234,
+    bar => \["> ALL ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  );
+
+In the examples above, the subquery was used as an operator on a column;
+but the same principle also applies for a clause within the main C<%where> 
+hash, like an EXISTS subquery :
+
+  my ($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) 
+     = $sql->select("t1", "*", {c1 => 1, c2 => \"> t0.c0"});
+  my %where = (
+    foo   => 1234,
+    -nest => \["EXISTS ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  );
+
+which yields
+
+  $stmt = "WHERE (foo = ? AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM t1 
+                                        WHERE c1 = ? AND c2 > t0.c0))";
+  @bind = (1234, 1);
+
+
+Observe that the condition on C<c2> in the subquery refers to 
+column C<t0.c0> of the main query : this is I<not> a bind 
+value, so we have to express it through a scalar ref. 
+Writing C<< c2 => {">" => "t0.c0"} >> would have generated
+C<< c2 > ? >> with bind value C<"t0.c0"> ... not exactly
+what we wanted here.
+
+Another use of the subquery technique is when some SQL clauses need
+parentheses, as it often occurs with some proprietary SQL extensions
+like for example fulltext expressions, geospatial expressions, 
+NATIVE clauses, etc. Here is an example of a fulltext query in MySQL :
+
+  my %where = (
+    -nest => \["MATCH (col1, col2) AGAINST (?)" => qw/apples/]
+  );
+
+Finally, here is an example where a subquery is used
+for expressing unary negation:
+
+  my ($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) 
+     = $sql->where({age => [{"<" => 10}, {">" => 20}]});
+  $sub_stmt =~ s/^ where //i; # don't want "WHERE" in the subclause
+  my %where = (
+        lname  => {like => '%son%'},
+        -nest  => \["NOT ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+    );
+
+This yields
+
+  $stmt = "lname LIKE ? AND NOT ( age < ? OR age > ? )"
+  @bind = ('%son%', 10, 20)
+
+
+
+=head2 Conclusion
+
 These pages could go on for a while, since the nesting of the data
 structures this module can handle are pretty much unlimited (the
 module implements the C<WHERE> expansion as a recursive function
@@ -1286,6 +2027,9 @@
 dynamically-generating SQL and could just hardwire it into your
 script.
 
+
+
+
 =head1 ORDER BY CLAUSES
 
 Some functions take an order by clause. This can either be a scalar (just a 
@@ -1306,6 +2050,73 @@
     [colA => {-asc => 'colB'}] | ORDER BY colA, colB ASC
     ==========================================================
 
+
+
+=head1 SPECIAL OPERATORS
+
+  my $sqlmaker = SQL::Abstract->new(special_ops => [
+     {regex => qr/.../,
+      handler => sub {
+        my ($self, $field, $op, $arg) = @_;
+        ...
+        },
+     },
+   ]);
+
+A "special operator" is a SQL syntactic clause that can be 
+applied to a field, instead of a usual binary operator.
+For example : 
+
+   WHERE field IN (?, ?, ?)
+   WHERE field BETWEEN ? AND ?
+   WHERE MATCH(field) AGAINST (?, ?)
+
+Special operators IN and BETWEEN are fairly standard and therefore
+are builtin within C<SQL::Abstract>. For other operators,
+like the MATCH .. AGAINST example above which is 
+specific to MySQL, you can write your own operator handlers :
+supply a C<special_ops> argument to the C<new> method. 
+That argument takes an arrayref of operator definitions;
+each operator definition is a hashref with two entries
+
+=over
+
+=item regex
+
+the regular expression to match the operator
+
+=item handler
+
+coderef that will be called when meeting that operator
+in the input tree. The coderef will be called with 
+arguments  C<< ($self, $field, $op, $arg) >>, and 
+should return a C<< ($sql, @bind) >> structure.
+
+=back
+
+For example, here is an implementation 
+of the MATCH .. AGAINST syntax for MySQL
+
+  my $sqlmaker = SQL::Abstract->new(special_ops => [
+  
+    # special op for MySql MATCH (field) AGAINST(word1, word2, ...)
+    {regex => qr/^match$/i, 
+     handler => sub {
+       my ($self, $field, $op, $arg) = @_;
+       $arg = [$arg] if not ref $arg;
+       my $label         = $self->_quote($field);
+       my ($placeholder) = $self->_convert('?');
+       my $placeholders  = join ", ", (($placeholder) x @$arg);
+       my $sql           = $self->_sqlcase('match') . " ($label) "
+                         . $self->_sqlcase('against') . " ($placeholders) ";
+       my @bind = $self->_bindtype($field, @$arg);
+       return ($sql, @bind);
+       }
+     },
+  
+  ]);
+
+
 =head1 PERFORMANCE
 
 Thanks to some benchmarking by Mark Stosberg, it turns out that
@@ -1331,6 +2142,7 @@
 around. On subsequent queries, simply use the C<values> function provided
 by this module to return your values in the correct order.
 
+
 =head1 FORMBUILDER
 
 If you use my C<CGI::FormBuilder> module at all, you'll hopefully
@@ -1360,27 +2172,82 @@
 use these three modules together to write complex database query
 apps in under 50 lines.
 
-=head1 NOTES
 
-There is not (yet) any explicit support for SQL compound logic
-statements like "AND NOT". Instead, just do the de Morgan's
-law transformations yourself. For example, this:
+=head1 CHANGES
 
-  "lname LIKE '%son%' AND NOT ( age < 10 OR age > 20 )"
+Version 1.50 was a major internal refactoring of C<SQL::Abstract>.
+Great care has been taken to preserve the I<published> behavior
+documented in previous versions in the 1.* family; however,
+some features that were previously undocumented, or behaved 
+differently from the documentation, had to be changed in order
+to clarify the semantics. Hence, client code that was relying
+on some dark areas of C<SQL::Abstract> v1.* 
+B<might behave differently> in v1.50.
 
-Becomes:
+The main changes are :
 
-  "lname LIKE '%son%' AND ( age >= 10 AND age <= 20 )"
+=over
 
-With the corresponding C<%where> hash:
+=item * 
 
-    %where = (
-        lname => {like => '%son%'},
-        age   => [-and => {'>=', 10}, {'<=', 20}],
-    );
+support for literal SQL through the C<< \ [$sql, bind] >> syntax.
 
-Again, remember that the C<-and> goes I<inside> the arrayref.
+=item *
 
+support for the { operator => \"..." } construct (to embed literal SQL)
+
+=item *
+
+support for the { operator => \["...", @bind] } construct (to embed literal SQL with bind values)
+
+=item *
+
+added -nest1, -nest2 or -nest_1, -nest_2, ...
+
+=item *
+
+optional support for L<array datatypes|/"Inserting and Updating Arrays">
+
+=item * 
+
+defensive programming : check arguments
+
+=item *
+
+fixed bug with global logic, which was previously implemented
+through global variables yielding side-effects. Prior versons would
+interpret C<< [ {cond1, cond2}, [cond3, cond4] ] >>
+as C<< "(cond1 AND cond2) OR (cond3 AND cond4)" >>.
+Now this is interpreted
+as C<< "(cond1 AND cond2) OR (cond3 OR cond4)" >>.
+
+=item *
+
+C<-and> / C<-or> operators are no longer accepted
+in the middle of an arrayref : they are
+only admitted if in first position.
+
+=item *
+
+changed logic for distributing an op over arrayrefs
+
+=item *
+
+fixed semantics of  _bindtype on array args
+
+=item * 
+
+dropped the C<_anoncopy> of the %where tree. No longer necessary,
+we just avoid shifting arrays within that tree.
+
+=item *
+
+dropped the C<_modlogic> function
+
+=back
+
+
+
 =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
 There are a number of individuals that have really helped out with
@@ -1396,6 +2263,8 @@
     Mike Fragassi (enhancements to "BETWEEN" and "LIKE")
     Dan Kubb (support for "quote_char" and "name_sep")
     Guillermo Roditi (patch to cleanup "IN" and "BETWEEN", fix and tests for _order_by)
+    Laurent Dami (internal refactoring, multiple -nest, extensible list of special operators, literal SQL)
+    Norbert Buchmuller (support for literal SQL in hashpair, misc. fixes & tests)
 
 Thanks!
 

