[Dbix-class] Encapsulate multiple steps for insertion

[Pedro Melo]

Hi,

On Jan 17, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Jess Robinson wrote:
> Hmm, seems I missed this conversation. I'm in the process of adding  
> this to a DBIx::Class branch (bulk_create).
>
> The idea will essentially be that you call create once with enough  
> info to create all the needed related objects, and it creates them  
> in a transaction (all or nothing).
>
> Syntax is currently fairly simple:
>
> $item->create({Name => 'fred',
>                Parent => { 'Name' => 'parentoffred'},
>                Tags => [ { 'Tag' => 'foo'}, { 'Tag' => 'bar' }],
>               });
>
> .. etc, where each hashref can be either a hashref of the related  
> tables cols/vals, or an actual object of that table. Use a single  
> hashref for a one-to-one rel, and an arrayref for one-many rels.  
> The keys there are the relnames or the normal column names,  
> depending on the rel types.

I have working code for this if you want. I'm adding many-to-many  
support now, because I need it. It will create the link table entry  
but will assume the other side already exists in the database.

Best regards,
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Pedro Melo
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