NAME

SPOPS::Import::DBI::Table - Import a DBI table structure

SYNOPSIS

 #!/usr/bin/perl

 use strict;
 use SPOPS::Import;

 {
     my $table_import = SPOPS::Import->new( 'table' );
     $table_import->database_type( 'sybase' );
     $table_import->read_table_from_fh( \*DATA );
     $table_import->print_only( 1 );
     $table_import->transforms([ \&table_login ]);
     $table_import->run;
 }

 sub table_login {
    my ( $transformer, $sql, $importer ) = @_;
    $$sql =~ s/%%LOGIN%%/varchar(25)/g;
 }

 __DATA__
 CREATE TABLE sys_user (
  user_id       %%INCREMENT%%,
  login_name    %%LOGIN%% not null,
  password      varchar(30) not null,
  last_login    datetime null,
  num_logins    int null,
  theme_id      %%INCREMENT_TYPE%% default 1,
  first_name    varchar(50) null,
  last_name     varchar(50) null,
  title         varchar(50) null,
  email         varchar(100) not null,
  language      char(2) default 'en',
  notes         text null,
  removal_date  datetime null,
  primary key   ( user_id ),
  unique        ( login_name )
 )

 Output:

 CREATE TABLE sys_user (
  user_id       NUMERIC( 10, 0 ) IDENTITY NOT NULL,
  login_name    varchar(25) not null,
  password      varchar(30) not null,
  last_login    datetime null,
  num_logins    int null,
  theme_id      NUMERIC( 10, 0 ) default 1,
  first_name    varchar(50) null,
  last_name     varchar(50) null,
  title         varchar(50) null,
  email         varchar(100) not null,
  language      char(2) default 'en',
  notes         text null,
  removal_date  datetime null,
  primary key   ( user_id ),
  unique        ( login_name )
 )

DESCRIPTION

This class allows you to transform and import (or simply display) a DBI table structure.

Transformations are done via two means. The first is the database-specific classes and the standard modifications provided by SPOPS::Import::DBI::TableTransform. The second is custom code that you can write.

METHODS

database_type ($)

Type of database to generate a table for. See SPOPS::Import::DBI::TableTransform for the listing and types to use.

transforms (\@ of \&, or \&)

Register with the import object one or more code references that will get called to modify a SQL statement. See "CUSTOM TRANSFORMATIONS" below.

print_only (boolean)

If set to true, the final table will be printed to STDOUT rather than sent to a database.

CUSTOM TRANSFORMATIONS

As the example in SYNOPSIS indicates, you can register perl code to modify the contents of a table before it is displayed or sent to a database. When called the code will get three arguments:

1. an object that is a subclass of SPOPS::Import::DBI::TableTransform for the database type specified

2. a scalar reference to the SQL statement to be transformed

3. the SPOPS::Import::DBI::Table object being currently used.

Most of the transformation code will be very simple, along the lines of:

 sub my_transform {
    my ( $self, $sql, $importer ) = @_;
    $$sql =~ s/%%THIS_KEY%%/THAT SQL EXPRESSION/g;
 }

BUILT-IN TRANSFORMATIONS

There are two built-in transformations:

increment

Key: %%INCREMENT%%

Replaces the key with an expression to generate a unique ID value with every INSERT. Some databases accomplish this with a sequence, others with an auto-incrementing value.

increment_type

Key: %%INCREMENT_TYPE%%

Datatype of the increment field specified by %%INCREMENT%%. This is necessary when you are creating foreign keys (logical or enforced) and need to know the datatype of the ID you are referencing.

BUGS

None known.

TO DO

Nothing known.

SEE ALSO

SPOPS::Manual::ImportExport

SPOPS::Import::DBI::TableTransform

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 intes.net, inc.. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHORS

Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>

cpanm SPOPS

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install SPOPS