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/00new.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/00new.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/00new.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -4,16 +4,20 @@
 use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
 
-plan tests => 15;
+#LDNOTE: renamed all "bind" into "where" because that's what they are
 
-use_ok('SQL::Abstract');
-
 my @handle_tests = (
       #1
       {
               args => {logic => 'OR'},
-              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? OR b = ? )'
+#              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? OR b = ? )'
+# LDNOTE: modified the line above (changing the test suite!!!) because
+# the test was not consistent with the doc: hashrefs should not be
+# influenced by the current logic, they always mean 'AND'. So 
+# { a => 4, b => 0} should ALWAYS mean ( a = ? AND b = ? ).
+              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? AND b = ? )'
       },
       #2
       {
@@ -33,7 +37,9 @@
       #5
       {
               args => {cmp => "=", logic => 'or'},
-              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? OR b = ? )'
+# LDNOTE idem
+#              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? OR b = ? )'
+              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = ? AND b = ? )'
       },
       #6
       {
@@ -43,7 +49,9 @@
       #7
       {
               args => {logic => "or", cmp => "like"},
-              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a LIKE ? OR b LIKE ? )'
+# LDNOTE idem
+#              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a LIKE ? OR b LIKE ? )'
+              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a LIKE ? AND b LIKE ? )'
       },
       #8
       {
@@ -74,25 +82,45 @@
       {
               args => {convert => "lower"},
               stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( ( LOWER(ticket) = LOWER(?) ) OR ( LOWER(hostname) = LOWER(?) ) OR ( LOWER(taco) = LOWER(?) ) OR ( LOWER(salami) = LOWER(?) ) )',
-              bind => [ { ticket => 11 }, { hostname => 11 }, { taco => 'salad' }, { salami => 'punch' } ],
+              where => [ { ticket => 11 }, { hostname => 11 }, { taco => 'salad' }, { salami => 'punch' } ],
       },
       #14
       {
               args => {convert => "upper"},
-              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( ( UPPER(hostname) IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) AND ( ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) ) ) OR ( UPPER(tack) BETWEEN UPPER(?) AND UPPER(?) ) OR ( ( ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) ) AND ( ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) ) AND UPPER(q) NOT IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) ) )',
-              bind => [ { ticket => [11, 12, 13], hostname => { in => ['ntf', 'avd', 'bvd', '123'] } },
+# LDNOTE : modified the test below, because modified the semantics
+# of "e => { '!=', [qw(f g)] }" : generating "e != 'f' OR e != 'g'"
+# is nonsense (will always be true whatever the value of e). Since
+# this is a 'negative' operator, we must apply the Morgan laws and
+# interpret it as "e != 'f' AND e != 'g'" (and actually the user
+# should rather write "e => {-not_in => [qw/f g/]}".
+
+#              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( ( UPPER(hostname) IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) AND ( ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) ) ) OR ( UPPER(tack) BETWEEN UPPER(?) AND UPPER(?) ) OR ( ( ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) ) AND ( ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) ) AND UPPER(q) NOT IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) ) )',
+              stmt => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( ( UPPER(hostname) IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) AND ( ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(ticket) = UPPER(?) ) ) ) OR ( UPPER(tack) BETWEEN UPPER(?) AND UPPER(?) ) OR ( ( ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) OR ( UPPER(a) = UPPER(?) ) ) AND ( ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) AND ( UPPER(e) != UPPER(?) ) ) AND UPPER(q) NOT IN ( UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?), UPPER(?) ) ) )',
+              where => [ { ticket => [11, 12, 13], 
+                           hostname => { in => ['ntf', 'avd', 'bvd', '123'] } },
                         { tack => { between => [qw/tick tock/] } },
-                        { a => [qw/b c d/], e => { '!=', [qw(f g)] }, q => { 'not in', [14..20] } } ],
+                        { a => [qw/b c d/], 
+                          e => { '!=', [qw(f g)] }, 
+                          q => { 'not in', [14..20] } } ],
       },
 );
 
+
+plan tests => (1 + scalar(@handle_tests));
+
+use_ok('SQL::Abstract');
+
 for (@handle_tests) {
-      local $" = ', ';
-      #print "creating a handle with args ($_->{args}): ";
-      my $sql  = SQL::Abstract->new($_->{args});
-      my $bind = $_->{bind} || { a => 4, b => 0};
-      my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->select('test', '*', $bind);
-      ok($stmt eq $_->{stmt} && @bind);
+  local $" = ', ';
+  #print "creating a handle with args ($_->{args}): ";
+  my $sql  = SQL::Abstract->new($_->{args});
+  my $where = $_->{where} || { a => 4, b => 0};
+  my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->select('test', '*', $where);
+
+  # LDNOTE: this original test suite from NWIGER did no comparisons
+  # on @bind values, just checking if @bind is nonempty.
+  # So here we just fake a [1] bind value for the comparison.
+  is_same_sql_bind($stmt, [@bind ? 1 : 0], $_->{stmt}, [1]);
 }
 
 

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/01generate.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/01generate.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/01generate.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Test::More;
+use Test::Warn;
+use Test::Exception;
 
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
 
-plan tests => 60;
-
 use SQL::Abstract;
 
