NAME

Thesaurus::DBI - Subclass of Thesaurus that creates data structure in a database.

SYNOPSIS

  use Thesaurus::DBI;

  my $thesaurus = Thesaurus::DBI( ignore_case => 1,
                                  configuration => 'myconfig',
                                  dbh => $dbh );

DESCRIPTION

This subclass of Thesaurus creates and maintains its data structure inside a database. Use the thesaurus_dbi_config.pl script to create a configuration for Thesaurus::DBI. This script creates and/or modifies the Thesaurus::DBI::Config module, which contains configuration data for your particular setup. You can create and maintain multiple

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METHODS

• new(%params)

  This method returns a new Thesaurus::DBI object using the specified configuration.

  This method takes the following parameters:

• ignore_case (0 or 1) - A boolean parameter. If true, then the object will be case insensitive. It is _always_ case-preservative for its data.

• configuration ($) - The name that identifies the configuration you want to use. This was specified in the thesaurus_dbi_config.pl script.

• dbh ($) - This is an optional parameter which should be an open database handle. If this is not given then Thesaurus::DBI will attempt to open a database handle based on information specified by the configuration name. However, you may not wish to store the information necessary to open these handles (such as a password) in the Thesaurus::DBI::Config module (which stores it in plaintext). If this parameter is given, then Thesaurus::DBI will not attempt to make a database handle.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky, <autarch@urth.org>

SEE ALSO

Thesaurus, Thesaurus::File, Thesaurus::DBM