[Catalyst] Can't get value from model

[David Schmidt]

Hi Kenneth,

that's a DBIC question


anyways, what is the output of ...

if ( $dept ) {
   warn "REF: " . ref $dept . " DEPT_ID: " . $dept->department_id;
} else {
   warn "No dept found";
}

... after your query?

On 13 June 2012 22:54, Kenneth S Mclane <ksmclane at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> I am trying to get the value from a model call into a variable so I can use
> it for creating a DB record. I have tried multiple ways and cannot get the
> value to return. Here is my current attempt:
>
> my $dept = $c->model('ORANGES::Departments')->search_rs({'department_code'
> => $departmentcode}, {
>                 columns => ['department_id'] });
>
> This returns "1".
>
> I tried this:
>
> my $dept = $c->model('ORANGES::Departments')->search_rs({'department_code'
> => $departmentcode}, {
>                 columns => ['department_id'] })->single;
>
> and got a hash reference. I know I am missing something very simple. If I
> was putting this into the stash I know I could access the value, but I am at
> a loss as to how to get to it inside my code.
>
>
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