 my @tests = (
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
       #21            
       {              
               func   => 'update',
-              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => ["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
               stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( a BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
               stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( `a` BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
               bind   => [qw(1 02/02/02 1 2)],
@@ -189,6 +190,13 @@
               stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test`.`table` (`high_limit`, `low_limit`) VALUES (max(all_limits), ?)',
               bind   => ['4'],
       },             
+      {              
+              func   => 'insert',
+              args   => ['test.table', [ \'max(all_limits)', 4 ] ],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test.table VALUES (max(all_limits), ?)',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test`.`table` VALUES (max(all_limits), ?)',
+              bind   => ['4'],
+      },             
       #23            
       {              
               func   => 'insert',
@@ -245,10 +253,13 @@
                                            tasty => { '!=', [qw(yes YES)] },
                                            -nest => [ face => [ -or => {'=', 'mr.happy'}, {'=', undef} ] ] },
                         ],
+# LDNOTE : modified the test below, same reasons as #14 in 00where.t
               stmt   => 'UPDATE taco_punches SET one = ?, three = ? WHERE ( ( ( ( ( face = ? ) OR ( face IS NULL ) ) ) )'
-                      . ' AND ( ( bland != ? ) AND ( bland != ? ) ) AND ( ( tasty != ? ) OR ( tasty != ? ) ) )',
+#                      . ' AND ( ( bland != ? ) AND ( bland != ? ) ) AND ( ( tasty != ? ) OR ( tasty != ? ) ) )',
+                      . ' AND ( ( bland != ? ) AND ( bland != ? ) ) AND ( ( tasty != ? ) AND ( tasty != ? ) ) )',
               stmt_q => 'UPDATE `taco_punches` SET `one` = ?, `three` = ? WHERE ( ( ( ( ( `face` = ? ) OR ( `face` IS NULL ) ) ) )'
-                      . ' AND ( ( `bland` != ? ) AND ( `bland` != ? ) ) AND ( ( `tasty` != ? ) OR ( `tasty` != ? ) ) )',
+#                      . ' AND ( ( `bland` != ? ) AND ( `bland` != ? ) ) AND ( ( `tasty` != ? ) OR ( `tasty` != ? ) ) )',
+                      . ' AND ( ( `bland` != ? ) AND ( `bland` != ? ) ) AND ( ( `tasty` != ? ) AND ( `tasty` != ? ) ) )',
               bind   => [qw(2 4 mr.happy yes YES yes YES)],
       },             
       #29            
@@ -256,18 +267,29 @@
               func   => 'select',
               args   => ['jeff', '*', { name => {'like', '%smith%', -not_in => ['Nate','Jim','Bob','Sally']},
                                        -nest => [ -or => [ -and => [age => { -between => [20,30] }, age => {'!=', 25} ],
-                                                           yob => {'<', 1976} ] ] } ],
-              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM jeff WHERE ( ( ( ( ( ( ( age BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND ( age != ? ) ) ) OR ( yob < ? ) ) ) )'
-                      . ' AND name NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND name LIKE ? )',
-              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `jeff` WHERE ( ( ( ( ( ( ( `age` BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND ( `age` != ? ) ) ) OR ( `yob` < ? ) ) ) )'
-                      . ' AND `name` NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND `name` LIKE ? )',
+                                                                   yob => {'<', 1976} ] ] } ],
+# LDNOTE : original test below was WRONG with respect to the doc.
+# [-and, [cond1, cond2], cond3] should mean (cond1 OR cond2) AND cond3
+# instead of (cond1 AND cond2) OR cond3. 
+# Probably a misconception because of '=>' notation 
+# in [-and => [cond1, cond2], cond3].
+# Also some differences in parentheses, but without impact on semantics.
+#               stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM jeff WHERE ( ( ( ( ( ( ( age BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND ( age != ? ) ) ) OR ( yob < ? ) ) ) )'
+#                       . ' AND name NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND name LIKE ? )',
+#               stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `jeff` WHERE ( ( ( ( ( ( ( `age` BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND ( `age` != ? ) ) ) OR ( `yob` < ? ) ) ) )'
+#                       . ' AND `name` NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND `name` LIKE ? )',
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM jeff WHERE ( ( ( ( ( age BETWEEN ? AND ? ) OR ( age != ? ) ) AND ( yob < ? ) ) )'
+                      . ' AND ( name NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND name LIKE ? ) )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `jeff` WHERE ( ( ( ( ( `age` BETWEEN ? AND ? ) OR ( `age` != ? ) ) AND ( `yob` < ? ) ) )'
+                      . ' AND ( `name` NOT IN ( ?, ?, ?, ? ) AND `name` LIKE ? ) )',
               bind   => [qw(20 30 25 1976 Nate Jim Bob Sally %smith%)]
       },             
       #30            
       {              
-              # The "-maybe" should be ignored, as it sits at the top level (bug?)
               func   => 'update',
-              args   => ['fhole', {fpoles => 4}, [-maybe => {race => [-and => [qw(black white asian)]]},
+# LDNOTE : removed the "-maybe", because we no longer admit unknown ops
+#              args   => ['fhole', {fpoles => 4}, [-maybe => {race => [-and => [qw(black white asian)]]},
+              args   => ['fhole', {fpoles => 4}, [          {race => [-and => [qw(black white asian)]]},
                                                             {-nest => {firsttime => [-or => {'=','yes'}, undef]}},
                                                             [ -and => {firstname => {-not_like => 'candace'}}, {lastname => {-in => [qw(jugs canyon towers)]}} ] ] ],
               stmt   => 'UPDATE fhole SET fpoles = ? WHERE ( ( ( ( ( ( ( race = ? ) OR ( race = ? ) OR ( race = ? ) ) ) ) ) )'
@@ -276,51 +298,286 @@
                       . ' OR ( ( ( ( `firsttime` = ? ) OR ( `firsttime` IS NULL ) ) ) ) OR ( ( ( `firstname` NOT LIKE ? ) ) AND ( `lastname` IN ( ?, ?, ? ) ) ) )',
               bind   => [qw(4 black white asian yes candace jugs canyon towers)]
       },
+      #31
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              bind   => [qw(1 02/02/02)],
+      },
+      #32
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+# LDNOTE: modified test below because we agreed with MST that literal SQL
+#         should not automatically insert a '='; the user has to do it
+#              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}],
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["= to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}],
+              stmt   => q{SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              stmt_q => q{SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              bind   => ['02/02/02'],
+      },
+      #33
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              new    => {array_datatypes => 1},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, ?)',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, ?)',
+              bind   => [1, [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]],
+      },
+      #34
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns', array_datatypes => 1},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, ?)',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, ?)',
+              bind   => [[a => 1], [b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]]],
+      },
+      #35
+      {
+              func   => 'update',
+              new    => {array_datatypes => 1},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]}],
+              stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = ?',
+              stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = ?',
+              bind   => [1, [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]],
+      },
+      #36
+      {
+              func   => 'update',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns', array_datatypes => 1},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]}],
+              stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = ?',
+              stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = ?',
+              bind   => [[a => 1], [b => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]]],
+      },
+      #37
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'>', \'1 + 1'}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a > 1 + 1 AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` > 1 + 1 AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => [8],
+      },             
+      #38
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'<' => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => ['02/02/02', 8],
+      },             
+      #39            
+      { #TODO in SQLA >= 2.0 it will die instead (we kept this just because old SQLA passed it through)
+              func   => 'insert',
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => { answer => 42 }}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b, c, d, e) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`, `c`, `d`, `e`) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
+              bind   => [qw/1 2 3 4/, { answer => 42}],
+              warning_like => qr/HASH ref as bind value in insert is not supported/i,
+      },             
+      #40            
+      {              
+              func   => 'update',
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["42"]}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
+              stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = 42 WHERE ( a BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = 42 WHERE ( `a` BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              bind   => [qw(1 1 2)],
+      },             
+      #41
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["42"]}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, 42)',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, 42)',
+              bind   => [qw(1)],
+      },
+      #42
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["= 42"], b => 1}],
+              stmt   => q{SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = 42 ) AND (b = ? )},
+              stmt_q => q{SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` = 42 ) AND ( `b` = ? )},
+              bind   => [qw(1)],
+      },
+      #43
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'<' => \["42"]}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a < 42 AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` < 42 AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => [qw(8)],
+      },             
+      #44
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [dummy => '02/02/02']]}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              bind   => [[a => '1'], [dummy => '02/02/02']],
+      },
+      #45
+      {              
+              func   => 'update',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [dummy => '02/02/02']]}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
+              stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( a BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( `a` BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              bind   => [[a => '1'], [dummy => '02/02/02'], [a => '1'], [a => '2']],
+      },             
+      #46
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["= to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [dummy => '02/02/02']]}],
+              stmt   => q{SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              stmt_q => q{SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              bind   => [[dummy => '02/02/02']],
+      },
+      #47
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'<' => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [dummy => '02/02/02']]}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => [[dummy => '02/02/02'], [b => 8]],
+      },             
+      #48
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}],
+              exception_like => qr/bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: \[column_name => bind_value\]/,
+      },
+      #49
+      {              
+              func   => 'update',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
+              exception_like => qr/bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: \[column_name => bind_value\]/,
+      },             
+      #49
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["= to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}],
+              exception_like => qr/bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: \[column_name => bind_value\]/,
+      },
+      #50
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'<' => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", '02/02/02']}, b => 8 }],
+              exception_like => qr/bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: \[column_name => bind_value\]/,
+      },             
+      #51
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {-in => \["(SELECT d FROM to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') AS d)", [dummy => '02/02/02']]}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a IN (SELECT d FROM to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AS d) AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` IN (SELECT d FROM to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AS d) AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => [[dummy => '02/02/02'], [b => 8]],
+      },             
+      #52
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {-in => \["(SELECT d FROM to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') AS d)", '02/02/02']}, b => 8 }],
+              exception_like => qr/bindtype 'columns' selected, you need to pass: \[column_name => bind_value\]/,
+      },             
+      #53
+      {
+              func   => 'insert',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']]}],
+              stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`) VALUES (?, to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\'))',
+              bind   => [[a => '1'], [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']],
+      },
+      #54
+      {              
+              func   => 'update',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']]}, {a => {'between', [1,2]}}],
+              stmt   => 'UPDATE test SET a = ?, b = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( a BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'UPDATE `test` SET `a` = ?, `b` = to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') WHERE ( `a` BETWEEN ? AND ? )',
+              bind   => [[a => '1'], [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02'], [a => '1'], [a => '2']],
+      },             
+      #55
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => \["= to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']]}],
+              stmt   => q{SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              stmt_q => q{SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` = to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY') )},
+              bind   => [[{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']],
+      },
+      #56
+      {
+              func   => 'select',
+              new    => {bindtype => 'columns'},
+              args   => ['test', '*', { a => {'<' => \["to_date(?, 'MM/DD/YY')", [{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02']]}, b => 8 }],
+              stmt   => 'SELECT * FROM test WHERE ( a < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND b = ? )',
+              stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND `b` = ? )',
+              bind   => [[{dummy => 1} => '02/02/02'], [b => 8]],
+      },             
 );
 
