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package DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::MultiDistinctEmulation;
use strict;
use warnings;
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI/;
sub _select {
  my ($self, $ident, $select, $condition, $attrs) = @_;
  # hack to make count distincts with multiple columns work in SQLite and Oracle
  if (ref $select eq 'ARRAY') { 
      @{$select} = map {$self->replace_distincts($_)} @{$select};
  } else { 
      $select = $self->replace_distincts($select);
  }
  return $self->next::method($ident, $select, $condition, $attrs);
}
sub replace_distincts {
    my ($self, $select) = @_;
    $select->{count}->{distinct} = join("||", @{$select->{count}->{distinct}}) 
        if (ref $select eq 'HASH' && $select->{count} && ref $select->{count} eq 'HASH' && 
            $select->{count}->{distinct} && ref $select->{count}->{distinct} eq 'ARRAY');
    return $select;
}
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=head1 NAME 
DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::MultiDistinctEmulation - Some databases can't handle count distincts with multiple cols. They should use base on this.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This class allows count distincts with multiple columns for retarded databases (Oracle and SQLite)
=head1 AUTHORS
Luke Saunders <luke.saunders@gmail.com>
=head1 LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut