NAME

Meta::Sql::Stat - an object which encapsulates a single SQL statement.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: Stat.pm
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.22

SYNOPSIS

        package foo;
        use Meta::Sql::Stat qw();
        my($object)=Meta::Sql::Stat->new();
        my($result)=$object->set_text("INSERT INTO GAME ...");

DESCRIPTION

This class is a single SQL statement. It has methods like validation and execution on a specified DBI connection and writing it down to a file. The class can also check if the statement is of various types.

FUNCTIONS

        execute($$)
        check($)
        is_reconnect($)
        is_sql($)
        get_reconnect_name($)
        TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

execute($$)

This method will execute the Stat object received. The method receives a Dbi object to work with.

check($)

This will check the statement. This method currently does nothing.

is_reconnect($)

This method will return whether this statements purpose is reconnecting to another database name.

is_sql($)

This is the inverse meaning of "is_reconnect".

get_reconnect_name($)

This method retrieves the name of the database to reconnect to.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

Meta::Types::String(3)

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV perl documentation
        0.01 MV get graph stuff going
        0.02 MV more perl quality
        0.03 MV perl qulity code
        0.04 MV more perl code quality
        0.05 MV revision change
        0.06 MV languages.pl test online
        0.07 MV db stuff
        0.08 MV perl packaging
        0.09 MV PDMT
        0.10 MV fix database problems
        0.11 MV md5 project
        0.12 MV database
        0.13 MV perl module versions in files
        0.14 MV movies and small fixes
        0.15 MV thumbnail user interface
        0.16 MV more thumbnail issues
        0.17 MV website construction
        0.18 MV web site automation
        0.19 MV SEE ALSO section fix
        0.20 MV weblog issues
        0.21 MV more pdmt stuff
        0.22 MV md5 issues

SEE ALSO

Meta::Types::String(3), SQL::Statement(3), strict(3)

TODO

-implement the check method using SQL::Statement.