-use Data::Dumper;
 
+plan tests => scalar(grep { !$_->{warning_like} } @tests) * 2
+            + scalar(grep { $_->{warning_like} } @tests) * 4;
+
 for (@tests) {
-      local $"=', ';
+  local $"=', ';
 
-      my $new = $_->{new} || {};
-      $new->{debug} = $ENV{DEBUG} || 0;
-      my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new(%$new);
+  my $new = $_->{new} || {};
+  $new->{debug} = $ENV{DEBUG} || 0;
 
-      #print "testing with args (@{$_->{args}}): ";
-      my $func = $_->{func};
-      my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->$func(@{$_->{args}});
-      ok($stmt eq $_->{stmt} && equal(\@bind, $_->{bind})) or
-              print "got\n",
-                    "[$stmt] [",Dumper(\@bind),"]\n",
-                    "instead of\n",
-                    "[$_->{stmt}] [",Dumper($_->{bind}),"]\n\n";
+  # test without quoting labels
+  {
+    my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new(%$new);
 
-      # test with quoted labels
-      my $sql_q = SQL::Abstract->new(%$new, quote_char => '`', name_sep => '.');
+    my $func = $_->{func};
+    my($stmt, @bind);
+    my $test = sub {
+      ($stmt, @bind) = $sql->$func(@{$_->{args}})
+    };
+    if ($_->{exception_like}) {
+      throws_ok { &$test } $_->{exception_like}, "throws the expected exception ($_->{exception_like})";
+    } else {
+      if ($_->{warning_like}) {
+        warning_like { &$test } $_->{warning_like}, "throws the expected warning ($_->{warning_like})";
+      } else {
+        &$test;
+      }
+      is_same_sql_bind($stmt, \@bind, $_->{stmt}, $_->{bind});
+    }
+  }
 
-      my $func_q = $_->{func};
-      my($stmt_q, @bind_q) = $sql_q->$func_q(@{$_->{args}});
-      ok($stmt_q eq $_->{stmt_q} && equal(\@bind_q, $_->{bind})) or
-              print "got\n",
-                    "[$stmt_q] [",Dumper(\@bind_q),"]\n",
-                    "instead of\n",
-                    "[$_->{stmt_q}] [",Dumper($_->{bind}),"]\n\n";
-}
+  # test with quoted labels
+  {
+    my $sql_q = SQL::Abstract->new(%$new, quote_char => '`', name_sep => '.');
 
-sub equal {
-      my ($a, $b) = @_;
-      return 0 if @$a != @$b;
-      for (my $i = 0; $i < $#{$a}; $i++) {
-              next if (! defined($a->[$i])) && (! defined($b->[$i]));
-              if (ref $a->[$i] && ref $b->[$i]) {
-                  return 0 if $a->[$i][0] ne $b->[$i][0]
-                           || $a->[$i][1] ne $b->[$i][1];
-              } else {
-                  return 0 if $a->[$i] ne $b->[$i];
-              }
+    my $func_q = $_->{func};
+    my($stmt_q, @bind_q);
+    my $test = sub {
+      ($stmt_q, @bind_q) = $sql_q->$func_q(@{$_->{args}})
+    };
+    if ($_->{exception_like}) {
+      throws_ok { &$test } $_->{exception_like}, "throws the expected exception ($_->{exception_like})";
+    } else {
+      if ($_->{warning_like}) {
+        warning_like { &$test } $_->{warning_like}, "throws the expected warning ($_->{warning_like})";
+      } else {
+        &$test;
       }
-      return 1;
+
+      is_same_sql_bind($stmt_q, \@bind_q, $_->{stmt_q}, $_->{bind});
+    }
+  }
 }
-
-

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/02where.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/02where.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/02where.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use Test::Exception;
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
 
-plan tests => 27;
-
 use SQL::Abstract;
 
 # Make sure to test the examples, since having them break is somewhat
 # embarrassing. :-(
 
+my $not_stringifiable = bless {}, 'SQLA::NotStringifiable';
+
 my @handle_tests = (
     {
         where => {
@@ -26,6 +27,15 @@
     },
 
     {
+        where  => [
+            status => 'completed',
+            user   => 'nwiger',
+        ],
+        stmt => " WHERE ( status = ? OR user = ? )",
+        bind => [qw/completed nwiger/],
+    },
+
+    {
         where  => {
             user   => 'nwiger',
             status => 'completed'
@@ -71,7 +81,9 @@
             completion_date => { 'between', ['2002-10-01', '2003-02-06'] },
         },
         order => \'ticket, requestor',
-        stmt => " WHERE ( completion_date BETWEEN ? AND ? AND status = ? ) ORDER BY ticket, requestor",
+#LDNOTE: modified parentheses
+#        stmt => " WHERE ( completion_date BETWEEN ? AND ? AND status = ? ) ORDER BY ticket, requestor",
+        stmt => " WHERE ( ( completion_date BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND status = ? ) ORDER BY ticket, requestor",
         bind => [qw/2002-10-01 2003-02-06 completed/],
     },
 
@@ -118,7 +130,9 @@
             requestor => { 'like', undef }, 
         },
         order => \'requestor, ticket',
-        stmt => " WHERE ( priority BETWEEN ? AND ? AND requestor IS NULL ) ORDER BY requestor, ticket",
+#LDNOTE: modified parentheses
+#        stmt => " WHERE ( priority BETWEEN ? AND ? AND requestor IS NULL ) ORDER BY requestor, ticket",
+        stmt => " WHERE ( ( priority BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND requestor IS NULL ) ORDER BY requestor, ticket",
         bind => [qw/1 3/],
     },
 
@@ -131,7 +145,9 @@
 	     '>'  => 10,
 	    },
         },
-        stmt => " WHERE ( id = ? AND num <= ? AND num > ? )",
+# LDNOTE : modified test below, just parentheses differ
+#        stmt => " WHERE ( id = ? AND num <= ? AND num > ? )",
+        stmt => " WHERE ( id = ? AND ( num <= ? AND num > ? ) )",
         bind => [qw/1 20 10/],
     },
 
