[Dbix-class] Inflation (DBIx::Class::InflateColumn) Troubles...

[Jason Kohles]

On May 5, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Christopher H. Laco wrote:

> Jason Kohles wrote:
>> column (it just fills it with a 0 instead), but I'll tackle that  
>> next,
>> for now I need to figure out why the values aren't being deflated  
>> before
>> they get inserted...
>>
>
> And that's the other part of the problem...values aren't  
> deflated...only
> objects are...
>
>     $obj->update({ money => '$10.00' });
>
> should be
>
>     $obj->update({ money => Data::Currency->new(10.00) });
>
> to trigger deflation...but that end, just do:
>
>     $obj->update({ money => 10.00 });
>
> and be done with it....
>
Now that it's been pointed out it seems glaringly obvious,  
unfortunately it means a lot more work, since the real application  
isn't just setting it directly, it's populating objects from  
HTML::FormFu.  Guess I need to go figure out how to write  
HTML::FormFu::Inflator::Currency too...

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