DBIx::RunSQL - run SQL to create a database schema
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use lib 'lib'; use DBIx::RunSQL; my $test_dbh = DBIx::RunSQL->create( dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbfile=:memory:', sql => 'sql/setup.sql', verbose => 1, ); ... # run your tests with a DB setup fresh from setup.sql
DBIx::RunSQL->create ARGS
Creates the database and returns the database handle
sql - name of the file containing the SQL statements
sql
If sql is a reference to a glob or a filehandle, the SQL will be read from that. not implemented
If sql is undefined, the $::DATA or the 0 filehandle will be read until exhaustion. not implemented
$::DATA
0
This allows to create SQL-as-programs as follows:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w -MDBIx::RunSQL=create create table ...
dsn, user, password - DBI parameters for connecting to the DB
dsn
user
password
dbh - a premade database handle to be used instead of dsn
dbh
verbose - print each SQL statement as it is run
verbose
This module abstracts away the "run these SQL statements to set up your database" into a module. In some situations you want to give the setup SQL to a database admin, but in other situations, for example testing, you want to run the SQL statements against an in-memory database. This module abstracts away the reading of SQL from a file and allows for various command line parameters to be passed in. A skeleton create-db.sql looks like this:
create-db.sql
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use lib 'lib'; use DBIx::RunSQL; DBIx::RunSQL->handle_command_line('myapp'); =head1 NAME create-db.pl - Create the database =head1 ABSTRACT This sets up the database. The following options are recognized: =over 4 =item C<--user> USERNAME =item C<--password> PASSWORD =item C<--dsn> DSN The DBI DSN to use for connecting to the database =item C<--sql> SQLFILE The alternative SQL file to use instead of C<sql/create.sql>. =item C<--help> Show this message. =cut
DBIx::RunSQL->handle_command_line
Parses the command line. This is a convenience method, which passes the following command line arguments to ->create:
->create
--user --password --dsn --sql --verbose
In addition, it handles the following switches through Pod::Usage:
--help --man
See also the section PROGRAMMER USAGE for a sample program to set up a database from an SQL file.
If you find yourself wanting to write SELECT statements, consider looking at Querylet instead, which is geared towards that and even has an interface for Excel or HTML output.
If you find yourself wanting to write parametrized queries as .sql files, consider looking at Data::Phrasebook::SQL or potentially DBIx::SQLHandler.
.sql
ORLite::Migrate
Max Maischein corion@cpan.org
corion@cpan.org
Copyright 2009-2010 by Max Maischein corion@cpan.org.
This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install DBIx::RunSQL, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DBIx::RunSQL
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBIx::RunSQL
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.