@@ -143,7 +159,10 @@
                    wix => {'in' => [qw/zz yy/]},
                    wux => {'not_in'  => [qw/30 40/]}
                  },
-        stmt => " WHERE ( ( ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) OR ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) OR ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) ) AND ( ( fum LIKE ? ) OR ( fum LIKE ? ) ) AND nix BETWEEN ? AND ? AND nox NOT BETWEEN ? AND ? AND wix IN ( ?, ? ) AND wux NOT IN ( ?, ? ) )",
+# LDNOTE: modified parentheses for BETWEEN (trivial).
+# Also modified the logic of "not_like" (severe, same reasons as #14 in 00where.t)
+#        stmt => " WHERE ( ( ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) OR ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) OR ( foo NOT LIKE ? ) ) AND ( ( fum LIKE ? ) OR ( fum LIKE ? ) ) AND nix BETWEEN ? AND ? AND nox NOT BETWEEN ? AND ? AND wix IN ( ?, ? ) AND wux NOT IN ( ?, ? ) )",
+        stmt => " WHERE ( ( foo NOT LIKE ? AND foo NOT LIKE ? AND foo NOT LIKE ? ) AND ( ( fum LIKE ? ) OR ( fum LIKE ? ) ) AND ( nix BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND ( nox NOT BETWEEN ? AND ? ) AND wix IN ( ?, ? ) AND wux NOT IN ( ?, ? ) )",
         bind => [7,8,9,'a','b',100,200,150,160,'zz','yy','30','40'],
     },
 
@@ -156,16 +175,52 @@
         bind => [],
     },
 
+
+    {
+        where => {
+            foo => \["IN (?, ?)", 22, 33],
+            bar => [-and =>  \["> ?", 44], \["< ?", 55] ],
+        },
+        stmt => " WHERE ( (bar > ? AND bar < ?) AND foo IN (?, ?) )",
+        bind => [44, 55, 22, 33],
+    },
+   {
+       where => { -and => [{}, { 'me.id' => '1'}] },
+       stmt => " WHERE ( ( me.id = ? ) )",
+       bind => [ 1 ],
+   },
+
+   {
+       where => { foo => $not_stringifiable, },
+       stmt => " WHERE ( foo = ? )",
+       bind => [ $not_stringifiable ],
+   },
+
+   {
+       where => \[ 'foo = ?','bar' ],
+       stmt => " WHERE (foo = ?)",
+       bind => [ "bar" ],
+   },
+
+   {
+       where => [ \[ 'foo = ?','bar' ] ],
+       stmt => " WHERE (foo = ?)",
+       bind => [ "bar" ],
+   },
 );
 
+plan tests => ( @handle_tests * 2 ) + 1;
+
 for my $case (@handle_tests) {
     my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
-    my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->where($case->{where}, $case->{order});
-    is($stmt, $case->{stmt});
-    is_deeply(\@bind, $case->{bind});
+    my($stmt, @bind);
+    lives_ok (sub { 
+      ($stmt, @bind) = $sql->where($case->{where}, $case->{order});
+      is_same_sql_bind($stmt, \@bind, $case->{stmt}, $case->{bind});
+    });
 }
 
 dies_ok {
     my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
     $sql->where({ foo => { '>=' => [] }},);
-}
+};

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/03values.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/03values.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/03values.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => [qw/is_same_sql_bind is_same_bind/];
 
-plan tests => 5;
-
 use SQL::Abstract;
 
-my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
-
 my @data = (
     {
         user => 'nwiger',
@@ -58,35 +55,67 @@
     },
 );
 
-# Note to self: I have no idea what this does anymore
-# It looks like a cool fucking segment of code though!
-# I just wish I remembered writing it... :-\
 
-my($sth, $stmt);
-my($laststmt, $numfields);
-for my $t (@data) {
-      local $"=', ';
+plan tests => (@data * 5  +  2);
 
-      $stmt = $sql->insert('yo_table', $t);
-      my @val = $sql->values($t);
-      $numfields ||= @val;
+# test insert() and values() for reentrancy
+my($insert_hash, $insert_array, $numfields);
+my $a_sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
+my $h_sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
 
-      ok((! $laststmt || $stmt eq $laststmt) && @val == $numfields
-          && equal(\@val, [map { $t->{$_} } sort keys %$t])) or
-              print "got\n",
-                    "[$stmt] [@val]\n",
-                    "instead of\n",
-                    "[$t->{stmt}] [stuff]\n\n";
-      $laststmt = $stmt;
+for my $record (@data) {
+
+  my $values = [ map { $record->{$_} } sort keys %$record ];
+
+  my ($h_stmt, @h_bind) = $h_sql->insert('h_table', $record);
+  my ($a_stmt, @a_bind) = $a_sql->insert('a_table', $values );
+
+  # init from first run, should not change afterwards
+  $insert_hash ||= $h_stmt;
+  $insert_array ||= $a_stmt;
+  $numfields ||= @$values;
+
+  is ( $a_stmt, $insert_array, 'Array-based insert statement unchanged' );
+  is ( $h_stmt, $insert_hash, 'Hash-based insert statement unchanged' );
+
+  is_deeply ( \@a_bind, \@h_bind, 'Bind values match after both insert() calls' );
+  is_deeply ( [$h_sql->values ($record)] , \@h_bind, 'values() output matches bind values after insert()' );
+
+  is ( scalar @h_bind, $numfields, 'Number of fields unchanged' );
 }
 
-sub equal {
-      my ($a, $b) = @_;
-      return 0 if @$a != @$b;
-      for (my $i = 0; $i < $#{$a}; $i++) {
-              next if (! defined($a->[$i])) && (! defined($b->[$i]));
-              return 0 if $a->[$i] ne $b->[$i];
-      }
-      return 1;
+# test values() with literal sql
+#
+# NOTE:
+# The example is deliberately complicated by the addition of a literal ? in xfunc
+# This is an intentional test making sure literal ? remains untouched.
+# It is rather impractical in the field, as the user will have to insert
+# a bindvalue for the literal position(s) in the correct offset of \@bind
+{
+  my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
+
+  my $data = { 
+    event => 'rapture',
+    stuff => 'fluff',
+    time => \ 'now()',
+    xfunc => \ 'xfunc(?)',
+    yfunc => ['yfunc(?)', 'ystuff' ],
+    zfunc => \['zfunc(?)', 'zstuff' ],
+    zzlast => 'zzstuff',
+  };
+
+  my ($stmt, @bind) = $sql->insert ('table', $data);
+
+  is_same_sql_bind (
+    $stmt,
+    \@bind,
+    'INSERT INTO table ( event, stuff, time, xfunc, yfunc, zfunc, zzlast) VALUES ( ?, ?, now(), xfunc (?), yfunc(?), zfunc(?), ? )',
+    [qw/rapture fluff ystuff zstuff zzstuff/],  # event < stuff
+  );
+
+  is_same_bind (
+    [$sql->values ($data)],
+    [@bind],
+    'values() output matches that of initial bind'
+  ) || diag "Corresponding SQL statement: $stmt";
 }
-

