[Dbix-class] Bizarre error: Can't fetch data as class method

[Peter Rabbitson]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 06:02:02PM +1200, Dan Horne wrote:
> Hi all
>
> This morning I generated my schema using DBIX::Schema::Loader and spent 
> the best part of a day trying to debug the following message;
>
> DBIx::Class::Row::get_column(): Can't fetch data as class method at  
> (eval 74) line 6
>
> After much faffing around, I managed to zero in on the error. i had the 
> following definition in a class:
>
>   "source_name",
>   {
>     data_type => "VARCHAR2",
>     default_value => undef,
>     is_nullable => 0,
>     size => 50,
>   },
>
> It seems there must be some collision between the column name and  
> something in DBIC. So, how can I progress if I can't change the column  
> name in the underlying table?
>

You diagnosed everything correctly, this is an unfortunate clash. Look at 
the POD for DBIC::ResultSource::add_columns(), especially the 'accessor'
attribute.

Cheers