[Dbix-class] Re: Adding a column to a result set

[John Napiorkowski]

--- "James R. Leu" <jleu at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I know its poor form to respond to your own post,
> but since I've not seen
> a response, I just want to make sure I'm not missing
> something.  Can the
> answer to my question be found someplace obvious? 
> Am I trying to do
> something that is considered absurd or pointless? 
> Or is what I'm trying
> to do just not possible.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 07:19:52PM +0000, James R.
> Leu wrote:
> > I'm using DBIx::Class with Catalyst.  I have
> implemented a Model that
> > acts as an aggregator for multiple Models based on
> the same
> > DBIx::Class::Schema.  Each query to the Model is
> executed on all
> > of the children Models, and a new resultset that
> represents the data
> > from all of them is returned.  I would like to add
> a new column to that
> > resultset indicating which child Model, that row
> cam from.
> > 
> > Is there an easy way to add new column to each row
> of a resultset for
> > which I assign the data?
> > 
> > I was thinking of using Class::Accessor to just
> add another mutator to each
> > DBIx::Class, and then set the data as it passes
> through my Model,
> > but this seems 'hackish' ... not like my approach
> so far isn't but this
> > seems even more so, plus it's crossing the lines
> of adding 'Model' logic
> > to the DBIx::Class.
> > 
> > -- 
> > James R. Leu
> > jleu at mindspring.com

Hey,

I could use a little help understanding your data
model.  Is the 'master' resultset a supertype for the
children, like in a 'has-one' type relationship?  Or
is the relationship between the parent and children
not represented in your Schema model?

--John

--John



 
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