[Dbix-class] How to use a model with a different table name

[Emmanuel Quevillon]

Tobias Kremer wrote:
> Quoting Emmanuel Quevillon <tuco at pasteur.fr>:
>> I have a module DB::GenericTable.pm which reflects a
>> 'generic' table schema into my database associated to a
>> table name in the DB.
>> I'd like to kow how can I access another table (different
>> name) but with the same schema (same column name, same
>> datatype) from my perl module? Someting like
> 
> I'd say by making a base table class and subclassing from it:
> 
> package DB::GenericTable;
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use base 'DBIx::Class';
> __PACKAGE__->load_components("Core");
> __PACKAGE__->table("genericname");
> __PACKAGE__->add_columns(...);
> 1;
> 
> package DB::DerivedTable;
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use base 'DB::GenericTable';
> __PACKAGE__->table("othertable");
> 1;
> 
> I really don't know if this works but you could give it a try!
> 
> --Tobias
Thanks Tobias for your quick reply.
It could be a solution, but the trick is that I'd like to be 
able to create a table (based on generic schema) from user' 
table name which can be anything....

Cheers
Emmanuel

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Emmanuel Quevillon
Biological Software and Databases Group
Institut Pasteur
+33 1 44 38 95 98
tuco at_ pasteur dot fr
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