NAME

DBIx::DBO2::ReadMe - Getting Started with DBIx::DBO2

SYNOPSIS

  package MyRecord;
  use DBIx::DBO2::Record '-isasubclass';
  my $sql_engine = DBIx::SQLEngine->new( $dsn, $user, $pass );
  
  MyRecord->table(
    DBIx::DBO2::Table->new(name=>'myrecords', datasource=>$sql_engine)
  );
  
  package main;
  my $results = MyRecord->fetch_all;
  foreach my $record ( $results->records ) {
    if ( $record->{age} > 20 ) {
      $record->{status} = 'adult';
      $record->save_row;
    }
  }

DESCRIPTION

DBIx::DBO2 is an object-relational mapping framework (or perhaps a relational-object mapping framework, if I understand the distinction correctly) that facilitates the development of Perl classes whose objects are stored in a SQL database table.

INSTALLING

You should be able to install this module using the CPAN shell interface:

  perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBIx::DBO2'

If this module has not yet been posted to your local CPAN mirror, you may also retrieve the current distribution from the below address and follow the normal "gunzip", "tar xf", "cd", "perl Makefile.PL && make test && sudo make install" procedure or your local equivalent:

  http://www.evoscript.org/DBIx-DBO2/

Getting Started

You may want to take a look at the test.pl and test-lib/ classes included with this distribution for a short example of how to use this framework to create your own classes.

Prerequisites

Requires DBIx::SQLEngine and Class::MakeMethods, both available on CPAN.

Tested Platforms

This release has been tested succesfully on the following platforms:

  5.6.1 on darwin
  5.005_03 on i386-freebsd

VERSION

This is version 0.002 of DBIx::DBO2.

Distribution Summary

This module's summary in the CPAN DSLIP is intended to read:

  Name            DSLIP  Description
  --------------  -----  ---------------------------------------------
  DBIx::
  :: DBO2         bdpOp  Objects mapping to SQL relational structures

Beta Release

Although it based on earlier code that was extensively tested over several years of production use, this code has recently been majorly refactored, and has not yet been sufficiently tested in its new form.

Discussion and Support

There is not currently any offical discussion and support forum for this pacakage.

Further information and support for this module is available at http://www.evoscript.org.

If you have questions or feedback about this module, please feel free to contact the author at the below address.

I would be particularly interested in any suggestions towards improving the documentation, correcting any Perl-version or platform dependencies, as well as general feedback and sug

SEE ALSO

See DBIx::SQLEngine for information about the underlying database interface.

See DBIx::DBO2::Record, DBIx::DBO2::Fields, DBIx::DBO2::Table, and DBIx::DBO2::TableSet for key interfaces.

Similar Modules

Several other CPAN modules provide a similar mapping layer.

See Class::DBI for a similar objects-to-DBI mapping.

CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT

Developed By

  M. Simon Cavalletto, simonm@cavalletto.org
  Evolution Softworks, www.evoscript.org

Contributors

  Piglet / EJ Evans, piglet@piglet.org
  Eric Schneider, roark@evolution.com
  Chaos / Matthew Sheahan

Copyright

Copyright 2002 Matthew Simon Cavalletto.

Portions copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Evolution Online Systems, Inc.

License

You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms as Perl.

cpanm DBIx::DBO2

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install DBIx::DBO2