[Dbix-class] Multiple DBs, one Schema to rule them all

Trevor Leffler tleffler at uw.edu
Sat Feb 12 01:20:02 GMT 2011


Hello,

I am investigating whether DBIC has support for switching between 
logical databases (ala 'use db1; ...; use db2; ...;').  I've a situation 
where there exist many cloned databases (same DDL), one per customer. 
The current model is that all customers share the same front-end, and it 
switches between DBs as needed.  I would like to avoid the following: 
multiple open connections per app process, multiple MyDB::Schema 
objects, server hups upon customer adds/drops, etc.

The very reasonable suggestion to combine all of the client databases 
into one is being considered, so please let's not get side-tracked by 
that line of thought, thanks. :)

So... how might I have my Schema issue a 'use $db' prior to any queries? 
  Or perhaps are there other solutions to how one could have multiple DB 
clones while avoiding the code and connection scaling issues?

Thanks,
--Trevor



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