> "Jane! How do I stop this crazy thing?!" Pointers welcome. Have a look at DBIx-Class-DynamicDefault [1]. I remember having had a similar problem, but I can't find the source where I solved this problem. [1] http://search.cpan.org/~flora/DBIx-Class-DynamicDefault-0.03/lib/DBIx/Class/DynamicDefault.pm#dynamic_default_on_update