[Catalyst] Two ways to create record

[Matt S Trout]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 04:47:38PM +0300, Alex Povolotsky wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> In Tutorial (BTW, "CRUD" section of tutorial lacks U completely), I've 
> seen  this way of filling in the record:
> 
>    my $book = $c->model('GalleryDB::Gallery')->new({});
>    $book->populate_from_widget($result);

which sets a bunch of data and then calls $book->insert_or_update;

> In InstantCRUD data is filled in with
> 
> my $item = $result->save_to_db();

I have no idea how this works.

> Can anyone experienced tell me about drawbacks of both ways to do create?

Neither of these are standard DBIx::Class methods; the standard approach
is to do

my $obj = $rs->new(\%data);

<maybe use $obj->column_name($value) to set more data>

$obj->insert;

DBIx::Class::ResultSet provides a $rs->create(\%data) shortcut that calls
$obj->insert for you before returning it, but that really is just a
shortcut - the end effect is identical.

For more info, have a look at the DBIx::Class documentation on CPAN and
note that DBIC-specific questions can be asked on the dedicated dbix-class
list.

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