[Dbix-class] Getting access to the DB handle

Matt S Trout dbix-class at trout.me.uk
Thu May 18 14:10:35 CEST 2006


Dan Horne wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> From the DBIx::Class::InflateColumn doco:
> 
> "Replace DateTime::Format::Pg [in the sample code] with the appropriate
> module for your database, or consider DateTime::Format::DBI"
> 
> How would one use DateTime::Format::DBI in the inflate/deflate
> specification? I assume that I'd some how need to get the database handle in
> my table class definition, but I'm not sure how to do this...

"Don't".

DateTime::Format::DBI only supports MySQL and Postgres, and as such is 
next-to-useless.

What I'm doing instead is adding a datetime_parser method to storage and 
writing an AutoInflate::DateTime component that'll pick up the column data 
type and setup inflate/deflate methods appropriately - have a look at 
branches/DBIx-Class/datetime in svn for my progress so far.

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