Deleted: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/04from.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/04from.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/04from.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More;
-
-
-plan tests => 4;
-
-use SQL::Abstract;
-
-my $sa = new SQL::Abstract;
-
-my @j = (
-    { child => 'person' },
-    [ { father => 'person' }, { 'father.person_id' => 'child.father_id' }, ],
-    [ { mother => 'person' }, { 'mother.person_id' => 'child.mother_id' } ],
-);
-my $match = 'person child JOIN person father ON ( father.person_id = '
-          . 'child.father_id ) JOIN person mother ON ( mother.person_id '
-          . '= child.mother_id )'
-          ;
-is( $sa->_recurse_from(@j), $match, 'join 1 ok' );
-
-my @j2 = (
-    { mother => 'person' },
-    [   [   { child => 'person' },
-            [   { father             => 'person' },
-                { 'father.person_id' => 'child.father_id' }
-            ]
-        ],
-        { 'mother.person_id' => 'child.mother_id' }
-    ],
-);
-$match = 'person mother JOIN (person child JOIN person father ON ('
-       . ' father.person_id = child.father_id )) ON ( mother.person_id = '
-       . 'child.mother_id )'
-       ;
-is( $sa->_recurse_from(@j2), $match, 'join 2 ok' );
-
-my @j3 = (
-    { child => 'person' },
-    [ { father => 'person', -join_type => 'inner' }, { 'father.person_id' => 'child.father_id' }, ],
-    [ { mother => 'person', -join_type => 'inner'  }, { 'mother.person_id' => 'child.mother_id' } ],
-);
-$match = 'person child INNER JOIN person father ON ( father.person_id = '
-          . 'child.father_id ) INNER JOIN person mother ON ( mother.person_id '
-          . '= child.mother_id )'
-          ;
-
-is( $sa->_recurse_from(@j3), $match, 'join 3 (inner join) ok');
-
-my @j4 = (
-    { mother => 'person' },
-    [   [   { child => 'person', -join_type => 'left' },
-            [   { father             => 'person', -join_type => 'right' },
-                { 'father.person_id' => 'child.father_id' }
-            ]
-        ],
-        { 'mother.person_id' => 'child.mother_id' }
-    ],
-);
-$match = 'person mother LEFT JOIN (person child RIGHT JOIN person father ON ('
-       . ' father.person_id = child.father_id )) ON ( mother.person_id = '
-       . 'child.mother_id )'
-       ;
-is( $sa->_recurse_from(@j4), $match, 'join 4 (nested joins + join types) ok');

Deleted: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/05quotes.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/05quotes.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/05quotes.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use vars qw($TESTING);
-$TESTING = 1;
-use Test::More;
-
-# use a BEGIN block so we print our plan before SQL::Abstract is loaded
-BEGIN { plan tests => 7 }
-
-use SQL::Abstract;
-
-my $sql_maker = SQL::Abstract->new;
-
-$sql_maker->{quote_char} = '`';
-$sql_maker->{name_sep} = '.';
-
-my ($sql,) = $sql_maker->select(
-          [
-            {
-              'me' => 'cd'
-            },
-            [
-              {
-                'artist' => 'artist',
-                '-join_type' => ''
-              },
-              {
-                'artist.artistid' => 'me.artist'
-              }
-            ]
-          ],
-          [
-            #{
-            #  'count' => '*'
-            #}
-            \'COUNT( * )'
-          ],
-          {
-            'artist.name' => 'Caterwauler McCrae',
-            'me.year' => 2001
-          },
-          [],
-          undef,
-          undef
-);
-
-is($sql, 
-   q/SELECT COUNT( * ) FROM `cd` `me`  JOIN `artist` `artist` ON ( `artist`.`artistid` = `me`.`artist` ) WHERE ( `artist`.`name` = ? AND `me`.`year` = ? )/, 
-   'got correct SQL for count query with quoting');
-
-
-($sql,) = $sql_maker->select(
-      [
-        {
-          'me' => 'cd'
-        }
-      ],
-      [
-        'me.cdid',
-        'me.artist',
-        'me.title',
-        'me.year'
-      ],
-      undef,
-      [
-        { -desc => 'year' }
-      ],
-      undef,
-      undef
-);
-
-
-
-
-is($sql, 
-   q/SELECT `me`.`cdid`, `me`.`artist`, `me`.`title`, `me`.`year` FROM `cd` `me` ORDER BY `year` DESC/, 
-   'quoted ORDER BY with DESC okay');
-
-
-($sql,) = $sql_maker->select(
-      [
-        {
-          'me' => 'cd'
-        }
-      ],
-      [
-        'me.*'
-      ],
-      undef,
-      [],
-      undef,
-      undef    
-);
-
-is($sql, q/SELECT `me`.* FROM `cd` `me`/, 'select attr with me.* is right');
-
-($sql,) = $sql_maker->select(
-          [
-            {
-              'me' => 'cd'
-            }
-          ],
-          [
-            'me.cdid',
-            'me.artist',
-            'me.title',
-            'me.year'
-          ],
-          undef,
-          [
-            \'year DESC'
-          ],
-          undef,
-          undef
-);
-
-is($sql, 
-   q/SELECT `me`.`cdid`, `me`.`artist`, `me`.`title`, `me`.`year` FROM `cd` `me` ORDER BY year DESC/,
-   'did not quote ORDER BY with scalarref');
-
-my %data = ( 
-    name => 'Bill',
-    order => 12
-);
-
-my @binds;
-
-($sql, at binds) = $sql_maker->update(
-          'group',
-          {
-            'order' => '12',
-            'name' => 'Bill'
-          }
-);
-
-is($sql,
-   q/UPDATE `group` SET `name` = ?, `order` = ?/,
-   'quoted table names for UPDATE');
-
-$sql_maker->{quote_char} = [qw/[ ]/];
-
-($sql,) = $sql_maker->select(
-          [
-            {
-              'me' => 'cd'
-            },
-            [
-              {
-                'artist' => 'artist',
-                '-join_type' => ''
-              },
-              {
-                'artist.artistid' => 'me.artist'
-              }
-            ]
-          ],
-          [
-            #{
-            #  'count' => '*'
-            #}
-            \'COUNT( * )'
-          ],
-          {
-            'artist.name' => 'Caterwauler McCrae',
-            'me.year' => 2001
-          },
-          [],
-          undef,
-          undef
-);
-
-is($sql,
-   q/SELECT COUNT( * ) FROM [cd] [me]  JOIN [artist] [artist] ON ( [artist].[artistid] = [me].[artist] ) WHERE ( [artist].[name] = ? AND [me].[year] = ? )/,
-   'got correct SQL for count query with bracket quoting');
-
-
-($sql, at binds) = $sql_maker->update(
-          'group',
-          {
-            'order' => '12',
-            'name' => 'Bill'
-          }
-);
-
-is($sql,
-   q/UPDATE [group] SET [name] = ?, [order] = ?/,
-   'bracket quoted table names for UPDATE');

Modified: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/06order_by.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/06order_by.t	2009-03-19 17:05:00 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/06order_by.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use SQL::Abstract;
 
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
 my @cases = 
   (
    {
@@ -18,11 +19,21 @@
     expects => ' ORDER BY colA',
     expects_quoted => ' ORDER BY `colA`',
    },
+   {  # it may look odd, but this is the desired behaviour (mst)
+    given => 'colA DESC',
+    expects => ' ORDER BY colA DESC',
+    expects_quoted => ' ORDER BY `colA DESC`',
+   },
    {
     given => [qw/colA colB/],
     expects => ' ORDER BY colA, colB',
     expects_quoted => ' ORDER BY `colA`, `colB`',
    },
+   {  # it may look odd, but this is the desired behaviour (mst)
+    given => ['colA ASC', 'colB DESC'],
+    expects => ' ORDER BY colA ASC, colB DESC',
+    expects_quoted => ' ORDER BY `colA ASC`, `colB DESC`',
+   },
    {
     given => {-asc => 'colA'},
     expects => ' ORDER BY colA ASC',
@@ -43,13 +54,19 @@
     expects => ' ORDER BY colA, colB DESC',
     expects_quoted => ' ORDER BY `colA`, `colB` DESC',
    },
+   {
+    given => undef,
+    expects => '',
+    expects_quoted => '',
+   },
   );
 
+
+plan tests => (scalar(@cases) * 2);
+
 my $sql  = SQL::Abstract->new;
 my $sqlq = SQL::Abstract->new({quote_char => '`'});
 
-plan tests => (scalar(@cases) * 2);
-
 for my $case( @cases){
   is($sql->_order_by($case->{given}), $case->{expects});
   is($sqlq->_order_by($case->{given}), $case->{expects_quoted});

