[Dbix-class] Master/Slave Replication (again)

[Matt S Trout]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:19:49PM +0000, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> Hi J,
> 
> The current system has been updated to accept an argument when getting
> a connection as to whether it should be using master or slave.
> 
> This works well as it's transparent in the application as to which is
> being used as there are many cases where data having been just been
> writen will immediately be read again - such as creating, then
> confirming new records, etc.
> 
> I can see how to do this in class::dbi - I'd pass the the 'use master'
> flag down to the point where it get's the connection. I can't see how
> I would do this with DBIx::Class - any suggestions as to how that
> could/should work or equivilent alternatives would be much
> appreciated.

Same principle should work.

DBIC tends to pass along any attribute it doesn't recognise at a given stage,
so unknown resultset attributes should make it all the way to storage and
you can grab 'em there and act appropriately.

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