Added: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/07subqueries.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/07subqueries.t	                        (rev 0)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/07subqueries.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
+
+use SQL::Abstract;
+
+my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
+
+my (@tests, $sub_stmt, @sub_bind, $where);
+
+#1
+($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) = ("SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?",
+                          100, "foo%");
+$where = {
+    foo => 1234,
+    bar => \["IN ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( bar IN (SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?) AND foo = ? )",
+  bind => [100, "foo%", 1234],
+};
+
+#2
+($sub_stmt, @sub_bind)
+     = $sql->select("t1", "c1", {c2 => {"<" => 100}, 
+                                 c3 => {-like => "foo%"}});
+$where = {
+    foo => 1234,
+    bar => \["> ALL ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( bar > ALL (SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE ( c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ? )) AND foo = ? )",
+  bind => [100, "foo%", 1234],
+};
+
+#3
+($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) 
+     = $sql->select("t1", "*", {c1 => 1, c2 => \"> t0.c0"});
+$where = {
+    foo                  => 1234,
+    -nest => \["EXISTS ($sub_stmt)" => @sub_bind],
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( EXISTS (SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE ( c1 = ? AND c2 > t0.c0 )) AND foo = ? )",
+  bind => [1, 1234],
+};
+
+#4
+$where = {
+    -nest => \["MATCH (col1, col2) AGAINST (?)" => "apples"],
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( MATCH (col1, col2) AGAINST (?) )",
+  bind => ["apples"],
+};
+
+
+#5
+($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) 
+  = $sql->where({age => [{"<" => 10}, {">" => 20}]});
+$sub_stmt =~ s/^ where //i; # don't want "WHERE" in the subclause
+$where = {
+    lname  => {-like => '%son%'},
+    -nest  => \["NOT ( $sub_stmt )" => @sub_bind],
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( NOT ( ( ( ( age < ? ) OR ( age > ? ) ) ) ) AND lname LIKE ? )",
+  bind => [10, 20, '%son%'],
+};
+
+#6
+($sub_stmt, @sub_bind) = ("SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?",
+                          100, "foo%");
+$where = {
+    foo => 1234,
+    bar => { -in => \[$sub_stmt => @sub_bind] },
+  };
+push @tests, {
+  where => $where,
+  stmt => " WHERE ( bar IN (SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c2 < ? AND c3 LIKE ?) AND foo = ? )",
+  bind => [100, "foo%", 1234],
+};
+
+
+plan tests => scalar(@tests);
+
+for (@tests) {
+
+  my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->where($_->{where}, $_->{order});
+  is_same_sql_bind($stmt, \@bind, $_->{stmt}, $_->{bind});
+}
+
+
+
+
+

Added: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/08special_ops.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/08special_ops.t	                        (rev 0)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/08special_ops.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+use SQL::Abstract::Test import => ['is_same_sql_bind'];
+
+use SQL::Abstract;
+
+my $sqlmaker = SQL::Abstract->new(special_ops => [
+
+  # special op for MySql MATCH (field) AGAINST(word1, word2, ...)
+  {regex => qr/^match$/i, 
+   handler => sub {
+     my ($self, $field, $op, $arg) = @_;
+     $arg = [$arg] if not ref $arg;
+     my $label         = $self->_quote($field);
+     my ($placeholder) = $self->_convert('?');
+     my $placeholders  = join ", ", (($placeholder) x @$arg);
+     my $sql           = $self->_sqlcase('match') . " ($label) "
+                       . $self->_sqlcase('against') . " ($placeholders) ";
+     my @bind = $self->_bindtype($field, @$arg);
+     return ($sql, @bind);
+     }
+   },
+
+  # special op for Basis+ NATIVE
+  {regex => qr/^native$/i, 
+   handler => sub {
+     my ($self, $field, $op, $arg) = @_;
+     $arg =~ s/'/''/g;
+     my $sql = "NATIVE (' $field $arg ')";
+     return ($sql);
+     }
+   },
+
+]);
+
+my @tests = (
+
+  #1 
+  { where => {foo => {-match => 'foo'},
+              bar => {-match => [qw/foo bar/]}},
+    stmt  => " WHERE ( MATCH (bar) AGAINST (?, ?) AND MATCH (foo) AGAINST (?) )",
+    bind  => [qw/foo bar foo/],
+  },
+
+  #2
+  { where => {foo => {-native => "PH IS 'bar'"}},
+    stmt  => " WHERE ( NATIVE (' foo PH IS ''bar'' ') )",
+    bind  => [],
+  },
+
+);
+
+
+plan tests => scalar(@tests);
+
+for (@tests) {
+
+  my($stmt, @bind) = $sqlmaker->where($_->{where}, $_->{order});
+  is_same_sql_bind($stmt, \@bind, $_->{stmt}, $_->{bind});
+}
+
+
+
+
+

Added: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/09refkind.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/09refkind.t	                        (rev 0)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/09refkind.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+use SQL::Abstract;
+
+plan tests => 13;
+
+my $obj = bless {}, "Foo::Bar";
+
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(undef), 'UNDEF', 'UNDEF');
+
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind({}), 'HASHREF', 'HASHREF');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind([]), 'ARRAYREF', 'ARRAYREF');
+
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\{}), 'HASHREFREF', 'HASHREFREF');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\[]), 'ARRAYREFREF', 'ARRAYREFREF');
+
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\\{}), 'HASHREFREFREF', 'HASHREFREFREF');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\\[]), 'ARRAYREFREFREF', 'ARRAYREFREFREF');
+
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind("foo"), 'SCALAR', 'SCALAR');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\"foo"), 'SCALARREF', 'SCALARREF');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\\"foo"), 'SCALARREFREF', 'SCALARREFREF');
+
+# objects are treated like scalars
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind($obj), 'SCALAR', 'SCALAR');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\$obj), 'SCALARREF', 'SCALARREF');
+is(SQL::Abstract->_refkind(\\$obj), 'SCALARREFREF', 'SCALARREFREF');
+

Added: SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/10test.t
===================================================================
--- SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/10test.t	                        (rev 0)
+++ SQL-Abstract/1.x/trunk/t/10test.t	2009-03-19 18:58:41 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -0,0 +1,724 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use List::Util qw(sum);
+
+use Test::More;
+
+
+my @sql_tests = (
+      # WHERE condition - equal
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a=1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a=1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ( a = 1 )/,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              a = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              (a = 1)
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              ( a = 1 )
+          /,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1))/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ( (a = 1) )/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ( ( a = 1 ) )/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1) AND (b = 1))/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 1 AND b = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1 AND b = 1))/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (((a = 1) AND (b = 1)))/,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              a = 1
+              AND
+              b = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              (a = 1
+              AND
+              b = 1)
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              (a = 1)
+              AND
+              (b = 1)
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              ((a = 1)
+              AND
+              (b = 1))
+          /,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # WHERE condition - different
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT quux FROM bar WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM quux WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/FOOBAR foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a < 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (c = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (d = 1)/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND quux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 GROUP BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 ORDER BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 LIMIT 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 OFFSET 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE a = 1/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT quux FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM quux WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/FOOBAR foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 2 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 3 AND (b = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 4) AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 5) AND (b = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 6) AND (b = 1))/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 7) AND (b = 1))/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 2/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND (b = 3)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 1) AND b = 4/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (a = 1) AND (b = 5)/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1) AND (b = 6))/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1) AND (b = 7))/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a < 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (c = 1) AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE (d = 1) AND b = 1/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1 AND quux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1 GROUP BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1 ORDER BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1 LIMIT 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1 OFFSET 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # JOIN condition - equal
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON a = 1 WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON a=1 WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON (a = 1) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON (a=1) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ( a = 1 ) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              a = 1
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              (a = 1)
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              ( a = 1 )
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ((a = 1)) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ( (a = 1) ) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ( ( a = 1 ) ) WHERE x = 1/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON a = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON (a = 1) AND (b = 1) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ((a = 1) AND (b = 1)) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON (a = 1 AND b = 1) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON ((a = 1 AND b = 1)) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN baz ON (((a = 1) AND (b = 1))) WHERE x = 1/,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              a = 1
+              AND
+              b = 1
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              (a = 1
+              AND
+              b = 1)
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              (a = 1)
+              AND
+              (b = 1)
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT
+              foo
+            FROM
+              bar
+            JOIN
+              baz
+            ON
+              ((a = 1)
+              AND
+              (b = 1))
+            WHERE
+              x = 1
+          /,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # JOIN condition - different
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT quux FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM quux JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/FOOBAR foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 2 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a < 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (c = 1) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (d = 1) WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 GROUP BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 ORDER BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 LIMIT 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 OFFSET 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 JOIN quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 JOIN quuux ON a = 1/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT quux FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM quux JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/FOOBAR foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 2 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 3 AND (b = 1) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (a = 4) AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (a = 5) AND (b = 1) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON ((a = 6) AND (b = 1)) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON ((a = 7) AND (b = 1)) WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 2 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND (b = 3) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (a = 1) AND b = 4 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (a = 1) AND (b = 5) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON ((a = 1) AND (b = 6)) WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON ((a = 1) AND (b = 7)) WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a < 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON b = 1 AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (c = 1) AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON (d = 1) AND b = 1 WHERE quuux/,
+
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 AND quuux/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 GROUP BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 ORDER BY foo/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 LIMIT 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 AND b = 1 OFFSET 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux JOIN quuux ON a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+          q/SELECT foo FROM bar JOIN quux ON a = 1 JOIN quuux ON a = 1 AND b = 1/,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # DISTINCT ON (...) not confused with JOIN ON (...)
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE a=1/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE (a=1)/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE ( a = 1 )/,
+          q/
+            SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux)
+              foo,
+              quux
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              a = 1
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux)
+              foo,
+              quux
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              (a = 1)
+          /,
+          q/
+            SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux)
+              foo,
+              quux
+            FROM
+              bar
+            WHERE
+              ( a = 1 )
+          /,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE ((a = 1))/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE ( (a = 1) )/,
+          q/SELECT DISTINCT ON (foo, quux) foo, quux FROM bar WHERE ( ( a = 1 ) )/,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # subselects - equal
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 1,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 1)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 1)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 1))) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 1)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 1)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 1))) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+        ]
+      },
+
+      # subselects - different
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1) AS foo WHERE (a = 3)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1)) AS foo WHERE a = 4/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1)) AS foo WHERE (a = 5)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 2) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 3) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 4)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 5)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        equal => 0,
+        statements => [
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 2) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 3)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 4)) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 5))) AS foo WHERE a = 1/,
+
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 6) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 7) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 8)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 9)) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 10))) AS foo WHERE (a = 1)/,
+
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 1) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 2) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 3)) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 4)) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 5))) AS foo WHERE a = 2/,
+
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND c = 6) AS foo WHERE (a = 2)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND c = 7) AS foo WHERE (a = 2)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE b = 1 AND (c = 8)) AS foo WHERE (a = 2)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (b = 1) AND (c = 9)) AS foo WHERE (a = 2)/,
+          q/SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM bar WHERE ((b = 1) AND (c = 10))) AS foo WHERE (a = 2)/,
+        ]
+      },
+);
+
+my @bind_tests = (
+  # scalar - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      undef,
+      undef,
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      'foo',
+      'foo',
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      42,
+      42,
+      '42',
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # scalarref - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      \'foo',
+      \'foo',
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      \42,
+      \42,
+      \'42',
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # arrayref - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      [],
+      []
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      [42],
+      [42],
+      ['42'],
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      [1, 42],
+      [1, 42],
+      ['1', 42],
+      [1, '42'],
+      ['1', '42'],
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # hashref - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      { foo => 42 },
+      { foo => 42 },
+      { foo => '42' },
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      { foo => 42, bar => 1 },
+      { foo => 42, bar => 1 },
+      { foo => '42', bar => 1 },
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # blessed object - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      bless(\(local $_ = 42), 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+      bless(\(local $_ = 42), 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      bless([42], 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+      bless([42], 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      bless({ answer => 42 }, 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+      bless({ answer => 42 }, 'Life::Universe::Everything'),
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # complex data structure - equal
+  {
+    equal => 1,
+    bindvals => [
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+    ]
+  },
+
+
+  # scalar - different
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      undef,
+      'foo',
+      42,
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # scalarref - different
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      \undef,
+      \'foo',
+      \42,
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # arrayref - different
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      [undef],
+      ['foo'],
+      [42],
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # hashref - different
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      { foo => undef },
+      { foo => 'bar' },
+      { foo => 42 },
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # different types
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      'foo',
+      \'foo',
+      ['foo'],
+      { foo => 'bar' },
+    ]
+  },
+
+  # complex data structure - different
+  {
+    equal => 0,
+    bindvals => [
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [43, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'baz', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { bar => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quuux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [0, 1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, 3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \4, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quuux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5, 6] } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => 4 } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5], quuux => 1 } ] }, 8 ],
+      [42, { foo => 'bar', quux => [1, 2, \3, { quux => [4, 5] } ] }, 8, 9 ],
+    ]
+  },
+);
+
+plan tests => 1 +
+  sum(
+    map { $_ * ($_ - 1) / 2 }
+      map { scalar @{$_->{statements}} }
+        @sql_tests
+  ) +
+  sum(
+    map { $_ * ($_ - 1) / 2 }
+      map { scalar @{$_->{bindvals}} }
+        @bind_tests
+  ) +
+  3;
+
+use_ok('SQL::Abstract::Test', import => [qw(
+  eq_sql_bind eq_sql eq_bind is_same_sql_bind
+)]);
+
+for my $test (@sql_tests) {
+  my $statements = $test->{statements};
+  while (@$statements) {
+    my $sql1 = shift @$statements;
+    foreach my $sql2 (@$statements) {
+      my $equal = eq_sql($sql1, $sql2);
+      if ($test->{equal}) {
+        ok($equal, "equal SQL expressions considered equal");
+      } else {
+        ok(!$equal, "different SQL expressions considered not equal");
+      }
+
+      if ($equal ^ $test->{equal}) {
+        diag("sql1: $sql1");
+        diag("sql2: $sql2");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+for my $test (@bind_tests) {
+  my $bindvals = $test->{bindvals};
+  while (@$bindvals) {
+    my $bind1 = shift @$bindvals;
+    foreach my $bind2 (@$bindvals) {
+      my $equal = eq_bind($bind1, $bind2);
+      if ($test->{equal}) {
+        ok($equal, "equal bind values considered equal");
+      } else {
+        ok(!$equal, "different bind values considered not equal");
+      }
+
+      if ($equal ^ $test->{equal}) {
+        diag("bind1: " . Dumper($bind1));
+        diag("bind2: " . Dumper($bind2));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+ok(eq_sql_bind(
+    "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = ?", [42],
+    "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE (id = ?)", [42],
+  ),
+  "eq_sql_bind considers equal SQL expressions and bind values equal"
+);
+
+
+ok(!eq_sql_bind(
+    "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = ?", [42],
+    "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE (id = ?)", [0],
+  ),
+  "eq_sql_bind considers equal SQL expressions and different bind values different"
+);
+
+ok(!eq_sql_bind(
+    "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = ?", [42],
+    "SELECT * FROM bar WHERE (id = ?)", [42],
+  ),
+  "eq_sql_bind considers different SQL expressions and equal bind values different"
+);




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